Cricksoft has provided several apps that each provide one small portion of the Clicker 7 program on the iPad. The Clicker Books app will allow the user to make talking books. The Clicker Docs app will allow the user to write with word prediction, word bank and text-to-speech support. The Clicker Sentences app mimics the Clicker Sentence Set activities that can be made in both Clicker 6 and 7 where students work with broken up sentences to re-create them. The Clicker Connect app supports students to write using suggestions for writing content in structured word clusters.
Getting Started with Clicker Books App
Clicker Books is Cricksoft’s app that allows the user to make a digital book that can be read by one of the several voices provided or can be recorded by the user. Clicker Books has the ability to work in conjunction with a word bank for supported writing and book creation.
- Clicker Books App-Screen Navigation and Page Layout.pdf
- LearningGrids – a link to the Cricksoft repository of free online resources including books.
- SET BC resourceSET – books ready for download
- Making a Clicker Book Using the Clicker Books App.pdf
- 90 Second Training Videos and Downloadable PDFs from Cricksoft
Getting Started with Clicker Docs App
Clicker Docs is Cricksoft’s app that works as a supportive word processor with word prediction and text-to-speech as well as the ability to have the user supported by word banks that can be quickly and easily created on any topic. (Note: Word banks can be created in Clicker 7 on the laptop version of the software and transferred to Clicker Docs via Air Drop, Drop Box, Google Drive, OneDrive or WebDAV.)
- Getting Started with the Clicker Docs App.pdf
- Clicker Docs App – Create a Word Bank.pdf
- LearningGrids – Cricksoft has also provided a direct link in the Clicker Docs app to LearningGrids, their repository of online resources that, for the Clicker Docs app, will provide supportive word banks on a wide variety of topics.
- Don’t forget to check out what Clicker Docs word banks are available at SET-BC’s resourceSET: https://www.setbc.org/resourceset
- 90 Second Training Videos and Downloadable PDFs from Cricksoft
Getting Started with Clicker Sentences App
Clicker Sentences is the Clicker app that will break sentences into pieces allowing the user to reconstruct the sentence. A model of the sentence may be provided on the grid, within a pop-up window that must be closed prior to the user continuing his sentence creation, or with a model sentence that is only spoken. It is also possible to create activities that have no sentence model whatsoever and rely on the user putting the words together with support of the read-back voices available within the app.
- Getting Started with the Clicker Sentences App.pdf
- Cricksoft has provided an in-app link to LearningGrids, their repository of online downloadable activities to use in the Clicker Sentences app.
- Clicker Sentences activities are available at SET-BC’s resourceSET
- 90 Second Training Videos and Downloadable PDFs from Cricksoft
Getting Started with Clicker Connect App
Clicker Connect is Cricksoft’s app that allows for building sentences and writing using word clusters to support the writing process. Lead students through the structure of sentences and composition by offering them suggested word ideas every step of the way.
Additional resources to support Clicker Apps use
- Clicker Apps Comparison Chart.pdf – a comparison of writing apps from Cricksoft US
- Ideas for Using Clicker Apps.pdf
- Sharing Files Between Computer and Ipad – Cricksoft Software US Blog
- Hint and Tips for Using Clicker Apps – Cricksoft US Blog
- Clicker Training Resources from Cricksoft Software US
- Sharing Clicker Resources Using DropBox – Cricksoft Software US
