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Description:
Our life skills app is called Going Places. The appGoing places is based off a series of socials skillsuseful training DVD's made by a program called Model Me Kids, LCC. Model Me Kids makes training DVD'sapp that teach childrenteaches kids with autism, asperger syndrone, PDD-NOS, Nonverbal Learning Disorders, Developmental delays, and more basic social skills.specific disabilities how to navigate through 6 situations. It can be helpful for all kids ages 2-17. The app is freevery simple to use, it has only a few buttons for navigational use and offers an English audio narration with a descriptive caption on each photo. The six locations that you navigate through are the itunes app store and requires the basic iOS 4.0 Apple software or later for any ipad, iphone, or itouch.Hairdresser, Shopping Mall, Doctor, Playground, Grocery Store, Restaurant.

General Information:
Going places can be used by any person from ages 2-17 desiring to gain some basic life skills.
Description:
Our life skills app is called Going Places. The app is based off a series of socials skills training DVD's made by a program called Model Me Kids, LCC. Model Me Kids makes training DVD's that teach children with autism, asperger syndrone, PDD-NOS, Nonverbal Learning Disorders, Developmental delays, and more basic social skills. The app is free on the itunes app store and requires the basic iOS 4.0 Apple software or later for any ipad, iphone, or itouch.

General Information:
Going places can be used by any person from ages 2-17 desiring to gain some basic life skills.
Description:
Our life skills app is called Going Places. The app is based off a series of socials skills training DVD's made by a program called Model Me Kids, LCC. Model Me Kids makes training DVD's that teach children with autism, asperger syndrone, PDD-NOS, Nonverbal Learning Disorders, Developmental delays, and more basic social skills. The app is free on the itunes app store and requires the basic iOS 4.0 Apple software or later for any ipad, iphone, or itouch.

​Family Care Solutions​ Retrieved from http://www.fcsqc.com/#/services/supported-services
Goodship, J. (2006). Special education life skills. Retrieved from http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_Life_Skills_Mastery/
from http://www.modelmekids.com/
OneVoice - Augmentative Communication for iPad (AAC) OneVoice. (2011). Retrieved from http://onevoiceapp.com/
Systems Unlimited Retrieved from http://www.sui.org/index.html

​Family Care Solutions​ Retrieved from http://www.fcsqc.com/#/services/supported-services
Goodship, J. (2006). Special education life skills. Retrieved from http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_Life_Skills_Mastery/
(n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.modelmekids.com/
OneVoice - Augmentative Communication for iPad (AAC) OneVoice. (2011). Retrieved from http://onevoiceapp.com/
Systems Unlimited Retrieved from http://www.sui.org/index.html

E. User Demands
F. Narrative Description with Strengths and Weaknesses
G. References
H. ExternalG.External Links
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A. General Information
B. Description
C. Instructional Design
D. Context
E. User Demands
F. Narrative Description with Strengths and Weaknesses
G. References
H. External Links
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References
External Link References:
​Family Care Solutions​ Retrieved from http://www.fcsqc.com/#/services/supported-services
Goodship, J. (2006). Special education life skills. Retrieved from http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_Life_Skills_Mastery/
OneVoice - Augmentative Communication for iPad (AAC) OneVoice. (2011). Retrieved from http://onevoiceapp.com/
Systems Unlimited Retrieved from http://www.sui.org/index.html
Banners retrieved from:
http://www.sparklee.com/make?text=Model+Me+Going+Places&font=united-states&size=20&color=%2300ff99&bkcolor=ffffff&angle=0
Photos retrieved from:
http://appfinder.lisisoft.com/ipad-iphone-apps/design-3d-model.html
http://ispeakapp.com/2010/12/12/model-appropriate-behavior-with-the-going-places-app/
http://www.todaysiphone.com/2010/02/app-review-model-me-going-places/
http://www.autismpluggedin.com/2011/05/autism-app-model-me.html

Strengths and Weaknesses
This app has many very good aspects about it, however there are a few things that could make it even more engaging.
Strengths

Strengths and Weaknesses
This app has many very good aspects about it, however there are a few things that could make it even more engaging.
Strengths
Bright colorful pictures
Fun music
Narration to help the students understand what is going on
Easy to locate icons/buttons
Short and easy to understand sentences
Able to access the main menu from any slide.
Weaknesses
If you exit to the main menu from any slide, the user is not able to to go back to the slide they were on. They must start the activity over from the beginning.
There isn't much opportunity to get the student engaged in what they are learning. They view slides with good information on them, but the app doesn't allow them to review what they've learned at the end.
The students are able to be directly involved in the learning. It would be nice if the app presented some sort of game or activity to go along with the slides.
More opportunities to to apply these everyday situations to their own personal lives. Maybe the app could ask the user questions about their own experiences with these situations.