***Tiffany Moore was the winner of the app giveaway!***
Look who I met at ASHA this year—Eric Sailers! (pictured: me, Eric, Aubrey from Yapp Guru)
Eric and his wife, Kelly, are the owner-operators of Expressive Solutions. Check out what they have for us now! ArtikPix Levels Plus is a comprehensive articulation app that takes you from the word level all the way to paragraphs. As a therapist that works with elementary aged students, I appreciate not just the depth of practice that will get us to carry-over and discharge, but the decidedly non-babyish design that would be appropriate even with middle/high school students or even adults.
It’s easy to use. The home page allows you to click on an established student, or choose “new student.” Type in the student’s name and then click on “My Decks” to customize targets (you can choose one or more phonemes). Clicking on “Customize My Decks” will allow you to choose the phoneme position or, in the case of /r/, the prevocalic or vocalic /r/ targets.
You can also customize grammatical levels for the flashcards and “Pick or Spin” activities at word, phrase, sentence or paragraph. Plus, you have the option to customize the syllable length (1-4+) which is helpful if you’re working with little ones that really need 1-2 syllables OR those unintelligible students that are fine with most single words until you notice that they fall apart with any added complexity (or is that just my group?)
There are even easy/medium/hard levels for the matching game.
Once you’ve made all your selections, you’re ready to go.
Flashcards: Self-explanatory, this is simply a deck of flashcards with the target phoneme. Better than typical features include the option to increase or decrease the level at which you are working (word to paragraph) right on the screen. Best practices suggest that pushing for carry-over right from the beginning is the quickest way to gain mastery of a sound, so if you have a student that gets a target right at the word level, periodically consider “upping” the bar and trying the phrase or sentence level. They might surprise you! Record accuracy with the check mark or X (and I love that it allows you to do multiple trials/recordings of a single flashcard). I also really like the opportunity to record the prompt used. Click on the user name and you can select the prompts you use: gestural, physical, verbal, visual (or a combo). Now when you are recording accuracy, you can also press “P” to record whether or not you used the prompt. The record feature uses video which was, perhaps, the only aspect I was less certain about. While it could be helpful to see what’s going on, it was more cumbersome to use than a simple “record” and it prevented you from seeing the word/visual prompt which was often more important than seeing performance.
Matching: Again, a standard articulation game with the added benefit of difficulty level. Easy shows only six cards, medium has twelve and hard has twenty. You can have more than one player as well. By toggling between the players (shown with an icon at the top of the page), you will have individual games going on that are specific to the goals/difficulty of each player. For instance, I might be working on initial /f/ and can handle a “medium” array. On Eric’s turn, he might have a “difficult” array of “ear” words.
Pick or Spin: Very similar to flashcards, this has a different screen with a “Spin” button that adds a bit of a twist. Again, levels can be changed right there on the page as needed.
The final, awesome, feature is “Custom Decks.” Click on this to create a deck specific to a student or to vocabulary. For instance, you could make a deck with pictures from your school. Create a name for the new deck and then click on it to start adding cards. You can go as in depth as the other flashcards, adding the image (from your library, with your camera or through a Bing search), choosing target sound, adding syllable length and word through paragraph levels (including recordings!). I think my students will love when Piper comes up on the screen!
If you’d like to try ArtikPix Levels, you can download the free version with the “th” deck and opportunity for in app purchases of other decks. Generally, each phoneme deck is $1.99, the /r/ deck is $4.99. ArtikPix Levels Plus comes with all phoneme decks and is $29.99. Note: You must have all decks to have access to the “Custom Decks” feature. Click here for more info and to download the free version.
This review pertains to version 1.01. I was given a copy for review and anothr for a giveaway by the developer, but all opinions expressed within the review are my own.
I have a copy of the ArtikPix Levels Plus ($29.99 value) to giveaway! To enter please comment below letting us know which feature of ArtikPics Levels Plus you like best. Entries must be received by midnight EST on December 14, 2014. Note: The app requires an iPad running iOS 7 (or later). Good luck!
This Post Has 34 Comments
Kim, thank you so much for your review and giveaway of ArtikPix Levels Plus. I look forward to seeing your readers’ favorite features in the app.
I really like the ability to customize the levels according to the player and the ability to customize through age levels. I work with pre-K through high school so I’ve got quite a range with which to work .
Thanks for sharing this info, Kim! I have been looking for an app that would allow multiple recordings. The fact that it has the ability to jump to phrases and sentences is another feature I am excited to hear. 🙂
I will definitively download the free version and give it a try !
I like the ability to customize decks for each student. That helps put the “I” in Individualized Education Plan!
I like the syllable feature as well as the vocalic and prevocalic /r/.
I like the ability to customize the app to the invdidual sounds and age of the players. This makes it very user-friendly for those of us who serve students across many grade levels!
I Love the whole thing!!! I downloaded the free /th/ version, and would love to have the whole thing!!!!
I currently use an older version of ArticPix and it is my go-to for articulation therapy. I love the new options of this most current version! The ability to customize decks for individual students is a fantastic feature! I also am excited to have the paragraph level available, especially for those lower frequency sounds such as /ch/ and /j/.
Wow! I love that they have included paragraphs.
I love how customizable this app is. I work at a school with some low-functioning students, so having the ability to use real photos that are functional and relevant is a great feature.
I downloaded the free version. I like the ability to move right from word to sentence to paragraph!
I like that you can select the number of syllables to make it more challenging for kids as they are progressing.
The custom decks are awesome. The ability to do this is such a time saver!
tHANKS FOR THE REVIEW! One of the features i like about this app is that you can use it as a reinforcer. i work with k-12 aged students, and have several fmd students on my caseload. it is difficult, at times, to keep students interested while still targeting goals/objectives. this app lets me target what i need to as a therapist, while keeping students engaged – especially the spin aspect. i just downloaded the free version and am excited to try it out with a few groups this afternoon! 🙂
wOW, THIS APP LOOKS GREAT! there ARE A COUPLE OF FEATURES I THINK WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR MY CASELOAD. fIRST OF ALL, BEING ABLE TO WORK FROM WORDS ALL THE WAY THROUGH PARAGRAPHS WOULD BE GREAT. OFTEN TIME THE APPS ONLY DO WORD LEVEL AND THEN YOU HAVE TO MOVE ON TO SOMETHING ELSE. also, I LIKE THE CUSTOMIZE FEATURE, ESPECIALLY FOR MY OLDER STUDENTS. WE CAN TAKE PICS OF THINGS THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO THEIR DAILY ACTIVITIES AND THEN WORK ON BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THOSE ITEMS WELL. I ALSO LIKE THAT THE PICTURES ARE AIMED AT OTHER POPULATIONS AND NOT JUST THE YOUNGER CHILDREN. cAN’T WAIT TO TRY IT OUT!
Not only do I like the ability to customize levels for each kid, I love that they have included the level of prompting that is required! Yay!
i like that it has practice from words to paragraphs.
My favorite part of this app is that it does not look babyish! I could definitely use this app with my middle school students! I am always looking for apps that are appropriate for my older students. There are so many that are pre school centered, but I have trouble finding ones for my older kids. Would love to win the plus version of this app!
There are so many aspects of this app that are great. I like the ease of moving through levels – word, phrase, etc. I like that prompting is available. I also like that the pictures are not babyish. So my older students will like them.
I love the custom decks feature! How great to be able to individualize the decks for each student! It’s wonderful that you can use your own pictures. I think this is especially helpful for working on the names of teachers or peers that may contain target sounds. This app looks great!!
So many bits to appreciate! I like how many features there are to customize, the custom decks, and that you can go up to the paragraph level. Would love to try it all out! Thank you for the review and giveaway!
I love that it extends targets up to the paragraph level as well as the ability to add custom photos. It is hard to find age appropriate artic material for older kids and adults. This would be an absolutely wonderfu addition to my iPad! Thanks for your review!
There are so many cool features to Levels. I think my favorite would be the ease of switching between one-word to sentence level easily.
I like the option to customize the syllable length.
love that it goes all the way to paragraphs! Some of my higher students are alllllllmost at the discourse level- maybe this could give them the push to get there?
The customizable decks looks like a great feature! Overall, looks like a great app to use across grade and skill levels. I mainly work with 3rd through 9th graders.
I really like the fact that I can adjust the number of syllables on words! Thanks for the chance to win!
Being able to customize your own cards.
There are so many great things about this, but I think I’ll agree with the others above and say the customize-able decks are my favorite feature. Thanks for the review!
Love having the ability to customize decks. I try to incorporate classroom vocabulary into my speech sessions as much as possible; this gives me more leeway to do that.
i like that it is customizable and I can meet the needs of many of my students.
I like the flexibility with the custom decks. Too bad though you have to get all decks to access customizing.
Hi, Unfortunately, I received your email about the ArticPix levels after I returned from break and was not able to enter the giveaway. However, I am so appreciative that you sent out the information for it. Next year when I have medicaid money, I will definitely upload the full version onto my ipad. I already had paid for the full version of the regular ArticPix and prefer the ArticPix Levels. If I had known, I would not have bought the original one.
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