Sunday, April 1, 2012

ENDED - Giveaway: Stories 2 Learn + Video Scheduler








Our Friends from Look2Learn have very generously donated 5 codes EACH for Stories 2 Learn and Video Scheduler

STORIES 2 LEARN

Stories 2 Learn  (Value of $14.99) offers parents and educators the ability to create personalized stories using photos, text, and audio messages. These stories can be used to promote an individual’s literacy, leisure, as well as social skills. It comes preloaded with 12 finely crafted social narratives that can be used to teach social skills in the areas of reciprocal play, non-verbal communication, playground and school rules, turn taking, and more (please note that there are six actual stories with two different ways to view the story depending on the individual’s developmental level). 
Link to Stories 2 Learn in iTunes




VIDEO SCHEDULER
Video Scheduler (Value $13.99) is rated #1 Most Downloaded Educational App on iTunes. Video Scheduler offers a variety of features in an easy to use interface allowing maximum customization. These features include various orientation locks, which prevent students from engaging in stimulatory behaviors with the video. Users can also select from three video and picture sizes. There’s also a pass code function, which can be applied to prevent users from skipping around to preferred aspects of their schedule. 
Link to Video Scheduler in iTunes


Check out Look2Learn's website HERE for more useful Assistive Voice and Social Solutions Software 


There are 2 Rafflecopters below to enter these fantastic competitions!! 



ENDED - Giveaway: Customized morning routine canvas art


AUSTRALIAN RESIDENTS ONLY COMPETITION

BILLY MAC CLOTHING are making these funky, fully customized Morning Routine Canvas Art for those kids who need a little bit of help getting organised in the morning.  The best thing about it is that it's interactive!!  The child can move the laser cut perspex shape (of your choice) each time a task is completed.  

The Canvas Arts can be printed in your choice of colours, graphics, perspex shape and you can personalise the routine.  Perhaps you need your child to make their bed or feed the fish before going to school - the choice is YOURS!!

The canvas measures 25 x 30cm

Due to postage costs, this competition is open to AUSTRALIA RESIDENTS ONLY.
Scroll down to the Rafflecopter below to enter - then make sure you go and thank 
BILLY MAC for supporting Special Needs Kids.






ENDED - Giveaway: Merlo Coffee Lovers Gift Bag



1 x MERLO LOVERS GIFT BAG


consists of: 
1kg bag of Merlo's Premium fresh espresso beans
1 x 12oz Merlo keepcup
1 x jar of Merlo's devine chocolate covered coffee beans

ENTER VIA RAFFLECOPTER BELOW 
COMPETITION OPEN TO AUSTRALIAN RESIDENTS ONLY





Merlo Coffee has 5 Torrefaziones (roasting houses), 10 BarMerlos and can be found in over 1000 distinguished cafes and restaurants around Australia.  

Merlo Coffee offers :  
* Coffee Appreciation sessions all five of their Torrefaziones located at Bowen Hills, Fortitude Valley,   Paddington, Southport and Springfield every month.  
* At home Barista Training  
* Commercial Barista Training

For more information including several demonstration videos and to order any Merlo Coffee products please visit their website HERE


VOTED "AUSTRALIA'S FAVOURITE COFFEE" BY





Saturday, March 31, 2012

ENDED - Giveaway: Verbally (AAC)



We are extremely excited to announce that VERBALLY have donated their IN-App purchase "Verbally Premium" (Value $109.09 AUD) to go to one lucky member of iHelp SN Kids ! (details below for entry)

Verbally is an easy-to-use, comprehensive Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) App for the iPad.  Verbally brings speech to those without and enables real conversation with it's simpl, intuitive design.  Just tap in what you want to say and Verbally speaks for you.

Verbally is for free to download (the IN-App purchase can be made once downloaded) - so please download it first and have a look.  If you think it is for you, then please enter this competition.

One of the best features of this AAC App is the Text Prediction - It works well for those who are illiterate.  "Verbally Premium" uses the Acapela Speech technologies from the Acapela Group.
Click HERE to read about the advantages of having the full version of Verbally.

Unlike other AAC solutions, Verbally's simple design allows users to communicate quickly and effectively, with very little physical effort.  So intuitive, you can have a conversation immediately !




To enter this competition: 

1. Like VERBALLY on Facebook


2. While you are there, be polite and thank them for the opportunity to win this prize through iHelp SN Kids

3.  Leave a comment (WITH you email address in it - so we can contact you if you win) and let us know how having the Premium version of Verbally would help the person who would use it.

A winner will be chosen on 6th April 2012














ENDED - Giveaway: ZAGG 2 x $25 Gift Vouchers

2 x $25 ZAGG Gift Cards


ZAGG are supporting iHelp SN Kids App & Prize Party by giving away 2 x $25 Gift Cards !!!  This competition is open worldwide and you can enter via the Rafflecopter below or by clicking on the COMPETITIONS  tab on our Facebook page.

ZAGG have soooooo many products that you could use this $25 to go towards!  You could join 30+ Million others and buy an Invisible Shield for your device, or a skin (which you can customize or choose from a plethora of ZAGG designs), a case, a keyboard for your Tablet, headphones, cleaning kit, etc etc.   They have HEAPS of top-grade, useful products.

*One $25 (USD) Gift Card per winner

Check out their scratch testing on their Invisible Shield for the iPad 2





How to get an advantage in our Rafflecopter comps



Over the next week we will be doing a lot of competitions through Rafflecopter.  You can read more about Rafflecopter HERE.

We have all of our Rafflecopters (except for the Trident Kraken II iPad2 Case) set up this week so that after you do the mandatory initial entries (liking iHelp + the developer/business) you will then be able to gain extra entries by various ways (such as follow someone on twitter, Tweet about the comp etc).

One of the extra things you can do is donate $5 or more to either Bailey our Feature Member or St Josephs Primary - our Feature School you can then gain 

25 EXTRA ENTRIES

into ALL Rafflecopter.  This would give you a huge advantage over the rest of the people entering.  




Developers! If your app has been reviewed by SMART APPS FOR KIDS and you'd like to display a nifty badge like this one, let them know!



ENDED - Giveaway: Jellystone Designs Owl Necklaces




Jellystone Designs have kindly given us 7 of these Owls to give away on Facebook - 1 for each day of our App & Prize Party!   They are available in AQUA TIFFANY, EGGPLANT, FUSHIA BUBBLEGUM, PEAPOD GREEN, SCARLET RED, SNOW WHITE, STORMY GREY, TEAL BLUE.  
We have chosen 1 colour for each day - you just have to be the first person to guess on our FB post with the exact colour of the day & you win !!  ie: eggplant is correct - purple is incorrect.    Once you have commented please head over and thank them for supporting iHelp!

You can find their full range HERE