ICT-AAC Let's Talk with Pictures
We live in a world where we communicate intensively with speech, text and video messages.
Did you hear about augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)?
You have certainly seen the sign language, but do you know there are agreed graphic symbols for communication?
Do you know that they are used in everyday life, that you sometimes use them when you put emoticons into messages, but also that some people communicate with the help of symbols?
Play this interesting game and find out more about AAC! (link)
HAKOM Quiz
Within the cooperation of the Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM) and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (FER) the HAKOM Quiz ("HAKOM Kviz" in Croatian) web application in the form of an interactive quiz about rights and accessibility on the Internet is developed.
The purpose of the application is to educate and raise awareness about the barriers that people with disabilities encounter and ways to reduce these barriers with the proper design of the web site.
While answering on the quiz questions, a user can turn on simulations of motor, visual or cognitive impairments, and thereby get the impression how people with these impairments see the web page. Besides the description of the impairment that is being simulated, guidelines for web designers on how to make web pages more accessible are displayed.
You can try out the Quiz here.
MULTI-SKLAD Visual Schedule
The MULTI-SKLAD Visual Schedule ("MULTI-SKLAD Vizualni raspored" in Croatian) is a visual support system that displays activities in the order in which these activities will take place. The user is enabled to interact with the application by pointing on and taking a picture of a board when it is time for that activity or some step inside an activity, and placing it in a box where it says "finished" when a certain step is done.
This version of application is designed for web browsers and you can try it out here.
ICT-AAC Writing
The ICT-AAC Writing ("ICT-AAC Pisalica" in Croatian) application makes it easy to learn how to properly write capital letters (graphemes) which is not sufficiently represented in available applications. Children of preschool age often try to write letters according to the examples they see in their environment (for example, from picture books, newspapers, jumbo posters). They often remember the wrong orientation of the letter (known as mirror writing) or the wrong writing direction. Such writing taught in a wrong way is then often difficult to correct. This application is the first application intended for learning of Croatian graphemes.
This version of application is designed for web browsers and you can try it out here.
ICT-AAC Language Builder
The ICT-AAC Language Builder ("ICT-AAC Jezična gradilica" in Croatian) is the application specifically designed to encourage morphological development of preschool children. It is suitable for children with typical language skills, and certainly for children with language development difficulties. The application enables better understanding of grammatical morphemes for plural of nouns and verbs in a visually appealing and entertaining way.
The advantage of the application is its ability to use it in different contexts (e.g. preschool facilities and family environment).
This version of application is designed for web browsers and you can try it out here.
ICT-AAC What Time Is It
The ICT-AAC What Time Is It ("ICT-AAC Koliko je sati" in Croatian) application is intended for children with developmental disabilities, but also for children of typical development, to help them manage in time by displaying the duration of events in time units. Also, the purpose of the application is to enhance the connection of the number and quantity as well as it improves the understanding of sequence of events in time.
This version of application is designed for web browsers and you can try it out here.
ICT-AAC Learning Colors
The ICT-AAC Learning Colors ("ICT-AAC Učimo boje" in Croatian) is an interactive application developed as a simple and motivational tool for learning colors. It is primarily intended for children with developmental disabilities, although the application may also be used by typically developing children. The application is designed in a way that aims to create a friendly atmosphere while remaining intuitive and simple to use. Another important characteristic of this application is the use of audiovisual elements that are close to children.
Application consists of four games (Color Recognition, Color Differentitation, Door Unlock, Dominant Color). Complexity of each game varies and covers different aspects of learning colors such as recognizing colors, distinguishing colors, etc. Although each game has a slightly different purpose, in conjunction they form a coherent learning platform that is both enough intuitive and interactive to captivate the players.
This version of application is designed for web browsers and you can try it out here.
ICT-AAC Vocals
The ICT-AAC Vocals ("ICT-AAC Glaskalica" in Croatian) application helps mastering phonological awareness, which is one of the main prerequisites for reading. It consists of recognition of first, last or all letters in a given word. To enable the gradual learning, application tasks' difficulty varies according to the complexity of the words.
Overall, users have access to six possible "difficulties" of the game that encopmassess more than 200 expert-chosen words. Each given word is represented by an image that depicts the term in question, along with a pre-recorded pronunciation.
This version is designed for web browsers and you can try it out here. We recommend using Google Chrome.
ICT-AAC Mathematical Playground
The ICT-AAC Mathematical Playground ("ICT-AAC Matematička igraonica" in Croatian) application helps preschool children with basic mathematical skills.
Current version of the application involves six mathematical games: Join, Separate, Connect, Detect, Count and Line.
This version of application is designed for web browsers and you can try it out here.
ICT-AAC Mathematical Carousel
The ICT-AAC Mathematical Carousel ("ICT-AAC Matematički vrtuljak" in Croatian) application helps preschool and school-aged children with basic mathematical operations.
Current version of the application involves three activities: counting, equality of sets and basic math operations using numbers or symbols.
This version of application is designed for web browsers and you can try it out here.
