I am SO excited to share
this review on the Reading Comprehension Camp (RCC) app by Smarty Ears!
By the end of this summary, I guarantee that you will want this one in
your toolbox! Be sure to read all the way to the bottom, because I have a giveaway for you!! There are so many great features to RCC that my head is
spinning just thinking about where to begin. Let's just take it from the
top.
You have your usual, "Add Player" screen
with an option to upload profiles from Smarty Ears' Therapy Report Center app,
which incidentally is FREE right now so grab it! You can select up to 4
players to participate in the quiz that follows story readings. Score!
Nothing better than tracking data while playing at the same time on one
iPad!!
Next, it's time to select a story. There are
50 short stories divided into 5 levels of difficulty. The higher the
level, the longer and more challenging the story. You can select from three edit buttons on this screen: display quiz scores on stories; display all
story levels in a tab at the bottom of the screen; and display level ID on each
story.
There is one more tab in the lower right hand
corner of the select a story page: Create your own. Pretty sure I said,
"Cool," aloud when I discovered this feature!! This link takes
you to a page where you can upload your own image to represent your story, and
then write and record your own story! You can even create story
comprehension quiz questions.
Now, I am going to show you a story from each of
the five levels starting with a level one story. Immediately following each story is a sample quiz question. You can customize the
types of questions you want to be included in your quiz by selecting all, some,
or just one type. If you select just one question type, you will only have one question to answer at the end. I would love to see more items added for each question type!!
Want the app yet? Well, there's still more
to share! You can change the image size and font for reading to best suit
the age level and needs of your clients! I liked the larger font with
smaller images for my first graders.
Here is a breakdown of the types of quiz questions
that you can select. As you can see, there is a pretty good variety here! My only wish is that you could select certain
questions for each student. A girl can dream, right? Right now, you can select which player you would like to answer each question by tapping on the profile picture.
The Smarty Ears folks really thought of everything
when they designed this app! They even created a "Hint" button
for the quiz. When tapped, this button shows you a highlighted area in
the text that helps you answer the question at hand. Love this!! This feature makes it so much easier to go directly to the section you need rather
than replay or re-read the entire story!
As usual, there is a report page that easily collects
data from the quiz and calculates percentages. You can opt to email this
information directly to the Therapy Report Center or your work email.
If you would like your own copy of this dynamic
reading comprehension app, you can purchase it for $19.99 at iTunes. Or, you
can try your luck in this raffle first!
Disclosure: The generous folks at Smarty Ears provided me with
a code to review this app and one to raffle! The opinions expressed in
this review are unbiased.
a Rafflecopter giveaway
