Since many of my students with extremely low vision to total blindness need an extended period of time to create their personal organization system, I have found that teaching my secondary students about noticing the passing of time is helpful to develop life and job skills at this age. I do this by placing the FREE Talking Clock app on their iPhones and iPads. While the talking watches are great, placing a Talk Clock on their tablet or phone integrated their time system into devices they use for a variety of activities. My students and I have noticed the following benefits and limitations to this app:
Benefits:
•It’s free
•It has simple setting features
•There are two different sounds for half hour time and hour times
•Exposes kids to a military clock time
•variety of sounds
Limitations:
•The sounds can be distracting
•There are not many custom user settings
Adapted Innovation by Julie Johnson 