The project is a collaborative effort between the Psychology department and the Digital Media department to update an existing, web-based application. Grammar Trainer is an educational application designed to aid autistic children in learning correct grammar and syntax.
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Grammar Trainer is a new version of an existing, web-based application to help autistic children with English grammar. Combining current web and Apple iPad technologies, this version of Grammar Trainer adds exciting new graphics to the established learning functionality for an entirely new experience. The iPad application takes advantage of the benefits of a touch screen device. The intuitive interface with drag and drop functionality is easy and fun for children to use. Each exercise gives the child a short prompt and asks them a question. Children can easily create a sentence by moving any word wherever they want. In order to help the child answer the question, each prompt is accompanied by a short animation. These animations are constructed from a combination of 2D backgrounds and 3D characters and assets.
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There are seven people on the Grammar Trainer team consisting of two groups. The Digital Media Senior Project group includes Kristopher Connell, Nicole DiGiambattista, Daniel Jung, Joseph Parente, and Pedro Rivera. Felicia Hurewitz, Ph.D. and Katharine Beals, Ph.D. are the group from the Psychology department and created the original exercise.
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