Inspirational English, March 2017 | Page 26

MOODZIE

The creator of Moodzie is Natalie Clarke, who is a professional Special Education, Information Technology and Nutrition teacher from Australia.
After working for many years as a Special Education teacher and particularly with children with ASD, I felt there was a huge need to help children to control their emotions. This is what stops children from being effectively engaged in learning and life.
This Christmas, I was floating in my pool and I had the idea that I needed a cute little creature to represent my apps and especially my mood toolbox. My son with ASD adores Pokémon and so Moodzie was born. He is sensitive to the world and changes colour depending on his mood.
I knew was I going in the right direction when a feather dropped on my lap.
I have been helping children with special needs for years. In 2016, I had the opportunity to work at an Autism school and had six students with very high needs. Even though Moodzie was not born then, I practiced using every strategy that I had as a teacher for the last 25 years to help my students.
My 10 year old son has ASD and I have also used these strategies from when he was very little. He is high functioning as a result and has created his first app and youtube channel.
Moodzie is the Ambassador for Life Learning Apps and will help Millions of children worldwide through this program.
I design apps for children, but the mini apps such as my manifesting Jar can be used for adults. They do contain a parental lock for weblink in the apps so that children can safely use it too.
I also have a range of other apps for adults such as:
Alchemy Apps: Touch the character and get positive messages. Bride’ s Alchemy, Santa’ s Alchemy, Pregnancy Alchemy /
Where’ s the bride? A bridal quiz with games. Available on Apple, google play and amazon apps.
Boy or girl game? A pregnacy quiz with games. Available on Apple, google play and amazon apps.
Halloween quiz: Apple watch, IOS and Google play and Amazon.
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