Apps
If you are connected to a university, you’ve likely already gotten your annual dose of inspiration. If you are connected to a high school, you are either awaiting that traditional commencement moment, or preparing for it. Commencement speeches are also interesting to study. They are primary sources. They are models for learning about rhetoric. And [...]
The sounds and habitats of several small creatures are featured in three apps produced by Dawn Publications, a company known for its close-up views of the natural world. Luminous artwork in vibrant colors, and light, effective animations will engage children as they learn about insects, amphibians, and a meadow mouse.
"Math is Beautiful" states Ian Stewart, and along with the production team at Touch Press, he delivers an elegant proof of that claim in 'Incredible Numbers,' a visual exploration of mathematical concepts.
The Official Google Blog announced today a preview of its new Classroom, a free and also ad-free tool in the Google Apps for Education suite. I am hopeful that this will prove the answer to my hopelessly messy Drive issues and a serious organizational and communication solution for my our classes. The post shares that Classroom [...]
While National Poetry Month may be officially over, interest in great poems well delivered, never wanes. In this column we look at three very different digital anthologies that include verse. To quote the editors of one collection, we have poets “ancient and modern, fusty and frisky, famous and forgotten,” and to that we might add, a few rising stars.
Gr 4 Up—There are many ways to regard Siff's short story, originally published in 1964, and illustrated by Gian Berto Vanni...
Gr 2–4Fans of this diminutive character won't find any read-along stories as they follow the mouse journalist into the digital world, but they can become reporters, travel underwater, and test their knowledge of capital cities around the world...
With brief texts offering a touch of dino drama and some basic facts, Oceanhouse Media's "Smithsonian Prehistoric Pals" series, based on books by Dawn Bentley, have found an enthusiastic audience with young children. The developer has recently added some new titles to this list; two are reviewed today.
Not many mice can boast a series of books, graphic novels, and audiobooks, and a website and newspaper, unless of course, it’s Geronimo Stilton. And now the prolific journalist/editor/adventurer has added an app to his oeuvre, brought to us via Scholastic.
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