With a name like Cargobot, you might think this iPad programming puzzle would be rather boring. I mean who wants to move cargo around? Strangely enough, a lot of students do. Especially those with an engineering mindset. You know, the ones that look at cranes for hours and wonder how they work. Cargobot is essentially […]
With Shadow Puppet Quickly add Narration to your Photos | Audio Review #142
Overview Shadow Puppet app is one I learned about to App Ed Review (another awesome site we reviewed a few weeks back). This app is honestly the easiest movie making app I have ever used. You simply create a new “puppet”, select or search for the photos you want to use, click record and talk […]
Tynker Totally Takes Students From Zero to Hero in the Programming World | Audio Review #139
Tynker is a MASSIVE suite of programming tools, lessons and projects for individuals, classrooms and entire schools. It uses a Scratch like programming interface, but guides you along the way. Students sign up as part of a classroom that you as a teacher can manage. They then proceed through the lessons and projects that you […]
Sunrise Calendar App Brings Calm To Your Calendar Life | Audio Review # 135
Sunrise App is yet another calendar app for your mobile device or computer. However Sunrise has a number of benefits that make it more than just your average calendar app. Pulls in all your calendars to one feed including websites like TripIt, Asana, Trello, Evernote, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google Calendars, iCal and Microsoft Exchange. Has […]
Sleep Cycle App Takes The Question, “How’d You Sleep?” To A New Level | Audio Review #134
Overview This app is all about data and analytics. Sleep Cycle Alarm app allows you to track how well you are sleeping. To use it you turn the app on and place your mobile device face down on your bed and the app tracks your movement throughout the night to determine how well you are […]
Gibbon Helps You Swing Into Developing Content Playlists for Your Students | Audio Review # 127
Gibbon lets people like you develop a playlist of web-based resources to share with your friends, students, team or maybe even your parents. You can link to anything on the web including video, graphics, infographics, articles or a plain old website. Students, and that includes anybody who views your page, click through the chapters you […]
Virulent Is An Infectiously Engaging Simulation | Audio Review # 126
Overview Virulent is an iTunes app simulation of virus behavior that incorporates gamification elements to engage students from grades 4-12 in exploring the microscopic world. The player becomes the “mind” of the viral invader, seeking to combat the defenses of the host in order to not only survive, but to thrive. The graphics are crisp, […]
U.S. Presidents Commits A Misdemeanor | Audio Review # 125
Overview U.S. Presidents, an Android and Kindle app, is a flashcard-style quiz and learning tool. The information is rather shallow, dealing almost entirely with lower-order thinking skills such as identification and recall. If a teacher has as a learning objective that children memorize the presidents, then download and run with it. If, on the other […]
Time Hop Tosses Your Picture Past Back at You | Audio Review # 124
Time flies by, especially as we get older. In fact, some study (and I am not making this up) said that once you hit 30, time accelerates at an incrementally increasing pace. The TimeHop app takes advantage of this new reality by pushing daily reminders of photos, tweets and other “stuff” that you did on […]
Adobe Slate Aids You With Awesome Design | Audio Review # 123
Adobe Slate is an easy to use and intuitive iPad app that makes telling a visual and textual story simple. With limited menu choices and a clear workflow/path, students will quickly master the story and be up going right away. Students open up the app and have a blank slate with four choices for adding […]
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