Saturday, January 12, 2013

Apps For Learning On My iPad

These are some of the learning apps on my iPad. My kids and I are great guinea pigs. Almost everything is free. Quite a geeky (but fun) house.


A few highlights:

  • Opposites: A vocabulary game in which you try to match opposite words as fast as you can, before it is too late.  Appropriately challenging for fluent readers.  The more advanced levels are even challenging for me.
  • Dust Buster: This is a keyboard (piano) practice game.  A fun challenge.  It seems to be addicting.  It keeps adding new popular songs to the repertoire.  They can be purchased with points earned through practice.
  • Cargo Bot: Basic programming and logic.
  • RoboLogicLE: Program your robot to do simple tasks.  This kind of thinking (planning and sequencing) is essential to future success in many areas.  No coding required.  All programming is visual.  
  • Hungry Fish: Early math (addition)
  • NOVA Elements: Can you say geeky?  The periodic table comes to life.  They'll go to chemistry someday with a head full  of introductory knowledge already.  It is interactive.
  • Numerosity and Scootpad: I'm just dabbling with these two more-structured learning apps.  

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