Rover is a free app for iDevices that opens as an internet browser. Why, you may ask, do I need another internet browser? Well, this browser allows you to access Flash-enabled sites that you cannot usually use on your iPad or iPhone. And if you have ever had a crestfallen child looking at you accusingly … Read more
Daisy the Dinosaur is an iPad app that teaches basic programming to young children. It has a Challenge Mode, in which the user is given 5 challenges that increase in difficulty, beginning with programming the dinosaur to walk forward. In Freeplay Mode, the user can experiment with several different commands, including making Daisy grow or … Read more
I love this blog post from Suzanne Tiedemann on Brunswick Acres Art. She tells about a lesson for 5th graders in which they pretended to be app developers, and went through a simulation of the design and creation process. The students drew their own “icons” for the apps, and created descriptions that would appear in … Read more
For the summer, I have decided to use my Tuesday and Thursday posts to reblog some of my favorite posts that some of my readers may have missed the first time around: Windosill is an app for the iPad for $2.99. A free version is also available online, though you would also have to make a purchase … Read more
For the summer, I have decided to use my Tuesday and Thursday posts to reblog some of my favorite posts that some of my readers may have missed the first time around. Although this iApp is not free, I think that it is one of the few that is well worth the cost for classroom … Read more
