Posts Tagged ‘teaching’
Children’s iPad Apps Become Popular Teaching Aids
Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 March 2012 02:00 Written by iUseMac Wednesday, 21 March 2012 02:00
California based Elka Palka Production, LLC today introduces Elfishki and The Unwelcome Guest 1.0, its brand new interactive fairy tale series for the iPad. This digital storybook offers a new type of teaching aid that is beautiful as classical cartoons, as engaging as beloved fairy tales, as fun as videogames, and as useful as a textbook. Elfishki and The Unwelcome Guest features stunning interactive illustrations, original music, and professional voiceovers in both English and Russian. Continue reading
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Children’s iPad Apps Become Popular Teaching Aids
Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 March 2012 02:00 Written by iUseMac Wednesday, 21 March 2012 02:00
California based Elka Palka Production, LLC today introduces Elfishki and The Unwelcome Guest 1.0, its brand new interactive fairy tale series for the iPad. This digital storybook offers a new type of teaching aid that is beautiful as classical cartoons, as engaging as beloved fairy tales, as fun as videogames, and as useful as a textbook. Elfishki and The Unwelcome Guest features stunning interactive illustrations, original music, and professional voiceovers in both English and Russian. Continue reading
Tags: aids, beautiful rainbow, bonus game, comprehension questions, fairy, fairy tale story, Garage, Giant, guest application, interactive illustrations, iPad, iphone, little readers, professional voiceovers, rainbow island, reading, series, story, teaching, visual acuity | Posted under Mac News | Comments Off
JAM Language launches Brazilian Portuguese App
Last Updated on Friday, 9 December 2011 04:45 Written by iUseMac Friday, 9 December 2011 04:45
JAM Language Ltd. in collaboration with Lux HQ. launch the apple iOS version of their most popular flashcards 99.BrazilianPortuguese.verbs. “Brazilian Portuguese is extremely popular given the international interest in Brazil at the moment” Said Jaime Chamberlain, Co-Founder of JAM Language Ltd. This is a follow-up to their initial collaboration and launch of 99.spanish.verbs, 99.madarin.verbs and 99.cantonese.verbs early this summer and recent launch of the Arabic Fruit & Vegetables application Continue reading
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Using Mobile Technology To Produce Confident Student Writers
Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 October 2011 02:00 Written by iUseMac Tuesday, 18 October 2011 02:00
Learning to write is a task that requires constant practice guided by consistent instructional content. Niles Technology Group apps provide such instructions plus one intangible skill – the apps teach students how to be confident writers. Students learn to examine their ideas in-depth and to develop strong, reasoned arguments. With Niles writing apps, for the iPad and iPhone, students learn to write their personal best, without hesitation. Continue reading
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ESL Launchpad – an iPad app designed for English Teachers and Students
Last Updated on Monday, 26 September 2011 12:25 Written by iUseMac Monday, 26 September 2011 12:25
California based Webrich Software today introduces ESL LaunchPad 1.0, their new language learning solution developed for Apple’s iPad device. ESL LaunchPad has over 700 beautifully illustrated flash cards in 20 different categories to help learners commit words to memory. The app includes explanations of 25 different grammar structures, including hundreds of examples of the structures in use. Webrich Software partnered with experienced and knowledgeable English teachers to develop the app. Continue reading
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Harvard Teaching Hospital Picks Pedometer PRO GPS + to Encourage Walking
Last Updated on Tuesday, 28 June 2011 07:09 Written by iUseMac Tuesday, 28 June 2011 07:09
Pedometer PRO GPS + by Viaden Mobile has been chosen the official app of the Walking Club at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. Pedometer PRO GPS + uses both accelerometer and GPS for tracking running, jogging and walking statistics in a more reliable and precise way. Combining high accuracy of activity monitoring with strong motivation benefits, Pedometer PRO GPS + is fun to explore and easy to use. Continue reading
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Easter Egg Hunt Brings Surprises and a Powerful Teaching Tool for iOS
Last Updated on Tuesday, 19 April 2011 05:32 Written by iUseMac Tuesday, 19 April 2011 05:32
Virginia based Vito Technology today announces an Easter update to GeoWalk – 3D World Factbook 2.2 for iOS. Explore facts about the fascinating world around us. It was developed specifically for both adults and children curious about far away places, great people, and the most amazing living creatures and plants. With this update users can enjoy a fan and educational Easter egg hunt. Geo Walk is a popular encyclopedia of fun facts recently renovated and constantly receiving new packs of items. Continue reading
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Talking Nicky HD 1.1 for iPad – New, Fun Friend & Teaching Tool for Kids
Last Updated on Tuesday, 21 December 2010 07:50 Written by iUseMac Tuesday, 21 December 2010 07:50
Cloudburst Games, LLC today released Talking Nicky HD 1.1 for iPad users. The application is a recent launch which offers children wholesome entertainment and learning via a new friend by the name of Nicky. Talking Nicky is a little girl who travels the world, teaching kids how to say greetings in foreign languages but is a really fun interactive pal, too. She repeats back what kids say but in a silly voice, she dances, flies, blows kisses, puts on lipstick and proudly displays a child’s photo. Continue reading
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Alfredo Delli Bovi announces iSutras for iPhone and iPod Touch
Last Updated on Saturday, 13 February 2010 05:23 Written by iUseMac Saturday, 13 February 2010 05:23
Alfredo Delli Bovi today announces iSutras – The Kamasutra for the rest of us. iSutras is a unique Kamasutra teaching manual without adult contents and for teaching purpose. The Kamasutra is an ancient Indian book about human sexual behavior. But not everyone knows that it doesn’t contain only sex positions. It’s for the most based on the concepts of love meant as art, the “kama” on social relations, about relationships between two lovers and on physical and psycological well-being. Continue reading
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