UPDATE (9/28/11) The new tablet has been announced as the Kindle Fire. For almost a year, there have been rumors that Amazon is working towards a goal of a tablet. Numerous sources have revealed that Amazon is holding a press conference on Wednesday. The speculation is that Amazon will be announcing its new tablet at that time. Of course, Amazon already has a tablet, and a very popular one, the Kindle.
Devices: iPad, iPhone Grades: Elementary Cost: $.99 After recently reviewing NxtApp for the iPad, I wanted to give another app by Icon a try, NxtApp 4 Kids. NxtApp 4 Kids was actually their first app, which has turned out to be very popular. It’s easy to see why it’s a hit. The same game play I enjoyed on NxtApp is featured on NxtApp 4 Kids, but with a few differences that make it more age appropriate for younger kids.
HMH Fuse, the innovative textbook from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, now has more editions. Previously, HMH Fuse had both Algebra I and Geometry textbooks. Jump on over to the app store now, and you will find the Common Core editions of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II textbooks have been added to the lineup, bring the grand total of HMH Fuse titles to five. As was the case with the first two textbooks, you can find a full chapter available free to try out.
Device: iPad Cost: Free App, $50 for software license for computer Grade Level: Any, app is designed for teachers This year, my school finally equipped my room with a Smart Board. As such, my interest in virtual whiteboards in education has increased quite a bit, so has my curiosity about alternatives. One such alternative is the Doceri app for the iPad. Essentially, Doceri turns your iPad into a remote screen for your computer.
Devices: iPad, iPhone Cost: $.99 Grade Level: Upper elementary through high school Here’s a simple but surprisingly fun app. NxtApp is aptly named. Your job is simply to solve the next number in a sequence of numbers. The app classifies the sequences as Add or Subtract, Multiply or Divide, Powers, and combinations of the previous categories. As a Pre-Calculus teacher, I feel like my students should be pretty comfortable with concepts like arithmetic and geometric sequences as well as simple sequences generated by quadratic equations before they ever make it to my class (at least informally).
Device: iPad Grades: Elementary and up, especially targeted at teachers Cost: Free Here’s an app I got really excited about when I first realized what it was capable of. ScreenChomp is a very simple concept that’s actually quite powerful. It turns your iPad into a digital whiteboard, capable of recording not just what you draw on the iPad, but also the audio of what you are saying. While that’s nice enough, it’s what you can do with the video that’s very exciting.
Device: iPad Grade Levels: Elementary through Middle School Cost: $3.99 A recent math app release that caught my eye for younger students trying to understand the number line and place value is Motion Math Zoom. This app is simple in its design but works on a lot of levels. The premise is simple enough to begin. You start with a number that has a frog sitting at each whole number location on the line.
Device: iPad Cost: $3.99 (but free until Oct. 31, 2011) Grades: 3rd-College From the maker of Geometer’s Sketchpad, Key Curriculum Press, comes a new geometry app, Sketchpad Explorer. If you’ve ever used Geometer’s Sketchpad, you’ll feel right at home on Sketchpad Explorer. To completely oversimplify, Geometer’s Sketchpad is a piece of software that allows you to do geometric constructions. Create a rectangle by defining four right angles, the drag the corner with the mouse, and you can see an infinite number of examples of rectangles.
In honor of the arrival of my iPad 2, Labor Day will mark the start of iPad App week here at Tech Powered Math. I’ll be reviewing a different math/education app each day for the week of September 5, so be sure to check in each day. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do so through the Facebook, Twitter, or RSS icons at the top of the screen. I’m going to try to get a mix of different levels from elementary school through high school, so I hope there will be something for everyone.
I wanted to let you all know that I’ve just heard from Key Curriculum Press, maker of the very popular Geometer’s Sketchpad software. They have released a new app for the iPad called Sketchpad Explorer. Sketchpad Explorer offers users access to a large amount of Geometer’s Sketchpad material on the web. I’m planning an “App Week” for Tech Powered Math very soon, so a Sketchpad Explorer review is on the docket.
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