Showing posts with label iPad educational apps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label iPad educational apps. Show all posts

Sunday, February 8, 2015

Two Excellent Educational iPad Games Are Free Today

February 9, 2015
Below are two interesting iPad apps that have gone free today ( free at least here in Canada and the States, not sure if these apps are free elsewhere). The apps are basically two educational games for young learners. ABC Phonics Rhyming Words is a fun game designed to help kids learn and practice phonics through matching pairs of words. The second game, Power of Three,  is an interactive app that takes readers through a journey of discovery through puzzles, exercises, history references, hidden games and many more.

1-Power of Three

"The App encourages readers to imagine themselves as members of the library class, participating in and sharing as many ideas as they can, doing some matching exercises, and throughout the story, urging the virtual students to get "fired-up," finding the magic of learning, discovering their own abilities and utilizing their own talents."

2-ABC Phonics Rhyming Words


"By matching rhyming words, this game helps children recognize common word patterns, and understand how the initial consonant, middle vowel, and ending consonant affect pronunciation.  They will learn to distinguish between long and short vowel sounds, and they will learn to pronounce consonant combination, such as "ch" and "sh". These are all important stepping stones to becoming a proficient reader."

Courtesy of Apps Gone Free

Thursday, December 25, 2014

Duolingo Is The Most Popular Educational App of 2014

December 26, 2014
Google has recently released a list of the most popular apps, games and books in Google Play store  for 2014. Google used the download frequency as criteria for selecting these apps. Interestingly enough, in the education section, Duolingo was picked as the most downloaded app for this year.



Duolingo is a great web tool and mobile app for learning a new language. Duolingo provides a plethora of translation activities through which learners get to practice their new language. Duolingo gamifies language learning by using a system of rewards for good achievements. It also gives learners the opportunity to translate real-world texts in the language they are learning and thus help other learners.

Watch this video to learn more about Duolingo