Why I picked it up: The title. That’s all there is to it. This title called out to me like the aroma of freshly baked cookies – I HAD to have it. I love the lilting melody of the words in this title, and as a librarian, the idea of flying books was intriguing. Somewhere […]
App Review
App Smash: Vocabulary
Today’s app smash recipe is a variation on vocabulary. There are LOTS of different ways to do it, but this is one recipe I particularly like. As with any recipe, you can switch out ingredients depending on what you have and what you like. These recipes aren’t meant to be an extensive how-to manual for […]
App-Smashing
App smashing is a fancy term for something that many of you may already have been doing, but didn’t know it had a name. If you’ve ever taken a picture of something and used that picture to create something in another app, you’ve “app smashed” on a very basic level. Rarely, even with the […]
3 Solid Apps for Creating Visuals
I’m not usually a fan of lists of apps. Let’s be honest – how many of those 50 apps in 50 minutes are you actually going to remember, let alone implement in your class? However, I am a fan of well-curated collections of solid apps. To me, “solid” means that I can use it in […]
App Review: Toontastic
This multi-award winning app caught my eye in an open search for comic creating apps. I quickly downloaded the free app and began playing. Toontastic is engaging, easy to use, and addicting! From the first click, there is narration that helps guide the user in creating a well thought out toon. The narration explains that […]
App Review: Word Mover
Title: Word Mover for iPad Cost: Free Grades: 3-12 Link to app: http://goo.gl/1RoMx Developer’s Website: http://goo.gl/spQtk From the creators of the beloved online interactives (ReadWriteThink and the National Council of Teachers of English), comes a fabulous magnetic poetry app! Magnetic poetry is a great way to study the components of language, to play with words and just […]
