App of the Week

I missed App of the Week last week, so this week I will highlight two apps for you to look at..

If Poems 

iF Poems is new poetry app for the iPad, described as ‘a poetry app for school-age children and for adults of any age’. The app includes 270 classic poems which have been carefully selected as works that the publishers feel are ‘a joy to pass down the generations, to share, to educate and enjoy’.

Features:

• You can record yourself reading a poem.
• You can email a poem and email your recording of a poem.
• You can tap on any word for a dictionary definition.
• You can save poems to a favorites page.
• You can search by title, author, first line or by any word. 
• You can get a dictionary definition of any word.
• Easy and fun to navigate, you can search by section. 

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Geoboard, by The Math Learning Center

The Geoboard is a tool for exploring a variety of mathematical topics introduced in the elementary and middle grades. Learners stretch bands around pegs to form line segments and polygons and make discoveries about perimeter, area, angles, congruence, fractions, and more.

This virtual version of the manipulative is an open-ended educational tool, ideal for elementary classrooms and other learning environments that use iPod Touches, iPhones, or iPads.

Features:

• Create line segments and polygons by stretching bands around the Geoboard’s pegs. 
• Choose from 5 different band colors; 8 band colors on the iPad.
• Fill individual shapes with a transparent color, or use the Fill All button to toggle all the bands between filled and unfilled.
• On the iPad, switch between the standard 25-peg board and the expanded board with 150 pegs. The larger board makes it possible for students to create a wider variety of configurations.