APP Attack

The first app I looked at was the NASA App.  This was not just well designed on a structural level but it also was informative for an astronomy class section of science.  When you first open up the App you see an image of our solar system.  What this page allows you to do is select any of the planets in the Milky Way as well as the sun and moon.  When you select one of those you get a data sheet on specific information about the sun, like what it is define as and the distance the sun is from earth.  At the bottom of the home page you have other options like NASA TV that have various information shows.  There is also videos of various shuttle launches and things of that sort.  Last there is a feature page that has main documant on the solar system as well as births of the world.  This Apps while allow  a teacher to unleash an imaginative mind in this particular App.  Because this App is informational as well as interactive a student can gain much knowledge and enjoy it at the same time.

The next Apps is called Math Drills Lite.  This App allows you to practice and drill math problems in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.  You open it up and select which one you want to practice or have a timed drill.  Then it gives you ten problems.  This App is good becasue it covers all four basic math problems and it allows you to practice or have a timed drill.  This version is not the full version but will allow students to sharpen their basic math skills.  If a student is done with a test, has completed their assignment early, or having problems with basic math.  They could send time sharpening their skills. 

The third App was the BBC news app.  It is simple to use you can hit the news folder and select one of the news site they have.  It will then give you a selection of Top stories, US and Canada and more.  You also can turn on its is live radio that will give you the top stories via radio.  This will allow you to get current events as well as more recent top stories.  I like this option because students can look up current events for civic classes or for various research they might want to do on current events.    So I think this App will give access at their desk so they can write while they are doing this research.