Posts under ‘Education’

As surely as fall gives way to winter and winter gives way to spring, spring gives way to standardized tests, whether placement or college entry.  One of the biggest, most important standardized tests of all is the Scholastic Aptitude Test, or SAT, with its math, critical reading, and writing sections.  I always felt that if math was a [...]

It’s a shock to see a flashcard app that’s actually useful.
Flipside – Digital Studying made a fantastic first impression. The app’s interface is slick. The controls and options are easy to find and use. It’s a breeze finding your way around. After locating the multitude different buttons and features, the process is intuitive and efficient. [...]

Brush up on your medical terminology so you can convince chicks you’re a doctor! Or use it for something not evil. Up to you.
iTunes Link : Medical Terminology Aid
On deck: RiskDice Shaker (Utilities)

I hate when I miss a solar eclipse. I’m serious! They’re cool as long as you don’t look directly at them and go blind.
Total Solar Eclipses will tell you everything about every solar eclipse up to the year 2100.
iTunes Link – Total Solar Eclipses
On deck: Numbers to 1 (Games)

¡Teach the niños and niñas how to speak some Español!
iTunes Link – KidWords Spanish Learning Game
On deck: Instantaneous Memory Trainer (Education)

Create your own flashcards on your Mac or PC and then study them on your iPhone/iPod Touch. Doesn’t sound like the sexiest app out there, but it could be useful if there’s something you need to cram into your skull before test time!
iTunes Link – iMemento Flashcards
On deck: Camera Obscura (Entertainment)

Star Walk is an ASTRONOMY guide… that’s astronomy as in planets and constellations, not horoscopes!
iTunes Link – Star Walk – 5 stars astronomy guide
On deck: Baby Monitor & Alarm (Lifestyle)

Ok, you don’t have to be pregnant for this one! But it does help if you have a kid around to use it on… Time Smart’s goal is to teach your young ‘un some concept of time with two clocks.
One shows the time now, and the other shows the target time when something will happen [...]

* “POV” (Point of View) is a new feature that we’re testing out *
MediaBrand’s rating: 8.0
IAR’s rating: 7.0
Women tend to run away screaming when I approach and that makes it hard for me to reproduce, so in order to test drive MonsterABC I recruited the help of Ella, a sassy little four-year-old whose parents I’ve [...]

Even though I have a degree in Journalism, it’s been more years than I care to reveal since I was in any basic English class. I have made a living writing and consider myself pretty knowledgeable about punctuation, so the ABC’s in Punctuation seemed right up my alley. I’ve even gotten into a verbal bar [...]

I typically don’t review apps that are targeted directly towards children, and I especially despise apps that require me to actually “think”, but I felt the need to prove to myself that I can still do PopMath’s elementary equations without turning to my iPhone’s space-age calculator. It’s a good idea to do things like this [...]