I've used several of the education apps featured on a regular basis. I've recommended Ted, Socrative, Duolingo, Khan Academy, and MyScript Calculator to instructors and students. Out of these apps Ted is probably my favorite. It provides such easy access to so many great ideas and motivating speeches. Ted Talks are amazing and a great way to share new ideas.
For this Thing I explored three new apps: Advanced English Dictionary and Thesaurus, Fooducate, and Today's Document.
The Advanced Dictionary is great! I love how easy it is to search for words and find related terms. The scan and search feature is awesome - you scan a word using your device's camera and it brings up options to search. Choose the term that matches and you're off! There are even word games and a word of the day feature if you're trying to build vocabulary. The one feature I couldn't find and wish this app had is a pronunciation guide. It would be nice if the app spoke the correct pronunciation on command.
The Fooducate app is formatted for the iPhone, so it looks a little clunky on my iPad. This app contains a lot of great information, basically down to the full nutrition label. The alternative options is a great tool, especially for suggesting different brands or versions of the same product that might be healthier options. It might be nice if the app was able to tell users where to purchase items or the approximate price, but that could be included in the premium features that I didn't pay for.
Today's Document is a really cool app that makes viewing historical Unite States documents easy. It's easy to use the search function to pull documents. I wish that there was more of an option to browse by category or time period. The app promotes a different document daily, but there doesn't seem to be any sort of order to the choices. The information button is nice because it allows you to view additional details about the historical context. It also links you to the document source so that you can research additional information about context. This would be a great way to explore history and context with a class.
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