![]() ![]() Chock full of his trademark constipated drawings and strained, overwrought text, the reader will also be pleased not to afterwards find him- or herself laden with a pamphlet or book to discard the next time he or she changes apartments, homes or relationships like the 99 cents that instantly vanishes from one’s bank account upon purchase, all 14 speedily-swipable digital “pages” with their tucked-away animations and mildly disorienting transitions may easily be wiped from one’s computer’s memory with precisely the opposite degree of difficulty which one simply cannot forget that night of screamed obscenities at one’s (now ex-) girl- or boyfriend. In the briefest of flirtations with non-corporeality in this, his first (and likely final) iPad-only comic strip, our otherwise normally corporeal cartoonist and former McSweeney’s guest-editor Chris Ware attempts to address how, in some relationships, the act of touching seems to shift over time from that of affection to aggression. (BTW, “fondly recall his Java applets” is neither a euphemism nor something that anyone will understand 5-10 years from now.)Ĭould there be a more perfect topic for than Chris Ware’s hand-crafted olde-tyme goodness on Apple’s magical piece of technology? The app was made by Scott Snibbe’s studio…I fondly recall his Java applets. ![]() People can select different instruments - from synthesizer to piano, and generate polyrhythmic counterpoints between the two melodies. In addition to the visualizers, the app includes the “Glass Machine” which lets people create music inspired by Philip Glass’ early work by simply sliding two discs around side-by-side, almost like turntables. People can lean back and enjoy REWORK_ end to end, or they can touch and interact with the visualizers to create their own visual remixes. REWORK_ features eleven “music visualizers” that take the remixed tracks and create interactive visuals that range from futuristic three-dimensional landscapes to shattered multicolored crystals, and vibrating sound waves. There is also an interactive iOS app that lets you play around and remix your own Glass compositions. REWORK_ is an album of Philip Glass’s music remixed by the likes of Beck, Amon Tobin, and Nosaj Thing. Hence, “educational-ish” to adjust people’s expectations. Let me know if I’ve missed anything great!Īs you might have guessed from reading this here web site, I tend to have an expansive definition of what is educational. Anyway, thanks to everyone who shared their favorites. I have no idea which of these apps the kids will actually like/play and it would be nice not to have to spend $50 to find out. I really really wish the App Store had a try-before-you buy policy. Lots of good stuff there…I’ve downloaded a few already. Professor Astro Cat’s Solar System - Learn about the solar system with a cat and mouse as tour guides. The same company, Originator Inc., has many other apps as well. See also LiquidSketch.Įndless Reader - For beginning readers. A couple of very strong recommendations from people for this.īrain It On - Draw shapes to solve challenging physics puzzles. This looks great…downloading now.Įpic! - A eBook library for kids 12 and under with 10,000 titles. See also Prodigy Math Game, The Counting Kingdom, the DragonBox apps.īarefoot World Atlas - An annotated world atlas. Quick Math Pack - Four math apps, including multiplication, fractions, and telling time. It includes many video tutorials for learning how everything works.Īnd here are a few recommendations from others that I am eager to try out: Hopscotch - Use an intuitive drag-and-drop interface to build games. The Numberlys - This one has ceased to be educational for my kids, but it’s great for the younger set.Ĭrazy Gears - 99 levels of mechanical puzzles involving gears. Ollie has made it all the way through while Minna is still on level 9. Monument Valley - This is a straight-up game, but it’s so well-made (I love the soundtrack) and the logic puzzles are genuinely challenging that I’m happy to let them work with this one. ![]() Ollie takes chess after school once a week, so I downloaded this for when he wants some extra practice during the week. Mate in 1 - A game that challenges you to find the checkmate using just one move. The kids most often work with The Everything Machine and Simple Machines. The Tinybop Collection - Beautiful, fun apps. It doesn’t do quite as much as the full versions available on other platforms, but they’re improving and adding stuff all the time and the touchscreen experience is great. I posted a screenshot of that page on Twitter, and I wanted to follow up with some App Store links as well as some links to other apps that people tweeted back at me. On my iPad, I have a screen full of educational apps that the kids can work with pretty much anytime they want without asking. In this post about Minecraft yesterday, I wrote a footnote about educational-ish 1 apps on my iPad: ![]()
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