April 23, 2024

Swift Playgrounds: Not Just Another Coding App |SLJ Review

Are your students budding coders? Apple has just released a sophisticated app for students serious about programming. Our review of Swift Playgrounds.

What’s on My iPad: A few key apps let you hit the road laptop free

From Keynote to Penultimate, the must-have productivity apps SLJ columnist Christopher Harris puts to use while on the road.

Teen Book Finder App now Available in the App Store

The ‘first of its kind’ app enables users to discover titles from the lists and awards of the Young Adult Library Services Association.

Best of Apps & Enhanced Books: April 2012

An enhanced version of an image-driven mystery and an app to help young people navigate the social scene are this month’s picks from SLJ’s Touch and Go app review blog.

SLJ’s App Review: Best of Apps & Enhanced Books (March 2012)

The best apps and enhanced digital books as reviewed in our “Touch and Go” blog, now collected in the monthly App Review.

SLJ’s App Review: Best of Apps & Enhanced Books (February)

The best apps and enhanced digital books as reviewed in our “Touch and Go” blog, now collected in the monthly App Review.

All the News that’s Fit to Tap and Swipe: Comparing news apps Flipboard, Pulse, Zite, and Google Currents

SLJ reviews the top news apps—including Google Currents—along with tips for using these tools with students.

SLJ Reviews: Chopsticks, the App

Everyone’s buzzing about the format-bending young adult novel, Chopsticks, by Jessica Anthony and Rodrigo Corral, released last week in print and as an app. Here’s our assessment.