“Downton Abbey” withdrawals? While movies, books, and even travel recommendations have been made for those experiencing the symptoms, there’s always the Downton iOS option. But buyers beware; can you really afford this abbey?
Diversity in Apps | A Movement Grows
By on March 8, 2016
Sandhya Nankani and Kabir Seth, the founders of two independent app companies, teamed up to push the children’s digital media industry toward a “larger commitment to diversity.” In 2015, Diversity in Apps (DIA) was born.
All About Dinosaurs | Touch and Go
By on March 3, 2016
A new app on dinosaurs from Y Factory is reviewed.
“World Wildlife Fund Together” | Touch and Go
By on November 19, 2015
Children love photo-essays and stories about animals and educators looking to introduce global issues into the curriculum often find endangered animals a good place to start. The World Wildlife Fund provides a digital offering on the topic, with an update to their WWF Together app, available free on iOS, Android, and Kindle Fire.
WonderBox: Explorations in Science, Geography, Music, and Design | Touch and Go
By on November 4, 2015
The WonderBox app provides content, creation opportunities, and a mini social network—with features and safeguards that will please parents.
“iBiomes—Wetlands” | Touch and Go
By on October 15, 2015
A cheery professor guides students through “iBiome-Wetland,” an app designed to teach students about biodiversity through a series of gamelike activities featuring a fresh water marsh, a salt water marsh, and a mangrove swamp.
Skill Building with “Fiete” Apps | Touch and Go
By on October 8, 2015
A cheerful sailor named Fiete invites children to join him on a number of his daily activities in a series of colorful apps produced by Ahoiii Entertainment. The apps will have kids flexing their pre- reading and numeracy skills and challenging their memories.
Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” on the iPad | Touch and Go
By on October 1, 2015
Our reviewer Pam Schembri cites the performers’ commentary as one of the strengths of this production, and calls it “a treasure for both professionals, students of music, and dabblers.”
The Bard Gets Bawdier |”Ryan North’s To Be or Not to Be” | Touch and Go
By on September 17, 2015
Studying parody or William Shakespeare’s Hamlet in class? Looking for retelling of a classic with an unusual twist? Don’t miss “Ryan North’s To Be or Not to Be,” now in digital.
Iain Pears’s Multilayered “Arcadia” | Touch and Go
By on September 2, 2015
With no desire to thrust himself “into the vanguard of digital innovation,” Iain Pears nonetheless finds himself there with publication of “Arcadia.” The author notes, “…I undertook the project because I had reached the limit of my storytelling in book form and needed some new tools to get me to the next stage.”
