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Blackboard Mobile™ Learn

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:18:31 +0000

Blackboard Mobile Learn makes it easier for you to keep up with your courses, by letting you access them whenever and wherever you want – now on WiFi and all carriers!

If your school licenses Blackboard Mobile Learn, you’ll be able to use the app for free. If not, you will need to purchase access for just $1.99 a year or $5.99 for life.

*** Need help? Contact us within the app by tapping “?” or ‘Help’ in the settings menu, or press “App Support” below – we’re here for you! ***

With Blackboard Mobile Learn, you can:

- Receive push notifications of course activity
- Check Grades
- Post to Discussions
- Attach files from Dropbox or your device
- Read Announcements
- View Assignments
- Comment on Blogs and Journals
- Take mobile-friendly tests

…and lots more. We won’t ruin the surprises - just download the app, enter your institution’s name, and log in with your existing Blackboard username and password.

NOTE: Access must be enabled by your institution. Feature availability may vary by institution. Blackboard cannot guarantee that the content created by instructors or other users will be compatible with this app. As such, there may be variability in the user experience from course to course or institution to institution. We make our best effort to create our app in a way that provides a good experience for all users, and we are constantly working to improve this.

Downloading or using this app indicates consent to the terms and privacy information at http://blackboardmobile.com/mlterms

For an explanation of the permissions this app requests, check http://goo.gl/QH6nK

Recent changes:
Thanks to the users who submitted feedback to us via the in-app help feature, we've been able to include the following improvements. If this update fixes an issue that caused you to give us a negative review, please consider updating your review. Keep sending in your questions and ideas using our built-in app support!

- Attach any file to a File Response question
- New languages: French, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), Korean, Russian, Turkish, Swedish
- In-progress posts saved in app

Kids ABC Letters Lite

Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:41:24 +0000

This free version is fully featured but stops at the letter H. To get the rest of the letters, please upgrade to the paid version.

Followed by Kids ABC Phonics Lite and Kids Reading (Preschool) FREE, Kids ABC Letters FREE is the first app in our Reading Curriculum Series.

Get ready to say "I couldn't get my phone back!"
Kids ABC Letters invites preschool-aged children to listen and learn the ABCs in ways that enchant them.

With Kids ABC Letters, your preschool-aged kids will learn the alphabet letter names and will practice letter shapes, letter recognition, and finding letters in context.

Kids ABC Letters does not teach your kids the phonetic sounds that the alphabet letters actually make. Knowing how the alphabet letters are pronounced is a separate educational goal, which is covered in a separate app, called Kids ABC Phonics. Including it in Kids ABC Letters would detract from the focus of this game and make it too complex to invite and delight children.

To sum it up, Kids ABC Letters is about the names of the letters, while Kids ABC Phonics is about the sounds of the letters.

The game has four wonderfully child-friendly sections.

✔ Naming Letters. A delightfully distraction-free way for kids to learn the name and the appearance of each ABC alphabet letter. Kids can tap on the letters to verify that they’ve learned the names correctly.

✔ Forming Letters. Kids get to practice remembering what the letters look like by sliding colorful puzzle pieces into place that make up the shapes of the letters.

✔ Recognizing Letters. Children get to play a fun game where they help the cat catch fish with alphabet letters on their sides as they swim by. By the time kids are done, they know the appearance and pronunciation of the letters by heart.

✔ Identifying Letters in Context. This simple educational game teaches kids to recognize alphabet letters as they appear in words. As a result, preschoolers learn that words are made up of letters.

Every section is designed so children enjoy success time after time and receive positive reinforcement from the likable lady teacher.

★ Hey, how did you take the top spots in the Education section?

✔ Our games are laser focused. For example, the letters game doesn't teach phonics, and the phonics game doesn't teach reading. We keep the games clean and focused but magically inviting and nourishing.

✔ Our games don’t feature fun at the expense of education – or education at the expense of fun. We also know games that are too complicated don’t involve and delight kids.

Recent changes:
Fixed FC in the "Recognizing Letters" activity.

Kids Reading (Preschool) FREE

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:34:14 +0000

The paid version has 15 extra words in the first and the third activities as well as child-lock functionality that can be enabled in Preferences. Please note that child lock functionality is not available on tablets.

Kids Reading (Preschool) FREE (a.k.a. Kids Learn to Read) will teach you children to:
- Blend sounds into words
- Read simple words
- Form simple words

Kids Learn to Read is the 4th app in our Alphabet Curriculum Series. It is preceded by Kids ABC Letters, Kids ABC Phonics, and Kids ABC Trains.

★ Prerequisites:
Knowledge of letter names and sounds (if not, first get Kids ABC Letters, Kids ABC Phonics and Kids ABC Trains)

Kids Reading is a delightful game that invites your children to practice blending sounds together to form, read and spell words that are all made up of only three letters of the alphabet, such as "dog","sun", and "big".

★ What won't my children learn?
They won’t learn to read words longer than three or four letters.
Kids ABC Reading assumes that your kids already know the sounds that the letters of the alphabet make. If your children do not know these sounds yet, we recommend our Kids ABC Phonics app.

Kids Reading assumes that your kids already know the sounds that the letters of the alphabet make. If your children do not know these sounds yet, we recommend our Kids ABC Phonics and Kids ABC Trains apps.

And if your children have not had a chance to learn the names of the letters, we recommend that you download our Kids ABC Letters app. It's the most enjoyable way ever for kids to learn the names of the letters of the alphabet.

To summarize:
Kids ABC Letters teaches letters
Kids ABC Phonics teaches sounds
Kids ABC Trains teaches letters and phonics
Kids Learn to Read (i.e. this app) teaches your children to read simple words

Recent changes:
Improved compatibility with Google Nexus 7

Kids ABC Phonics Lite

Sat, 26 Mar 2011 08:03:21 +0000

This free version includes letters A to H and is fully-featured.

Kids ABC Phonics is the second app in our Reading Curriculum Series. It is preceded by Kids ABC Letters and followed by our newest app, Kids ABC Trains.

With Kids ABC Phonics, your kids will learn the alphabet letter sounds – guaranteed!

Kids ABC Phonics teaches letter sounds and the basics of blending. These skills are further reinforced in our newest app, Kids ABC Trains.

Kids ABC Phonics does not teach the next step, which is fluency in actual reading. Developing reading skills is a separate educational goal, which is covered in Kids Learn to Read

The game has four wonderfully child-friendly sections.

✔ Learn Letter Sounds. Kids hold and turn a picture-filled letter block and hear the ABC phonics being pronounced.

✔ Build Letter Blocks. Children have fun building phonics recognition skills by making their own ABC blocks.

✔ Pop Letter Bubbles. Kids love to pop bubbles. But don't be fooled. By the time children are done with this game, they will know what letter goes with which sound by heart.

✔ Make words. While putting puzzles together, kids learn the basics of phonics blending. These skills are further exercised and expanded in our Kids Learn to Read app.

★ Hey, how did you take the top spots in the Education section?

✔ Our games are laser focused. For example, the letters game doesn't teach phonics, and the phonics game doesn't teach reading. We keep the games clean and focused but magically inviting and nourishing.

✔ Our games don’t feature fun at the expense of education – or education at the expense of fun. We also know games that are too complicated don’t involve and delight kids.

Recent changes:
Perfected compatibility with tablet devices.

NASA App

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 22:19:05 +0000

Come explore with NASA and discover the latest images, videos, mission information, news, feature stories, tweets, NASA TV and featured content with the NASA App for Android.

Features:
- Over 157,000 images and growing
- Latest On Demand NASA Videos from around the agency
- Current NASA Mission Information
- Launch Information & Countdown clocks
- Current Visible Passes for the International Space Station (ISS) and notifications
- ISS and Earth Orbiting Satellite Tracker
- NASA Twitter Feeds from around the agency
- Current News and Features stories
- Facebook® Connect and Integrated Twitter™ client for easy sharing
- Live Streaming of NASA TV
- NASA TV and What's On Your TV schedules
- Map and links to all of the NASA centers
- Featured content section
- Third Rock Radio (alternative rock radio station)

Recent changes:
- Fixes for updating wallpaper, visible pass notification, etc. (you may need to disable and re-enable both Update Wallpaper and Visible pass notification in Settings, root view/press menu/select Settings).

Kids Numbers and Math Lite

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:51:20 +0000

Kids will learn to:
✔ Name numbers
✔ Count
✔ Compare numbers
✔ Add
✔ Subtract
✔ Match numbers

Wouldn't it be just wonderful if there was a simple game for preschoolers that made learning numbers and basic math skills enjoyable? There is! It's called Kids Numbers and Math - and it will teach your kids how to count, as well the basics of addition, subtraction and much more!

Numbers are spoken in kid-friendly English. The paid version enables the number ranges to be set, with numbers going up to 20.

The game is from Intellijoy, where we specialize in educational games with the fun built right into them.

Your child will love playing Kids Numbers and Math, and you'll be able to relax, knowing your child is learning while having great fun.

If you want your child to learn math – and enjoy it – you can't find a better choice than Kids Numbers and Math.

Recent changes:
Bug fixes.

iStoryBooks

Sat, 15 Jan 2011 19:23:58 +0000

FREE STORY BOOKS WITH FUN PICTURES, TEXT & AUDIO FOR YOUR LITTLE ONES.

PARENT CAN ADD OR REMOVE BOOKS FROM THE CHILD'S LIBRARY. PARENT SECTION OF THE APP IS PROTECTED.

MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION TO ACCESS MORE PREMIUM CONTENT BOOKS

Option to save all media in SD Card. Tap MENU while in myLibrary to use this feature.

Free Interactive Childrens Books for the new generation!

Free books that read itself to your little ones! Yes the books include text and audio. We publish a new book every 2 weeks. Kids can enjoy these books on their own or you can read to them.

When we publish new books they will appear automatically in the App. All books we publish are picture books with audio.

We welcome your valuable comments and suggests. Please post your comments and suggestions, play games, puzzles and download coloring pages at facebook.com/iStoryBooks.

Type of books include childrens books, story books, bedtime stories, classic stories, folk stories, toddler books, preschool books, nursery school books, kindergarten books, fairy tales and picture books with accompanying audio of the text in each page.

Some of our popular books include:

Fairy Tales
* Cinderella, the classic story about a beautiful girl named Cinderella who always hoped for the best even during hard times and eventually, her wishes come true!
* Snow White, the story of a princess who was as beautiful on the inside as she was on the outside.
* Cenicienta, the spanish (espanol) version our most popular book Cinderella.

Animal Story Books:
* The Blue Fox
* The Crow the Doves and the Mouse
* The Mean Lion and the Smart Rabbit
* The Crow, the Doves and the Mouse
* Three Little Pigs

Folk Stories
* Stone Soup
* Little Red Hen
* Little Red Riding Hood

Educational Books
* A to Z Animals, A fun book to learn alphabets with pictures of animals.
* A to Z Fruits and Vegetables - Junior/Preschool/Yummy Riddles - A set of three books to learn alphabets with pictures of fruits and vegetables.
* The World of Trucks - Big and Small - A fun book with pictures and engine sounds of Trucks of various sizes and shapes. Includes Fire Truck with siren and horn, Crane Truck, Garbage Truck, Tow Truck, Picukup Truck, Dump Truck, Road Train etc.
* The World of Dinosaurs - Big and Small
* National Monuments of America
* Things that go - Book with pictures and sounds of cars, trucks, boats and ships.

Children's Ramayana Books
* Hanuman Saves Lakshmana
* Hanuman's Adventure in Lanka
* Children's Ramayana

Enjoy these books and others with your kids in the mobile device or download games, puzzles and coloring pages from our website and have fun offline.

Recent changes:
* Ability to save media to SD Card. Tap MENU while in myLibrary to use this feature.
* Added myLibrary - The parent can now customize the library for their child. Parent can go to our catalog and add books to myLibrary or remove books from myLibrary.
* Enhanced reading mode with larger text and smooth page flipping animation
* Support for Premium Content Monthly Subscription

TED

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 19:17:00 +0000

TED's official Android app presents talks from some of the world's most fascinating people: education radicals, tech geniuses, medical mavericks, business gurus, and music legends. Find more than 1400 TEDTalk videos and audios (with more added each week) on the official TED app -- now for tablets and smartphones. This app is made possible with the generous support of Sony.

Recent changes:
1.1.6:
+ Speed improvements

1.1.5:
+ Support for high-resolution tablet displays, including the Nexus 10
+ Plugged a memory leak that occurred on device rotation (on tablets)
+ Bug fixes

1.1.1-1.1.4:
+ Bug fixes (background updates crash, audio player, Galaxy Note compatibility)

1.1 updates:
+ Subtitle support for over 70 languages
+ Browse all talks by available languages/translations
+ TED Radio Hour on NPR has been added to the audio player
+ Improvements to video player controls

Star Chart

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:34:33 +0000

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You can now have a virtual planetarium in your pocket! Look through the eyes of your Android device* to see a virtual window into the whole visible universe.

All you have to do is point your Android device* at the sky and Star Chart will tell you exactly what you are looking at.

Using state of the art GPS technology, an accurate 3D universe, and all of the latest high tech functionality, Star Chart calculates – in real time - the current location of every star and planet visible from Earth and shows you precisely where they are; even in broad daylight!

Want to know what that bright star is called? Point your device at it – you might just find out it’s a planet!

Want to know what the night sky looks like to people on the other side of the earth? Well just point your device down!

Want to know where your star sign is in the sky? Star Chart will tell you all this and more.

Star Charts features include:
- Just point and view. No need to scroll around the screen to find out what you are looking at*.

- Alternatively, look around the sky using finger gestures – perfect for armchair astronomers!

- Supports dynamic device orientation viewing. Allows you to view the night sky whilst holding your Android device at any angle.

- Accurately depicts all the visible stars of the northern and southern hemispheres - a total of over 5000 stars!

- Displays all the planets of the solar system, plus the sun and the moon.

- Displays all 88 constellations, with constellation imagery based on the beautiful artwork by 15th century astronomer Johannes Hevelius.

- Includes entire Messier catalogue of exotic deep sky objects.

- Tap on anything in the sky and get the facts on what you are looking at, including distance and brightness.

- Very powerful zoom function, lets you view the sky in extra detail, using intuitive finger gestures.

- Fully configurable. Star Chart displays only the sky objects that you are interested in.

- Allows you to view the sky underneath the horizon (unlike other more expensive applications). So now you can see where the sun is, even at night!

- Manually set your location to find out what the sky looks like from anywhere in the world.

- Full search feature

- Installable on an SD card

So point your Android device at the sky and see what's out there!
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Escapist Games will update Star Chart regularly, so please send us your feedback and features requests to starchart@escapistgames.com … thanks!

*Augmented Reality mode only available if your device supports it, as this feature requires a built-in compass. Manual scrolling is supported on all other devices.

Follow Star Chart on Twitter: StarChartApp - twitter.com/StarChartApp

Star Chart does not require internet access for normal usage. Internet access is only required initially to verify the license and subsequently when accessing the support page and external links.

Recent changes:
Fixes in this update:
- Crash reports on some devices for zoom should be fixed
- Rotating the device in AR will not cause the compass to rotate 90 degrees
- Japanese & Korean text strings should be back
- Constellation names should be back
- Loads of other minor bug fixes
- Planets now work properly in AR mode
- Meteor Showers now work properly in landscape

Kid Mode: Free Games + Lock

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:43:40 +0000

Fun, educational games for kids 8 and under. All your child's favorite Android apps in one place. With our Child Lock feature, kids stay safely in Kid Mode! No more accidental in-app purchases, deleted texts, or confusing ad clicks.

Winner of 10 awards & trusted by millions of kids & parents!

FEATURES:

✓ Fun games & videos customized for every child's age
✓ All your child's favorite apps in one safe place!
✓ Child Lock feature protects your phone & keeps your kids in-app
✓ Kids can't click through on ads or make in-app purchases
✓ An art studio where kids can paint, color, & draw!
✓ Illustrated storybooks that family members can read & record
✓ Video Mail feature lets kids exchange short messages with family
✓ Weekly activity emails on what your kids have been playing & learning
✓ Powerful parental controls w/ optional Premium Membership
✓ Offine Mode

BEFORE INSTALLING, PLEASE NOTE:

✓ You need Adobe Flash to get the games in our app.
✓ To help us customize Kid Mode for your child, you'll need to create a free account.

TESTIMONIALS:

by Tim
"I can eat a meal in peace. My kid loves it. No complaints."

by Miss
"This app ROCKS! It keeps my 5 year old busy and it teaches him!"

by Jack
"My 2 yr old loves it. Great for waiting rooms or in line."

All images are the property of their respective companies.

Recent changes:
In this release:

- new Multi-Language Toybox support (!)
- Improved Google Checkout subscription billing.
- Stability and performance improvements.
- Bug fixes.
- Improved internationalization: updated Chinese translations.