App Review - Solve the Outbreak

The CDC came up with a great idea to engage students in how to protect themselves from a potential outbreak. This interactive app allows the user to be the detective to solve the outbreak of fun cases. Ask people questions, look at the scenario and determine the best idea. Do you quarantine, talk to the sick, get test results. Cases come out daily, so this app is always changing.

Your decisions determine how well you can evaluate the situation, which in return provides you with a badge and detective score worthy of how well you handled the situation.

Talking about germs? Diseases? Have a teachable moment? This app can help engage students and allow for some great discussions on the fields of science and health.




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App Review - MyScript Calculator

MyScript Calculator is an amazing app/calculator. The idea is that you write with your fingers the problems and the calculator will convert your handwriting into numbers and math signs and then solve it for the answer. You can do algebra with the idea that every time you see an "x", instead leave the space blank. Yes, this does trig operations and a lot more.

As a math teacher I find this very engaging and fun to use and as a programming I am amazed at the apps ability to convert handwriting to actual numeric numbers. I can't imagine the difficulties of handwriting recognition, but recognize it's impressive feat. Now, I don't in any way indulge in the fact that this should be used all the time, it is important students can handle the math on their own as well, but this is just a fun app you can play around with from time to time.

Enjoy and get handwriting.

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App Review - Leafsnap HD

 Leaf Snap is an app best served for devices that have a wireless internet signal outdoors.

The federal government is responsible for this app coming to be with the Smithsonian taking charge of the app with the assistance from two Universities.





This app provides a wonderful way to identify trees from the leaves. Simply take a leaf, put it behind a white background (take a piece of paper with out) and in moments, the app can determine the most probable type of tree it came from.

This field guide provides samples of the leaves, bark, seeds, flowers, and fruit from that plant. This can be an awesome activity that would surely engage students. Have the leaf samples around your room, have the students use their diagrams to predict the type of tree, then check yourself by scanning the leaf. You can even set it as a challenge to see if the app made a mistake or not.



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