Happy App Friday
Want to look up a word, but don’t quite know the correct spelling? Look it up with Wordspeller, on sale this weekend. Rocket through the solar system in Space by Tinybop. Plus, China hurriedly starts a massive online learning experiment.
Garry Froehlich
Jellybean Tunes
Wordspeller ESL Dictionary
by i.m. Press
How do you look up the meaning of a word, or find the correct spelling, when you don’t know how to spell it in the first place, especially as an english language learner or someone who just needs a little help with spelling? Wordspeller ESL Dictionary offers a straightforward solution. Type in a few letters and multiple possible words will appear and you can scan for the right one. For example, typing ‘fiz’ will bring up the words physiology, physics, physician, and more, along with a brief definition of each. The interface is very straightforward, which is great because it makes the app extremely fast to load and use when you need to look up a word.
On Sale this Friday to Sunday for $0.99 (Regularly $3.99)
Also on Sale: American Wordspeller Dictionary
Space
by Tinybop
Pick a spaceship and blast off to explore the solar system. Space is a graphically rich app that lets kids virtually visit the many planets in the solar system, along with the sun itself. Cutaways show the interior structure of each planet, close ups explore the surface, and you can move around the planet to see the moons. It also has quirky touches such as being able to drop various objects onto each planet to see what will happen. TInybop’s apps are always high quality and this is no exception.
Schools in China Switch to Online Learning
In response to the COVID 19 outbreak, China has, temporarily, switched its school system, with 200 million children, to online learning, which is remarkable. It will be very interesting to see how this works out and what lessons can be drawn from it.
