‘Minds of Modern Mathematics,” an app based on the IBM exhibit created by Charles and Ray Eames.
Flip: Interactive Storybook
June 4, 2012 By
Loads of animation and interactivity can’t save this slight story. Title: Flip Subtitle: Interactive Storybook Author: Jill Hackett Illustration and Animation by: Jill Hackett Music and Sound by: David Rees Produced by: Thinknerve LLC Developed by: Grids interactive Platform: IOS, requires 5.1 or later Version: 1.1 Price: $3.99 K-Gr 2-Emma, a wide-eyed child, invites viewers [...]
Leonardo da Vinci: Anatomy
June 1, 2012 By
I make no secret of my admiration of the work of Touch Press. Ever inventive, each app they have produced introduces an innovative feature or two that enhances the presentation at hand. Our reviewer Kathleen Wilson describes those found in Anatomy in her comments below, and Martin Clayton, Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings at [...]
Review: ‘May I Have a Kiss?’
May 25, 2012 By
Mouse is in search of the owner of the special kiss. Was it Fox or could it have been Squirrel? Find out in Marianne Busser and Ron Schröder’s ‘May I Have a Kiss?’ now available for iOS.
“Death Metal, Toilet Paper, and Moby-Dick”
May 23, 2012 By
An email with the subject line “Death Metal, Toilet Paper, and Moby-Dick” is bound to catch my attention. Here’s what I learned from that note: While researching Moby-Dick, the Arcade Sunshine Media team found all sorts of “insane pop-culture references to Melville’s classic, including toilet paper rolls with the entirety of the novel printed on [...]
Review: ‘Fragile Earth’ for iOS
May 21, 2012 By
In addition to detailing the devastating effects of natural phenomena such as hurricanes and cyclones,the ‘Fragile Earth’ app also offers then-and-now aerial images of areas effected by urbanization, mining, and global warming.
Review: Over In the Ocean: In a Coral Reef
May 18, 2012 By
I couldn’t resist. I had to blow this image up. Jeanette Canyon’s artistry with polymer clay is something to behold. Title: Over in the Ocean Subtitle: In a Coral Reef Author: Marianne Berkes Illustrator: Jeanette Canyon Published by: Dawn Publications Developer: Malachi Bazan Platform: iOS, requires 4.0 or later Version: 1.1 Price: $3.99 PreS-Gr 2-This [...]
An Oceanhouse Media App Giveaway
May 16, 2012 By
In honor of Teacher Appreciation Month, Oceanhouse Media is offering Touch and Go readers apps from the “Smithsonian” series: Triceratops Gets Lost, Woolly Mammoth in Trouble, Polar Bear Horizon, It’s Tyrannosaurus Rex!, and Penguin’s Family. The developers have just launched a new education center on the Oceanhouse Media website, which offers parents, teachers and home-schoolers “discussion questions, classroom [...]
An interactive Edgar Allan Poe collection for iOS
May 14, 2012 By
If it’s atmospheric you’re looking for, the ‘iPoe’ app doesn’t disappoint. As the developer promises, “music, illustration and interactivity…invite you to dive into the darkest corner of the human soul.”
eTots: A Public Library iPad Program for Preschoolers
Cindy Wall, the Head of Children’s Services at the Southington Library & Museum in Southington, CT, contributed the following post. It’s my supervisor’s fault. Really. She purchased an iPad, downloaded The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore, and brought the tablet to work. When I saw those Flying Books swirling around the screen, ideas began [...]