Educational Software/DVDs/Apps

[jozz23]

STUDY ON THE iPHONE? YOU DO THE MATHS

Published by The Sunday Times, Singapore , 17-October-2010
http://www.straitstimes.com/News/Home/Story/STIStory_591741.html OR
http://imathsg.livejournal.com

Mathematics teacher Loh Cheng Yee may be pushing 60, but that has not stopped her from tuning in to the high-tech appetite of teenagers.

Late last month, the former Chinese High School and Catholic High School teacher launched two applications on the iTunes App Store to help secondary school students revise maths on their iPhone or iPod Touch.

She is the first to put maths workbooks based on the local school syllabus on such a platform.

The apps, both called iMathSg, cover Pythagoras' Theorem and graphs. They are available for US$0.99 (S$1.30) each.

'This is the best way to introduce new materials to students,' said Ms Loh, who has been teaching maths in Singapore schools for three decades. 'Anyway, they don't read books these days,' she said with a laugh.

The idea to put her assessments and tutorials on the iPhone came from her Chinese High School former student, Mr Ian Wen, 32, whom she keeps in touch with regularly.

While Ms Loh provided the mathematical expertise, her former student was the one with the technical know-how.

'I was looking for inspiration and I found it in my two-year-old son,' said Mr Wen, who helped write the iMathSg apps.

He wanted to give his son 'a better life' - one without the strain of a heavy school bag. 'If I can package his heavy textbooks into a small device, I may be creating the classroom of the future,' said the information and technology executive.

While companies such as Britain 's Wiley Publishing, Indian start-up honeHead and Russian software firm App@Phone are providing stiff competition, Ms Loh is confident her background will help set her apps apart.

Ms Loh, who retired from full-time teaching in 2002, is still giving Math Olympiad lessons as a freelancer to students in Methodist Girls' School, Commonwealth Secondary School and Hwa Chong International School .

Since 1977, she has written several textbooks and more than 10 assessment books for schools here and in Asia . They were published by Shinglee Publishers and Singapore Asian Publications.

Upgraded versions of both iMathSg apps are in the works, featuring two additional sets of worksheets for each app. The current versions contain only one set of 20- to 30-question worksheets each.

Maths workbooks for the iPad are being planned for next year. 'The iPad is bigger and has more scribble space for working out the answer,' Mr Wen said. 'Currently, students have to scribble on a piece of paper before they input the answer to the iPhone.'

[deardear07]

Can anyone share where and how much u bought them?i mean recent purchases...


Is it good to buy the whole set or just 1 or 2 reccomended ones?

http://www.amazon.com/LeapFrog-Learning-DVD-Set/dp/B002LYD2M6/ref=pd_cp_d_1

http://www.amazon.com/LeapFrog-Learning-Set-4-Disc-DVD/dp/B003Z6HSL0/ref=pd_bxgy_d_text_b

Please kindly advise... thanks alot!

[buds]

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[deardear07]

buds:

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Hope this helps. :celebrate:

Thanks! I bought direct frm amazon during sales instead..hehe

Btw,i borrowed wink to learn-chinese for my kids to watch...they were abit bored by it.

My younger, son watched only a while n he moved to play other toys while listening... In the end only watched twice before returning...

Whereas for leapfrog,both kids wanted to watch again n again.

I guess it varies between children... They didn't really like baby signing times n i can read too...

Shows like word world n little einstein interest them more. Maybe got storyline...lol

[jenni]

Hello Everybody,


I am so amazed to see so many kinds of mind stimulation techniques are there in the market.I am actually exploring something like a educational CD roms for my kid,which he can play on laptop and learn(hopefully).A snap research suggests many names like jumpstart,arthur,A star and reading rabbit or something like that.Do you think,they are helpful and really interactive as they claim.Which one is best.Is it good to buy the whole package? Please advise

[nkthen]

Instead of letting my P1 kids playing games, I rather want them to play some educational games.


Has anyone found any good iPad apps that are useful for P1 kids?

[geksim]

Hi, recently my children are attracted to ipad and iphone games. I found these games suitable for young children as they get to learn something from the these applications. They are pretty interesting and attractive to my kids.


The first game is TotsWorld,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVXZ0ZJKL_M&feature=player_embedded. Children could learn the objects that they see in their daily lives.
This application is great but the only bad thing about it is that it is only available on ipad.

The second game that my kids also love is Matching Jobs, which allows the kids to learn about different occuptions while having fun playing the game. This cost $0.99 and is available on both ipad and iphone. Its definitley worth the price.

Strongly recommend these iphone and ipad games. And is there any other games that you all recommend since the kids nowadays love to play on ipad/iphone?

[MOTY]

My kids enjoy watching leap frog dvds and they also pick up some literacy and numeracy skills.


Can you please share any fun and educational dvds for young kids.

[cherrygal]

My kid loves Dora and the Wonder Pets. She even picked up Spanish…

[MOTY]

Hi cherrygal,

As i have never see either videos, can you comment the educational value or emphasis of dora and wonder pets? Eg numeracy, literacy, science, foreign languages (Spanish for Dora?), moral values, history, geography, etc.

Thanks.