Smartphones and tablets can now be used for educational
purposes as well as for having fun and communicating with friends and family.
In this article we will be reviewing some of the best educational apps that we
have found to be quite useful and fun at the same time.
Whatchamacology
This app is useful for high school students who are studying
science subjects and it is available on both iOS and Android. The basic gist of
this app is it helps high school students learn the terminology used in the
subjects they are studying. This terminology will be useful in school when
writing tests or examinations. When using this app students have to form groups
and decipher which word is being referred to using clues being given out by the
app. The word they have to decipher is a technical term in that specific field
of science and this helps students remember the term and its properties when
being tested. The teams are competing against each other which also adds a bit
of an incentive to the whole game and the learning process. This app is ideal
for use in classroom situations.
NatGeo Today
This app is definitely one of my favorite educational apps
but unfortunately it is only available on iOS. Nat Geo Today an official
National Geographic app and is particularly useful to those studying anything
to do with nature, animals and geography or someone who is just enthusiastic
about these subjects. The content is provided by the National Geographic of
course and the media available includes text, stunning images and videos
covering a wide range of topics such as global warming, big cats in the wild
etc. The content is constantly being updated which is great for users of this
app. Android users will just have to be content with unofficial apps that can
be found in the Google Play store such as National Geographic Apps. Hopefully
National Geographic creates an official Android app in the near future.
English Tutor by SpeakingPal
This app is most useful for people looking to learn English
in a fun and interactive manner. Fortunately this app is also available on
Android and iOS. It also helps for those wishing to improve on their
pronunciation of words in the English language. The app itself is free and
there are some tutorials that come with the free version of the app but in
order to do the other exercises you have to purchase them within the app.
Basically in this app, a scenario is laid out in which a user will have to
listen to the conversation and then answer comprehension style questions about
the conversation to make sure that they have understood what was being talked
about. There is a second type of exercise where the user practices responding
to questions using the right pronunciation. This app is fun to use and will be
useful to those wanting to learn English.
Do you have any educational apps that you have used and you
think are cool. Please leave us a comment below and we will get back to you.
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