Education

Education
1. View the following app reviews carefully:
1. Move the Turtle: iPad App
Review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qd2YxAFrbk
This is a review of an educational app that takes a more traditional approach. Note the formal language of the app reviewer when addressing an audience of parents and educators! This app review is a good example of the quality expected in this assignment. However, it has very few hits on YouTube, so how could it be made more interesting?
2. iPhone App Review: Talking Carl

This is a review of an app that is in the top 10 of sales for paid apps. This app review is made by the same reviewer as the previous educational app review; however, this review NOT appropriate for this assignment because the language is inappropriate for an audience of parents and children. However, it has over 161,000 hits on youtube! What makes this app review entertaining (hint: think of how you are involved in the app – what has drawn your attention and maintained it? Is it possible to make you
3. Talking Carl App Review

This app review is done by a child.
With the exception of the first example, these are very informal reviews of apps.
1. PCS Apps: http://www.mayer-johnson.com/apps/ (Links to an external site.) (See the demos at the bottom of the webpage.)
This is an example of a more formal app review; however, it is made by the publisher, so it is informative only and not a critical review.
2. Evaluate BOTH the app and the app review in each case using the following questions.

Questions to address in your group include:
Re: the app review
a) Is the information about the app complete? (name, publisher, cost, place to purchase, how to use, ease of use)
b) What makes the app review interesting to watch? How could it be made more interesting?
c) Is the quality of the video adequate? Could you hear the sound? Was the app clearly visible? Is the language of the app review appropriate for a broad audience?
d) What are the challenges to creating a review? Address these issues.
Re: the app
a) Is the app suitable for students with language or social communication disorders?
b) How could the app be used to support language development and/or social communication?
c) Provide an example of how the app could be used to support children’s development of skills to support social communication.