23 Mobile Things - Thing 18 : Education

Thing 18 suggests we look at educational apps and how they might fit into our personal and work lives. 

Boy for students I sure think that a dictionary and thesaurus would be a great app to have! This one is free and offers over 140,000 entries with more than 1.4 million words! Advanced English Dictionary and Thesaurus By Mobile Systems. Plus it has some fun looking word games-- a plus for downtime or between classes.

Here's a snip:

Khan Academy is a website that I often suggest to students who are looking for a little extra help with subjects. So it makes sense that their app would be the same great resource. I'll have to check into this one a little bit more!

Here are a few snips:

Video too -- score!

Another area where I see that students need help is in scheduling their homework time and knowing what projects/papers/assignments are due and when. This myHomework app looking promising. It's available for a variety of formats. jd+points 

Free options plus pay-- and it won't blow the bank! 

Thing 18 -- YouTube

03/17/2008
I so wanted to upload Gary Allan's video "Tough Little Boys" but the embedding has been disabled by request (I assume by the artist etc.) I think is this a wonderfully done music video. I remember having listened to the song many times before actually seeing the video. I had enjoyed the song and always wondered what the video was like but I had NO idea that it was portrayed as service men with their little girls. Wow!

Okay, so here's the video I picked: Cats talking, Translation.

Yes, cats rule!

YouTube Uses -- What can I say? Yes, numerous uses. I especially like the Winona State Univ Library video -- great way to advertise a library!