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By Stefan Dubowski
Here’s an app that teenagers will no doubt learn to appreciate. After all, Ontario’s Grade 11 and 12 curricula introduce them to footnotes, endnotes and other research referencing systems. EasyBib lets users organize sources with just a few clicks via mobile device. No matter which citation style you’re teaching — Chicago, Harvard, Modern Language Association (MLA) or American Sociological Association (ASA), to name a few — with 7,000 builtin style options, there’s a good chance that the app has what you need. It even links to the device’s camera, so users can snap a photo of a book and have the program generate a reference automatically.
DEVICE: Apple; Android
SOURCE: iTunes; Google Play (free)
RATING: 4+; Everyone
EDULULU RATING: 4/5
A likeable panda named Lola wants to help boost your students’ confidence in number crunching. Once aboard the math train, for ages six to eight, select from a number of problem-solving games — including a straightforward sequencer that teaches numerical order and a logic puzzle that challenges players to identify the quantity of items in one box compared to another. When Lola’s little train pulls into a station, your miniature engineers can choose fun outfits for the animals. Once your class masters the free app, check out the complete version (Google Play, $2.99; iTunes, $3.99) — it hauls a full load of math activities at more challenging levels.
DEVICE: Apple; Android
SOURCE: iTunes; Google Play (free)
RATING: 4+; Everyone
EDULULU RATING: 4/5
This electronic page-turner gives middle- to high school students an up-close view of the war between Canada and the United States. It’s a hightech comic following the fictional Loxley family from Upper Canada whose future was shaped by the battle. The Loxleys and the War of 1812, a Renegade Arts Entertainment’s award-winning graphic novel, forms the basis of the plot. Federal government funding enabled the app’s developer — the National Film Board of Canada — to add an online study guide, an interactive map and a cinematic soundtrack to complement superb storytelling. Designed for tablets, this app affords a valuable perspective on a nation-forming event.
DEVICE: Apple; Android
SOURCE: iTunes; Google Play (free)
RATING: 4+; Everyone
EDULULU RATING: 5/5
EduLulu is part of Groupe Média TFO, a world leader in education. The online guide’s evaluations are the work of teams of independent experts (including OCTs), who review up to 100 English, French and bilingual educational apps (iOS and Android) each month for ages 2 to 17. To access the complete list and search by filter, visit edululu.org/en. Interested in becoming an EduLulu evaluator? Go to oct-oeeo.ca/1NzwdJd to learn how to get involved.