Digital Passport for Kids

Posted: June 23, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: Games, Interactive Media, Intermediate, iPad Apps | Tags: , | Leave a comment

Thanks to support from Time Warner Cable, Common Sense Media is proud to offer its award-winning game, Digital Passport™ for free this summer on the iTunes app store. Played by over 300,000 kids in schools across the US, Digital Passport is now available on your personal device. The games and videos inside teach kids aged 7-11 the essentials for staying safe and responsible online and on mobile devices. On Digital Passport, kids will find their favorite kinds of games and activities like platform games, tools for creating digital mashups, and other fast-paced gobble ’em up games, all geared toward teaching them important lessons about digital life.

This app is not an ebook but I was so impressed with it I felt it deserved our attention.  A nifty support for teaching digital citizenship including search techniques (using Google), safe passwords, acknowledging the work of others and more I haven’t played with yet.  The app is FREE and well worth adding to your collection.  Definitely suitable for Years 7&8 in spite of the age suggestion.
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The Phoenix Weekly Story Comic

Posted: June 6, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: eBooks, Intermediate, iPad Apps, Magazine, Primary | Tags: , , | Leave a comment

This comic looks great.  I’ll trial it with some kids at school.

The digital Phoenix has landed! This brilliant weekly story comic is now available for the iPad and is packed full of amazing stuff – 100% original stories, fascinating non-fiction, fiendish puzzles, cool competitions and loads more! And when you download this fantabulous Newsstand app, you can get a FREE full-length issue! That’s not all either… when you buy a subscription you’ll get a brilliant FREE TRIAL!

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