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Quickoffice – edit Office documents, spreadsheets, and presentations

[asa_item id=”578386521″] Quickoffice allows users to create and edit Word, Excel, and PowerPoint-styled documents, as well as read PDF files. With Quickoffice, users are also able to import files from Dropbox and other cloud-based apps. Once imported, users are able to edit documents and create folders to store and organize them. Files can be shared via email or by importing ...

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YouTube

[asa_item id=”544007664″] YouTube is a continuous growing library of videos. Users can search YouTube using key terms or browse videos by categories. Once users locate a video, they are able to watch, pause, and stop the video as desired, as well as share it via social media, email, messaging or linking. Upon logging in with a Google account, users are ...

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Kodable

[asa_item id=”577673067″] Kodable teaches users core coding concepts in a kid-friendly environment that uses fuzzy monsters and obstacle-course command games. Users learn the coding concepts of sequence, conditions, loops, and how to write specific directions for computers to execute. Once code directions are inputted as part of a game, the user’s fuzzy monster navigates an obstacle while collecting as many ...

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Romare Bearden Black Odyssey Remixes

[asa_item id=”588359676″] The Romare Bearden Black Odyssey Remixes app allows users to put their own personal spin on the pre-eminent African-American artist’s collages inspired by Homer’s Odyssey. Users can pick between five of Bearden’s famous works to remix. Black Odyssey Remixes first gives users a hypothetical situation that guides creativity. Users can drag and drop people, shapes, mythological creatures, plants, ...

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Sound Uncovered

[asa_item id=”598835017″] Sound Uncovered contains interactive lessons on everything from the science of vibrations to Beatles music. A hallmark of the Exploratorium family of apps, each Sound Uncovered lesson begins with an attention-grabbing interactive activity. From there, users tap a “show me more” tab that explains the sound phenomena that was just demonstrated. Topics covered include beats, interference, major and ...

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Piano Chord Helper

[asa_item id=”528159874″] Piano Chord Helper teaches users the location of the chords on a piano. Piano Chord Helper shows where 60 of the most common chord progressions—including the major, minor, seventh, augmented, and diminished notations—are located on the keyboard. To begin, users choose which chord they want to play, and that section of the piano keyboard is shown. A red ...

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Today I Am – a Book on Emotions for Children

[asa_item id=”598572741″] Children can have difficulty expressing emotions with words, and Today I Am can be used to support them in expressing how they are feeling. Based on the Dutch book Vrolijk, Today I Am uses drawings of fish to express emotions. To begin, users choose from one of three menu options—My Fish, My Words, or My Feelings. If My ...

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PhysicalSci

[asa_item id=”510133269″] Using videos, simulations, graphics, flashcards, and real-world examples, Physical Science Interactive Glossary provides an in-depth explanation of Physical Science concepts. The glossary is divided into six categories: (1) energy and systems, (2) force and motion, (3) electricity and magnetism, (4) matter and energy, (5) light and optics, and (6) sound and waves. Each category contains a list of ...

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Wizard of Oz – Hidden Difference Free

[asa_item id=”573580352″] Wizard of Oz – Hidden Difference Free is designed to promote the joy of reading by enabling users to explore the novel through a series of leveled activities that unlock sequential parts of the book. To begin, users click the ‘play’ button and select from one of three levels—beginning, expert, or genius. Upon making a selection, the first ...

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Handwriting worksheets for children: Learn to write the letters of the alphabet in script and cursive

[asa_item id=”661733125″] Handwriting Worksheets for Children enables users to practice cursive handwriting by providing a lined sheet with a letter on each line for students to begin tracing. Each line then contains blank space for the users to practice writing the letter on their own. To begin, users first select from uppercase or lowercase letters. After tapping the desired category, ...

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