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PBS KIDS launched a new iOS app, FETCH! Lunch Rush, to help teach kids basic math skills like addition and subtraction. Available as a free download, the application uses the iPhone’s camera to overlay computer-generated graphics on top of the physical, real-world environment, effectively “opening a new world of learning.”
Based on the PBS KIDS GO! series FETCH! With Ruff Ruffman, the app presents users with a challenge to keep track of how many pieces of sushi everyone wants using augmented reality “markers” (printable hand-outs) that prompt activity within the application. By using 3D imagery, FETCH! Lunch Rush reinforces the early algebraic concepts, helping kids to make the connection between real objects and corresponding numeric symbols…
Love the idea and I’m hoping iParents will like it to.
As a reference point, this isn’t PBS KIDS’ first mobile app. To date their applications (including CURIOUS GEORGE Coloring Book we covered before) have been downloaded more than 1.4 million times…
FETCH! LUNCH RUSH (FREE) [iTunes link]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
