Review of Geo Walk HD by Kathy Burdick
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 8:01AM 
Free or Fee: $2.99 (for iPad)
Rating: 4.5/5 stars
Why I like it: Geo Walk HD lets you travel the world with your iPad. The app opens with a globe that features card icons. The cards highlight a landmark, a plant, an animal or a person and are located on the region they are from. When the card is tabbed there is a picture on the front and facts on the back. One of my favorite features of Geo Walk HD is the filtering system, which gives the user the ability to hide or show a particular subject (not to mention the cool graphic icons used). For example, if you are focusing on famous people in the classroom you can choose to hide places, animals and plants only allowing the cards featuring people to show. This feature could be used to help students select a famous person, plant, animal or landmark to write a report on. Geo Walk HD would be a great addition to a study on geographical regions allowing students to see plants, animals, people and places specific to a particular region. However, it would be helpful if the globe included major cities, mountain regions or even continent names as a point of reference. Students could even spend some exploring the world on their own and take the quiz(using the quiz mode option) afterward to see what they learned. They could even use Facebook or Twitter (be aware of safety and privacy issues) to pass interesting information they found onto friends or teachers. The graphics, sounds effects and design are exceptional. With Geo Walk HD the world is at your fingertips.
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Geography, Social Studies | in Late Elementary 
Reader Comments (1)
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