State Capitals ... Review #3 by CLykowski
Thursday, July 30, 2009 at 9:31AM State Capitals is a review application designed for upper elementary students and above for the iPhone and iPod Touch by JV-APPS. This application, which aids students in the review of US capital cities and their corresponding states, gives four modes of play to choose from. Students can choose from choosing the correct capital city when given the state, choosing the correct state when given the capital city, choosing the correct capital city when shown the state flag, or quizzes can be done randomly.
As you play the State Capitals game, it will keep your score at the bottom of the screen, showing both the number of your correct and incorrect answers, as well as keeping the amount of time you have spent playing a particular game. When this application has gone through the fifty states, it gives you an opportunity to enter your name as a high score if you qualify.
The only downfall that I found with this application is when given choices of capital cities to match with their correct states, there is only one choice from that particular state. I feel this application could be more challenging for students if two cities from a particular state were given as choices. I can see where students might choose the larger or better known city within the choices. For instance, when given the state Ohio, the application only has one Ohio city, Columbus, as a choice. It might make it more challenging if Columbus and Cleveland were part of the choices.
Grade Level: State Capitals is for grades upper elementary and above.
Program Functionality: A / Although there are no operating instructions for this application, it remains a very user-friendly and easy to navigate between the various level options and screens.
Purpose: B / Works well for review of grade level curricular material.
Overall Educational Value: B+ / This has value in a classroom setting and would work well for those students who need an extra challenge or who consistently complete their work ahead of the other students. If a variety of answer choices could be included in a future update, (see above), this application would be score higher.
Cost: $ 0.99
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone and iPod Touch. Requires iPhone OS 2.2 or later.
Recommendation: We recommend this app for school and personal use.
Creators Web site: JV-APPS
iTunes Link: State Capitals
---C. Lykowski
