Category | Price | Seller | Device |
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Education | Free | OPENREADING, INC | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
HOW IT WORKS:
Step 1 - Play Games
Students play games, earn points, win virtual prizes and customize their own animated world.
Step 2 - Read Out Loud
As they play, the students read letter sounds and words aloud while the app records their voice.
Step 3 - Adults Listen
Student recordings are sent digitally to one of our army of volunteer “Listeners.” Listeners use the app to give feedback on the accuracy and fluency of student recordings using a simple touch interface. Listeners earn virtual rewards and rankings based on amount and quality of feedback. All Listener feedback is processed for accuracy and Listeners never know the identity of the students and cannot communicate directly with students.
Step 4 - Fun Feedback
The student hears his/her own recorded voice reading aloud while a cartoon character gives the student listener feedback on that recording, earning more points and virtual prizes as a reward.
For children aged 3 to 6
PRIVACY AND SAFETY:
• We take the privacy and safety of our students very seriously and have partnered with PRIVO, a government-certified Safe Harbor program to oversee our privacy practices.
• Volunteers do not know the name of the students they are listening to.
• Volunteers cannot communicate with students.
• Volunteers can only push buttons to indicate their feedback.
• The feedback from multiple volunteers is combined and compared automatically to ensure that only accurate feedback is sent to students.
TELL US WHAT YOU THINK:
We want your feedback on this new app. If you have any problems, questions or suggestions please email me at [email protected]
My son is too young for this app now, but once he starts learning to read, I will definitely use this app! It's great for reading and fun at the same time :-)
Fun reading app for early learners! I think it's an important quality of an early learning app to provide a fun environment for kids - that is a strong point where Bam Boomerang excels. Great job taking literacy in the right direction.
Great app to keep young readers excited and reading over the summer! Creative and exciting images and scenarios make this a promising new learning tool I can't wait to share with friends!
My 5 year old loves this app! Not only is it easy for her to use, but the interactive games and sound feedback keeps her very engaged and gives her plenty of opportunities to practice the sounds out loud.
My niece and nephew have the app and I have become a listener! I love listening to the kids. When I have a few minutes I plug in my head phones and listen - during my lunch break at work or while I am waiting for my latte at Starbucks! It is easy to do and fun to hear the kids sweet voices sounding out new words!