Counting+Money

Claudia Reyes Ana Martinez


 * COUNTING MONEY APPS **

__ 3 APPS BEING EVALUATED: __ 1. Count Money - Coin Matching Game for Kids 2. Jungle Coin 3. MakeChange - Money counting math game for iPad

Count Money - Coin Matching Game for Kids
 * APP #1: **

The purpose of this APP is to have students play matching games of coins helping them practice and recognize the different coins (pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters). This app is age appropriate for first graders, it applies to curriculum content, and what we liked the most is the information about the creator of the app, which in this case is GRASSHOPPER APPS whom is well known for creating apps that are insanely fun, highly educational and with affordable prices for all. Great reviews showed up from this app plus, a great feature is that the difficulty can be adjusted manually or automatically as it adapts to your student's needs.

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Jungle Coins
 * APP #2: **

The purpose of this app is to teach kids coin math in a visual way. It helps students reinforce what has been taught in class by practicing coin skills through calculating correct change, count coin value and identify and compare coins, What is very interesting about this app is that it gives the user an interactive tutorial on understanding each coin. It explains who is on each coin, and lets you flip coins to see both sides. This app is easy to read and it uses real coins which is very important for coin recognition by students.

This app is mentioned in websites for children with special needs which also appeals to us as differentiated instruction is very important in the classroom this websites are:

[|Apps for children with special needs]

[|Autism and the ipad A dream for their future]

[|Best Educational apps for kids]

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We encourage users to view this video prior to buying the app, in an effort to convince themselves that this app is actually a very useful tool when it comes to counting money.

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App #3:
 * MakeChange**



The purpose of this app is to practice counting money, however, this one could be a little more limited than the other two apps that we mention above. This due to the fact that it only includes three level of difficulty and it focuses, as the title itself, in making change. We do think it is a useful tool, because it has curriculum content and at some point it is actually one of the areas that students struggle the most. It is an interesting app because it includes realistic features which is important especially since our kids don't get to use american coins on their daily basis. Additionally, features that came to our attention are that coins are shown by size and by amount in a grid view which can help kids visualize coins easier.

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Below is a rubric we used in an effort to evaluate and choose the app that we think is best for purchasing:
 * || **COUNT MONEY** || **JUNGLE COINS** || **MAKECHANGE** ||
 * Applies to Content || yes || yes || yes ||
 * Feedback || yes || yes || yes ||
 * Cost || $12.00 mxn || $2.99 usd* || $24.00 mxn ||
 * User Friendly || yes || yes || yes ||
 * Adequate to Age Group || no* || yes || yes ||
 * Student Engagement || yes || yes || yes ||

Taking into consideration the above information, one can tell that all three apps are great apps. However, we would suggest to buy JUNGLE COINS due to the fact that it included the most positive reviews, plus it is recommended by other websites for children with special needs which would enable us to differentiate inside the classroom. Finally JUNGLE COINS has many different ways to teach the student about counting money, such as identiying and comparing coins, counting coin value, calculating correct change and includes tutorials on understanding each coin.