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A Cool Tool For School: EMD PTEPosted in Education on 20 Jun 2010 |
 Written by Kevin Diep |
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With the increasing use and acceptance of mobile technology in classrooms, teachers and students continually gain access to more and better resources for whatever subject is being covered. Laptops are a common site in most college classrooms and professors have already taken advantage of online education resources. So far this adaptation of technology has been successful and developers are now attempting to achieve the same success in the age of mobile technology. A nice and polished example of these tools is EMD PTE. EMD PTE is a new education app compatible with both the iPhone and the iPad which provides teachers and students extensive information about the periodic table of the elements.
This app is a great tool for both teachers and students. Chemistry teachers can use it as a reference for their lessons or to plan and check assignments. Students can use this app to help them with their assignments, to study for their exams, or just as a reference in situations outside of the classroom.
EMD PTE comes with a periodic table with a general description, basic chemical information, an image of the discoverer, and (for the more stable elements) a picture. It also comes with a large amount of functions. Hit the menu button and you can choose to distinguish on the table elements with specific atomic properties, different states at room temperature, year of discovery, and more. The app also comes with a list which ranks the elements by property. So you can list the elements by number, density, electronegativity, etc. The vibrant display helps to distinguish specific parts of the table and makes the aspects of the elements more memorable.
What I like most about this app is that it’s a polished product. The display is clear and easy-to-use, the app provides extensive information about each element, and it gives interesting new visualizations of the table. The app is also multilingual so all the information can be shared with ESL (English as a Second Language) students easily, ensuring they don’t get left behind. The only problem I found with it was that the table was missing some of the more recently discovered elements. But such information can be updated at a later point. If you’re looking for a great reference tool for learning or teaching science in high school or in college, this app is a great addition.
