iPhone Giveaway of the Day - SPARKvue HD

SPARKvue® HD brings real-time sensor data collection, visualization and analysis for inquiry-based science to your iPad. And much more!

Designed from the ground up around a science learning framework, SPARKvue HD seamlessly integrates the modern technologies of sensor-based data collection into the teaching and learning experience.

Just connect any of over 70 PASCO sensors (via PASCO’s Bluetooth sensor interface, PASPORT® AirLink 2), and begin measuring a wide range of phenomena, including pH, temperature, force, carbon dioxide level, and many more. Or collect acceleration data directly from your iPad's internal accelerometer.

Key features:
•Measure and display sensor data in real time
•Display data in a graph, analog meter, digits or table
•Analyze data with built-in statistical tools
•Open and perform any of the 60-plus SPARKlab® interactive lab activities included free
•Create electronic student lab journals

Designed for science learning:
SPARKlab interactive lab activities give the teacher the ability to blend background or instructional content, live data collection and analysis, reflection prompts and more, all completely within the SPARKvue HD environment. Over 60 SPARKlabs come free with the SPARKvue HD license. Or build your own!

Convenient annotation, snapshot and electronic journaling features support peer dialogue, classroom presentations, and assessment opportunities. SPARKvue HD goes beyond measurement and analysis, and provides these and other tools to enhance learning.

SPARKvue HD is a member of PASCO’s SPARKscience™ family, providing the same user experience across all technology environments teachers or students may be using, from desktop computers to netbooks, interactive whiteboads, and of course iPads and other tablets. No matter what the mix of technology is in the classroom or the school, teachers and students all share the same user experience placing the learning experience in the forefront and simplifying classroom management.

Awards:
2010 CODiE award, Best Education solution for mobile or hand-held devices
2010 Worlddidac Award for excellence
2011 EdNet’s Best for 2011; a “game changer”