Inspired by Vincent Van Gogh's "Starry night" painting. This app allows you to draw with beautifully animated stars !
Features:
• When touching existing stars, these are turned into shooting stars which fly away in a 3D-like animation and eventually exit the drawing! • Draw with Stars ! is also full of sound effects : musical chimes when stars are created, background summer night sounds, "fly away" sounds... •Multitouch support (draw with your 10 fingers/several people can draw together) •Choose a background image from your photo library or use the iPhone camera •Choose star size and color (based on Vincent Van Gogh's "Starry Night" painting: yellow, 4 shades of blue, all colors,all blue) •Choose star spinning mode (4 modes) •Animated comets displayed in the background'
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This is a free app
Type of Material:
Game
Recommended Uses:
Art class
Technical Requirements:
Requires iOS 3.1 or later. Compatible with iPad and iPhone.
Identify Major Learning Goals:
No objectives/learning goals identified.
Target Student Population:
K-3
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
Access to an iPhone or iPad
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
App is similar in nature to Etch-a-Sketch. User draws on a screen and simply shakes device to erase the drawing and begin a new one. It might be useful in art/drawing class. Bright colors and engaging sound effects grab the attention of young learners.
Concerns:
• There are no set goals for this game
• This is not really a teaching tool.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
Learners or family members looking for materials to help with basic drawing and/or fine motor skills might try this app. It shows the young learner a relationship between drawing and music.
Concerns:
It would be helpful to identify goals and tasks for usage.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
It is easy to navigate and use. Music plays as drawing develops. Users can insert background pictures, select size, color, and rotation of stars. Can view/interact with most of the material without begin connected to the Internet once app is on device. To download app or share what has been created would require internet connection.
Concerns:
It would be nice to be able to set screen size for more space. The application crashed on an iPhone using iOS 8 after about 3 minutes. Since the last version was published in 2010, it seems that it is time for an update.
Other Issues and Comments:
While the app crashed on an iPhone, it worked perfectly on an iPad.
Creative Commons:
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