TVO launches new mobile learning apps for BlackBerry Smartphones
- TVO’s new Applications for BlackBerry Smartphones - Polka Dot Shorts and Flower Frenzy are available on BlackBerry® AppTM World
March 04, 2011 @ 08:45AM
Toronto – TVO, Ontario’s trusted provider of innovative, award-winning educational multi-platform content for kids, is pleased to announce the launch of two free apps for BlackBerry® smartphones for early learners and school aged- kids. Both games support learning objectives from the Ontario school curriculum, have been teacher and classroom tested and are designed for BlackBerry® smartphone devices with OS 5.0 and higher.
Polka Dot Shorts is a sequence matching game for kids aged 2-5 that supports the early-learning and kindergarten math curriculum. The app features TVO’s beloved children’s character Polkaroo and challenges players to find a sequence of dots and rewards them for the correct answer.
Flower Frenzy is an entertaining and educational game with three levels of progressive difficulty that uses pictures of flowers to help kids ages 6-11 learn to create sequences. Both Polka Dot Shorts and Flower Frenzy teach kids pre-cursors to patterning skills which help build the foundational knowledge required for mathematics in later years.
TVO is also a proud member of the BlackBerry® Alliance Program which gives TVO access to a wide array of benefits to help support, market and distribute their applications for BlackBerry smartphones. Both games were developed with the expert advice of TVO’s in-house educator, and BlackBerry Alliance Program partner Sweet Caesar.
This announcement builds on the four TVOKids podcast channels exclusively available on BlackBerry® Podcasts and recognizes TVO’s shared vision for making science and math fun and engaging for kids.
To book an interview with CEO Lisa de Wilde or Pat Ellingson, Creative Head of Children’s Media at TVO, please contact Lesley Slack at 416.484.2600 x 2281 or email lslack@tvo.org.
The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited.
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“Kids today are consuming more media on more platforms than ever before. There is a real need for safe educational content that will engage kids in learning that complements what happens in the classroom environment and we’re happy to fill this gap.”
“The way we deliver content is changing, but our educational objectives remain the same whether it’s on TV, online, on demand or in our new mobile learning apps. Flower Frenzy and Polka Dot Shorts are games that parents can really get behind because they make learning fun and help kids master an important part of the Ontario school curriculum.”
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