Review of an iPad Application: The Great Migration

iPad Application : The Great Migration


     This application contains preloaded poems and messages which appear one by one on the screen. These poems include two or three sentences in motion across the screen from right to left, creating a unique reading experience as it leads to trailing thoughts. As one poem leaves the screen another one follows.
If the poem is touched on the touch screen, it rotates in a new direction and continues moving across the screen. This enables the reader to have more time to read the selected poem or phrase since there is another path created.

     I thought this was a great tool for starters who want to learn how to read. It can also be used to memorize certain poems which move across the screen. The slow movement of the sentences creates a calm flow of reading. The background colour is light blue and the text appears in a shade of white. This application does not create an executable environment where a user can express ideas through creation, it is a collective stream of countless suggestions and reminders where much knowledge and expression can be attained.


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