Osmo Detective Agency: YouTube Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OL6Vq1CfLg
Beijing, Osmo Town and the World.) The maps are full of graph- ics of the city’s landmarks and other features and city objects (i.e., New York has the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Build- ing, street signs for Wall St., 53rd St., bridges, cars, buses, boats, post office, pizza restaurant, and so much more.) It’s a real “I Spy” type of task finding the locations/objects needed. When the thief and missing object is identified, the player takes out the corresponding map (given as a visual clue) and given a series of spoken clues: different buildings, characters, objects, etc. Hints are available. Famous landmarks are often shown as actual pic- tures, with some basic facts spoken. There are several different kinds of clues- match a picture ex- actly; find a clue that matches the shape of the clue; find a color- ful clue that matches a black and white picture; find a clue that looks like the picture; find as many clues that you can that match the picture; find a clue that matches the text description; find a clue that fits all of the descriptions and find all of the three clues. When you find the object, you place the map so that the picture is in front of the tablet, and then put the magnifying glass over the object. That helps the app recognize the picture. Players will continue to follow a series of clues to catch the thief and find the stolen object. Some of the options available include the ability to mute the background music, to auto read clues and text and to disable timers on all clues with time limits. There is an office and desk to meet the characters, look at the case files and see case rewards. Like other Osmo programs, this is an excellent and motivating game that will encourage players to problem solve, explore social studies, work on figure-background and visual scanning skills while also learning as they are having fun.
Osmo Super Studio: (www.playosmo.com)
Osmo Super Studio (www.playosmo.com)
Each of the Super Studio games from Osmo, for ages five and up, contains an iPad app with a Super Studio sketchpad that has reusable pages, a Super Studio marker and a cloth for wiping off the pages when completed. When users put the sketchpad in front of the iPad with Osmo base and reflector, the app recog- nizes it and will guide them through illustrating an interactive storybook, sketch lessons and other activities. They add their own artwork to the story, or if they want, they can get tips and suggestions. When each page is completed, their artwork will appear on the screen and animate. In Super Studio Mickey Mouse and Friends , there are six stories to animate, with Mick- ey, Minnie, Pluto, Donald, Goofy, Daisy and others. Each page has a picture with at least one area left incomplete. For exam- ple, there’s Mickey without the outline of his face and ears, Daisy without her bow, her dress and something she’s carrying and there’s Pluto without his ears and nose. Super Studio Disney Princess has six more stories (33 pages) starring Ariel, Belle, Ra- punzel, Lumiere, Cogsworth and many others. The third game in the series is Super Studio Incredibles 2 , which has charac- ters Mr. Incredible, Elastigirl, Violet, Jack and others. In all of the games, a narrator tells the story of each page. Users are encour- aged to fill in the highlighted areas, using the included purple marker to draw the suggested objects and a choice of six colors to then fill in their drawings. (If they want to color in themselves, they can purchase different colored markers separately from
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