Vick's Picks

Friday, November 30, 2012

Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green

I love John Green audio books. Here's what I'm currently listening to...

When two teens, one gay and one straight, meet accidentally and discover that they share the same name, their lives become intertwined as one begins dating the other's best friend, who produces a play revealing his relationship with them both.

App of the Week- 12/1/12

Fooducate

Diet without a diet: Scan a product, See what's inside, Make healthier choices!

Don't Diet - Eat Healthy with Fooducate! Featured App on Android Market Dec 2011.
Scan and choose healthy groceries. Over 200,000 unique UPCs!
As featured in Oprah's O Magazine, USAToday, NYTimes, WSJ, Lifehacker, Gizmodo and on ABC, FOX, NBC and more...

Thursday, November 15, 2012

App of the Week!

Periodic Droid is a free Android app for studying and learning the elements on the Periodic Table. Unlike similar apps in the Android Marketplace, Periodic Droid is more than just a set of flashcards to put on a phone. Periodic Droid allows students to click through each element to discover information like the boiling point, crystal structure, and ionization potential of that element. Students can also click through to Wikipedia entries about each element.

Monday, October 22, 2012

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Ashfall by Mike Mullin

A super volcano erupts in Yellowstone Park sending a meteor into 16-year-old Alex's house in Cedar Falls, Iowa. He's home alone, and after extricating himself from his fire-engulfed room he heads to the neighbors who take him in as sonic booms echo for days and ash falls down like snow. Alex is determined to find his family so he sets off on his dad's cross-country skis. His trek takes him through an inhospitable landscape with gritty ash falling constantly. Along the way he sees humanity change as much as the environment, with most people out for their own survival. Mullen weaves a gripping and powerful adventure story of surviving a cataclysmic event while also unfolding Alex's journey from self-absorbed teen to thoughtful, caring adult.