TVO launches mobile learning apps

TORONTO – TVO has released two free apps for BlackBerry smart phones designed for early learners and school aged-kids, the educational broadcaster said Friday.‘Polka Dot Shorts’ is a sequence matching game for kids aged 2-5 that supports the early-learning and kindergarten math curriculum, while ‘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.“Kids today are consuming more media on more platforms than ever before”, said CEO Lisa de Wilde, in the announcement. “There is a real need for safe educational content...