#19mobilethings

Overall I have enjoyed 19 mobile things. I learned some new information about my device that I didn't know before and I also got a little more experience with some apps that I am already familiar with. I typically use google docs a lot anyway, but having the extra practice with it really helped teach me more about it. I really like that I can use this knowledge in my classes and to help improve some projects. However, since I use my phone a lot anyway, I already had prior knowledge on most of the apps and programs. It mainly added some additional "tid-bits" so to speak to what I already know. If there was another 19 mobile things in the future I think it would be better to give a list of say 20 things and let people chose 10 from it just to make it easier for them to choose things they may want to know more about and skip those that they already know. But, I did enjoy the experience and I do think it gave me some knowledge that I can use in the future.

For this thing I used the app  Apps Gone Free seeing as it was the only one supported by iTunes. It was interesting to see what other apps had made it onto the page, but the selection was very limited and it seemed a bit pointless to use an app to find another app. Nevertheless I downloaded a scrabble app that was free for the day and it seemed fun and similar to the actual game. Because of the limited selection this is the game that appealed the most to me however I don't think I'll play it that much because I typically use my phone for contact with friends and family. Overall it was a decent app but I don't think it's something I'll be using again in the future.  

For this thing I decided to use the SketchBook Express app. I haven't really heard of it before but I have used other drawing apps similar to it. For me it's just not the same as using a good old fashioned pencil and paper but it'll do if you're looking for some amusement. I typically find it hard to try and draw with my finger on my phone because the screen is so small so I don't think this is an app I'll be using on the regular. It was a bit hard to navigate, but I didn't invest too much time into trying to figure it out. Overall it was a pretty cool app!

A riff on 19 Mobile Things would be interesting. I don’t think I would want to focus on apps again, but would enjoy new challenges. There are so many things we can challenge ourselves to do with technology! Jennie F.’s Teen Tech Week challengers are so much fun. Maybe we could mix different types of challenges together. We could have some maker challenges, some web challenges, more app challenges. I will definitely participate if this type of program is offered again.

For Thing 16 I chose to play the game candy crush! Back when it first came out I got sucked into the sugar coated world and would play it non stop. I still enjoy the game when I get a chance to play and think it is a cute little game for any age range. Overall I really like the game!

I am also sampling Blackbox. So far I am completely perplexed...