melmichigan Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 I have been looking at this but I'm wondering if the errors have been fixed. Has anyone used this who could comment? :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate in Arabia Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Bumping this because I was wondering the same thing.. I have the dragonfly edition, but if it's really great I might consider trying to correlate... or, is what's in the eBook available on the online part of Miller-Levine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maura in NY Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Assuming we're talking about the same thing -- This has the Macaw cover, and is technically an iBook. I bought it last year, when it first came out. My ds used it alongside the Dragonfly edition, mostly when traveling, or as reinforcement after a chapter. At first, it hardly ran on our 1st gen iPad. I just opened it and paged through to verify -- and it runs smoothly now. I don't know if they did something to update it, but initially it crashed/froze all the time. I just asked my son about it, and he said that he really liked it. (I never required it, but he reached "test readiness" however he chose, so he must have deemed it a useful tool.) It is very different from the online component (unless they've updated that to match). It's total eye-candy, with beautiful photos and illustrations dominating the text. There are many interactive elements - videos, spinnable models, lab demos, etc. Some (but oddly, not all) of the multiple-choice questions can be answered and checked. (Some of them are just non-interactive text). Each chapter has a "Chapter Mystery" video, with additional clues throughout the chapter. For $15, I think it's a nice supplement. JMHO, Maura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate in Arabia Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Thanks, Maura.. did it match up pretty well with the dragonfly text? This is the main text we'll be using, not the macaw one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieZ Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I LOVE IT. Runs perfectly on my Gen 2 ipad. It has the entire text + much of the online content embedded as well. (videos, interactive quizes, etc). It's awesome. (We're using the Macaw book, and as far as I can tell, the ibook has the complete content.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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