What's New
Speed improvements - Read preloaded pages while your download is in progress.
Optimization enhancements - load only those parts of the app that are needed for your iDevice.
New Design Concept (for users upgrading from 3.x to 4.8x).
- Improved user experience of clicking on a publication's thumbnail to open the order screen
- Supports 3D touch shortcut for Online/Catalog view if online view is available
- Free titles notification
Fixes:
- Newspaper Radio freezing issues resolved
- Device rotation problems resolved
- App menu navigation problems resolved
- Download button unresponsive in certain conditions problems resolved
- Highlight problem on radio/listen page resolved
- Black box appears on some articles problem resolved
- Memory leak with menu icons alignment causing crashes is resolved
Fine Tuning:
- SmartFlow adjusted to display correct picture to articles
- Corrected display of page numbers when title is loading in spread view
- Can start/stop downloading midstream and final download is not corrupted
- Accounts page displays account information for single account
- Images made sharper during pre-load stage
App Description
Our award-winning Stuff News in Education programme provides New Zealand teachers with high-quality, motivating, curriculum-based resources. NiE mini newspapers are written by teachers who understand the curriculum and the pressures facing today's teachers.
Our NiE programme consists of 8-page mini newspapers aimed at five different curriculum levels and supported by teacher notes. The five programmes are:
• Go Zone Junior - curriculum level 1 (Year 1-2 students)
• Go Zone - curriculum level 2 (Year 3-4 students)
• i-Site - curriculum level 3 (Year 5-6 students)
• Newslinks - curriculum level 4 (Year 7-8 students)
• Zoned In - curriculum level 5 (Year 9-10 students)
All five NiE programmes are based firmly on the curriculum and are easily implemented into your literacy programme.
With this NiE app, we have interactive activities embedded in the publications—easy for students to complete and easy for you to mark!
We aim to support teachers in the classroom rather than add to their workload.
By using NiE mini newspapers in your classroom you will:
• Encourage critical literacy and social inquiry.
• Encourage reading comprehension and information skills, such as skimming and scanning, brainstorming and questioning.
• Help your students ask and understand rich questions.
• Save yourself valuable time by covering the key competencies and essential skills through your NiE programme.
Each mini newspaper includes:
• Close reading
• Problem solving activities
• Critical thinking activities
• Engaging with visuals
• Processing information activities
They model:
• Report writing
• Caption writing
• Persuasive writing
• Transactional writing
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iPad Screenshots
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App Changes
- June 13, 2015 Initial release
- June 23, 2016 New version 4.8.4
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