Post #9 - Free Choice - Mango

An interesting media appliciation that I have discovered, and that students may enjoy, is one called Mango (available from http://mango.leetsoft.net/install.php). Created by a gentleman named Victor Barrancos, Mango is an android and blackberry app that consolidates fan translated manga from various free sites on the web and puts it into an easy to use format.  Any manga that are licensed in the United States are not available through the sites, but this helps avid manga fans find lots of titles that they would not necessarily find otherwise.  A librarian could mention this application to students that have a strong interest in Japanese or Korean culture (manwha, Korean comics, are also included).  The app allows people to download pages for offline reading as well.  Anything that can help spur a desire to read and interest in other cultures can be applied to Common Core standards, and I feel that this app might find itself useful down the line.