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[App Review] Leo’s Pad: A Unique Learning Experience

Leo’s Pad: A Unique Learning Experience Many apps for kids come in one of three formats: an interactive game or activity, an interactive storybook or an educational video. Leo’s Pad, from Kidaptive, uses a slightly different format, combining an appisode, or short educational video with interactive activities and a story for kids to follow. The [...]

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“Using social media… is key to online businesses, and it’s key for us as well.” – Jenny Zhu on the role of social media in online education

2013/03/28 6 Comments

While we were in Shanghai recently, we spoke with Jenny Zhu, co-founder at OpenLanguage, an online language learning platform. She told us about the particular insights she’s gained from her own experiences working in the adult foreign language education field, how she’s incorporated those insights into her own online venture, and her interpretation of the [...]

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Physics and Fun: Little Bird Game

2013/01/07 No Comment

Physics and Fun: Little Bird Game At first glance, Little Bird Game by Roentgen is a simple, entertaining game. The goal of the game is to get a rolling bird through a maze and to the exit by tilting and twisting your iPhone or iPad. However, the way you tilt and twist and the obstacles [...]

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Top 25 Smartphone Apps For Spanish Language Learners

2012/08/06 6 Comments

Foreign language classes have proven a popular target for cash-strapped administrators looking to cut costs. We understand the money has to come from somewhere, and the practicality of a class like Latin could be debated. But as the United States continues on its path toward being home to the most Spanish speakers in [...]

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Team Umizoomi, Mickey Mouse and Alien Buddies Feature In This Week’s Educational App News

2012/06/01 1 Comment

Alien Buddies, a big success with our kid testers, will be free this weekend (today through Sunday), as Artgig kicks off the summer with a big update. The update includes new puzzles, games, stickers and more. We gave Alien Buddies a great review, and we’d highly recommend picking it up while it’s free! [...]

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How Some Developers Are Skewing iTunes Reviews

2012/05/30 No Comment

If you’re a developer who is willing to go to the dark side to improve your app’s reviews, there may still be certain practices available to you despite efforts to clean up unethical behavior associated with app reviewing. Stealth marketing – which tries to hype products via blogs, social media and word [...]

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Quick Look: Creatures of Light, A New App From The Museum of Natural History

2012/05/29 5 Comments

Just released on iTunes last week, Creatures of Light is a free app from the American Museum of Natural History. Its release accompanies the museum’s newest exhibit, titled Creatures of Light: Nature’s Bioluminescence, but you don’t have to have seen the exhibit to enjoy the app. Creatures of Light (iPad only) offers diagrams, videos, [...]

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This Week’s New Educational Apps

2012/05/25 No Comment

Today only – Pepi Bath is a free download. Read our take on this fun little app here. The paid version is usually $1.99, so grab it while you can! iOS only. Kingdom of Plants is an iPad-only guide to the Kew Gardens. It’s “hosted” by David Attenborough, the British naturalist and broadcaster, and [...]

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People Are Downloading More Apps Than Ever – But Where’s the Money?

2012/05/25 No Comment

The past couple of years have seen an increasing number of tech start-ups commencing operations with mobile-only strategies, but a recent study has indicated that the app sector is still failing to attract big money from a wide enough spectrum of users. The reality facing app developers today is that most people using [...]

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4 of the Best: Free Educational Apps For Android

2012/05/23 38 Comments

With a host of industry observers and many new software developers trumpeting the potential virtues of Android as a platform for apps, it’s a good time to take a closer looks at what’s available on Google Play. When it comes to education, students with Android devices will be happy to note that educational apps [...]

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