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App Review: “NOVA Elements” From PBS

    PBS  released NOVA Elements on April 3, and we were eager to check it out. NOVA Elements is a free app about the periodic table, and it’s voiced by David Pogue, the New York Times technology columnist and host of NOVA’s “Making Stuff” series. The app gets down and dirty in explaining the [...]

    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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  May was a great month for educational apps – we had tons of fun checking out and reviewing the best! If you don’t have time to read all of the month’s reviews, here are our picks for the four best.   The Singing Alphabet: We made a real song and dance about this utterly [...]

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  Our complaints about this app were so insignificant, they were practically…nanoscopic. Science apps for kids run the gamut from fantastic to absolutely rubbish. The best ones, we’ve found, aren’t necessarily those that are jam-packed with facts and overflowing with information. Rather, they’re the ones that manage to convey the information in a fun and [...]

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  Doodle Tales This is a free app for doodling and creating storybooks that’s well worth a look if you’ve got kids who like to draw and paint. There are a couple of branded in-app purchases with stickers and backgrounds, but the app works perfectly well without them. iOS only. Download it here. Peter & [...]

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  MyArtZoo starts with the animals, then introduces the paintings they’re in Introducing great works of art to children is a tricky business – it’s hard to hold their interest in paintings or sculptures that don’t move, beep or perform when you swipe them. Penck Publishing, the German company behind MyArtZoo, has decided to tackle [...]

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  Over at BestCollegesOnline.com they’ve got a list of 16 excellent iPad apps for those learning English as a second language. Learning English can be difficult, but there are a host of fantastic applications that make the process easier, more interesting and – dare we say it? – fun. Here are the first three – [...]

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  Despite all the hype about Apple products being “intuitive”, there’s still a learning curve when it comes to making the switch from a PC or an Android. ScreenCastsOnline is a company that produces video tutorials and apps on how to use and get the most out of your Apple devices. The company sells subscriptions [...]

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  We reviewed loads of truly fantastic educational apps in April, and had a hard time picking out the six best. Here’s a quick look at the top apps of the month, with links to the full reviews. The fact that almost all of these excellent app are free is just icing on the cake. [...]

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  DMV Genius is a brand-new app that helps aspiring drivers prepare for the permit test. If you’ve got a teenager at home who’s itching to get into the driver’s seat, this could be a useful way to make sure they know what they’re doing before you actually get to the DMV. Free, but to [...]

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