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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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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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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Attention, teachers: if you’ve got an iPad and a thirst for education news, you might want to download a few issues of the Edudemic iPad Magazine. Thanks to a technical error that’s causing subscribers to lose access to issues they’ve purchased, Edudemic.com has decided to make its magazine entirely free while they sort out [...]
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It’s Mother’s Day on Sunday and, rather than go the traditional card-and-flowers route, we’ve come up with a list of apps for every kind of mom out there. Figure out which kind of mom you have and download this app onto her smartphone or tablet – we guarantee she’ll thank you for it. [...]
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We’ve been hearing a lot about Ruckus Reader lately, thanks to its affiliations with Transformers, My Little Pony, Crayola and Sea World – it’s got virtually everything an app needs to attract kids. Ruckus Reader comes from the Ruckus Media Group, the publisher of e-book apps featuring the Transformers, etc. It’s an app collection [...]
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Of course, we like to think of OURSELVES as Yelp for teachers, but we’re more than willing to check out other edtech sites. edshelf is an online directory where teachers (and parents) can find new teaching tools, organized into categories like price, grade (school grades, like fifth grade), subject, platform and category. Online courses, [...]
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Through May 8th, My A-Z, a flashcard app that teaches the alphabet and simple words to kids five years old and under, is on sale for $.99. You can read a full review of My A-Z here, or just head straight to iTunes. Sight Words Match HD, just released on May 1st, is a [...]
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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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