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Appolicious is working in concert with mobile-savvy professional educators to identify and showcase the best educational apps for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. If you are always on the prowl for the best educational apps to share with your school-aged children, here is a snapshot of what you hav ... Full Article »
Many educators are realizing that the most powerful apps are those that allow for student creation. Some apps, for example Pages, Explain Everything and Popplet, push students to demonstrate, apply and synthesize their learning. However, the question quickly becomes: How do the students turn in thes ... Full Article »
Augmented reality is being increasingly embraced as an effective tool for education, and its creative use is exploding. You may be wondering, what exactly is “AR” or augmented reality? And, how do we use this type of technology in education? In the most basic terms, Augmented reality is what th ... Full Article »
According to Apple, in January of this year, at least 1.5 million iPads were adopted by educational institutions and an astounding 20,000+ education-related apps were found in the App Store. Those numbers continue to explode, and more recently, the company announced that 1 million more iPads were pu ... Full Article »
Connected Educator Month is a month-long social media extravaganza, targeting not only U.S. educators, but teachers and administrators around the world as well. During August, educators have had the opportunity to participate in Twitter chats, webinars and Google Hangouts while collectively explorin ... Full Article »
Are you worried that your teenage kid’s brain will revert to hibernation mode during summer break? With school out of session, just know that there are more things for young adults to do on their smartphones and tablets than play games or share pictures and status updates with friends. From video ... Full Article »
The Kahn Academy launched an iPad app last week. The not-for-profit YouTube educational video site, which offers brief tutorials by math genius and former hedge fund manager Salman Khan is already one of the best and most lauded academic websites. Now you can access everything you love about this se ... Full Article »
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