Apps and Education
Almost half of the top 100-selling apps in the iTunes App Store were for preschool or elementary-aged children in November 2009, according to a content analysis by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center, which promotes digital media technologies to advance children’s learning.
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Given the fact that the app store sells $200 million in apps each month, there’s an enormous opportunity for designers and developers to make money creating educational content.
This translates into great news for parents and kids — it should mean a huge volume of quality educational content for kids.
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