There’s lots of great educational app content for kids out there now. We’ve been spending some time thinking about what makes a kids app truly special. Wired’s Geek Dad shared a great challenge a while back. He wrote: One thing that defines us as GeekMoms...
Considering an iPad and interested in what kind of educational content is out there for kids? Here are some of the best and most popular apps – which, when taken as a whole, present a compelling case for the role of the device as an...
We just launched our most recent kids educational app yesterday – and today it ranks among the top twenty educational iPad apps. The app is called Build A Zoo and features six different educational games that help kids improve their spelling, memory, and coordination skills....
In case you missed it, the New York Times ran a story that covered the research of Sherry Turkle, director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Initiative on Technology and SeIf. In particular, the piece focused on her recent research which found that heavy parental...
Current standardized tests are: a) A simplistic way of assessing learning outcomes b) Culturally biased c) Responsible for “teaching to the test” d) Narrow in their focus e) All of the above I’m sure that when first introduced, scantron forms seemed like a wonderful invention. ...
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. (source) Given the fact...
With Apple soon to announce it’s ‘latest creation,’ we have a feeling Apple’s influence on the digital world will burst forward quite a bit this year. More specifically, the iPhone continues to show incredible upward trends, and signs point to a fantastic 2010. If we...
Say goodbye to textbooks and hello to the next-gen mobile tools that will power our children’s education. Increasing access to high-end mobile devices and an explosion of mobile educational software are leading to pilot programs focused on determining the role this new technology should have...
It’s easy to love the App Store, but I do have one frustration – it lumps in kids learning apps with all educational apps, including those aimed at goals such as teaching Korean to businessmen and logic to prospective lawyers. In my mind, this makes...
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