Monthly Archives: March 2013

Android Tablet Use in U.S. Schools: An Update

Posted on March 30, 2013 by karen mahon

About six months ago I wrote about Android tablets, here, wondering if they would be the next big thing in education. And given what’s been happening in the market since then, I thought it would be a good time to … Continue reading →

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Worksheets: BAD. Technology: GOOD. An Analysis.

Posted on March 24, 2013 by karen mahon

I was skimming through my twitter feed the other day and saw a tweet that stopped me dead in my tracks. I can’t quote it verbatim now, but it said something like this: Worksheets allow teachers to pretend that they’re … Continue reading →

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Game Apps that I Love to Hate

Posted on March 19, 2013 by karen mahon

Do you guys have games that you play on your smartphones or tablets that drive you crazy? You know, the ones that, for the life of you, you can’t figure out WHY IN GOD’S NAME you are wasting your life … Continue reading →

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A Physics Education App that Teaches!

Posted on March 8, 2013 by karen mahon

One of the complaints I frequently hear from teachers is that there just aren’t very many good high school level science instruction apps out there. And from what I’ve seen, they’re right. There are plenty of science tool apps…like interactive periodic … Continue reading →

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Teachers Rank EdTech Trends!

Posted on March 5, 2013 by karen mahon

This is a very cool infographic that was originally published on the Edudemic website.  Wanted to share it here for anyone who missed it there!  I think it’s really cool to see teacher interests shifting away from hardware solutions and toward software-based solutions! … Continue reading →

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From the Trenches of An Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program

Posted on March 1, 2013 by karen mahon

Just this past week I finished up the 12-week program in the Merrimack Valley Sandbox Accelerator program. I had never been in a program like this before and I only knew one other person who had been. It was an … Continue reading →

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