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Category Archives: App Reviews & Recs
Game Apps that I Love to Hate
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
A Physics Education App that Teaches!
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
Kids and Mobile EdTech
Edudemic posted an infographic yesterday that I loved. So I thought I’d share it here with you guys. I think it does a nice job of showing what’s going on with educational apps! Mobile learning and apps are here to … Continue reading
The Problems with Free Educational Apps
I was talking to a school superintendent last week about how her district selects iPad apps for use in the classrooms. She said that the first thing they do is separate the free from the paid apps…and then they go … Continue reading
Creating Effective (and Successful) Educational Apps!
I often get my inspiration for blog posts by reading the blog posts of others…and today is no exception. Yesterday, on the Edudemic blog, Jeff Dunn wrote a post called A Roadmap for Successful Educational App Development. His list is … Continue reading
Posted in App Reviews & Recs, Balefire Labs, Instructional Design, Technology, Uncategorized
Tagged Android, App Store, Apple, apps, Education, education apps, education technology, Educational technology, Edudemic, Instructional design, IPad, IPhone, ITunes Store, Jeff Dunn, Teacher, Technology
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Junky Educational Apps and the People Who Make Them.
The other day I had another reminder of just how naive I really am. You’d think by now I would be a bit wilier. But no. So here’s the story. You all know that I review a LOT of educational … Continue reading
Posted in App Reviews & Recs, Technology
Tagged Adaptive learning, Android, App Store, apps, Decision making, Education, education apps, education technology, Educational technology, gaming, IPad, IPhone, iTunes, ITunes Store, Learning, mlearning, Professional development, Student, Teacher, Technology, Thought, Twitter
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Entrepreneurial Accelerator….We’re In! Woo Hoo!
I haven’t been nearly as good as I should have been lately with blogging. But I have a good excuse. Honest. Most of you have seen my other posts where I do product reviews and give feedback about what I … Continue reading
Posted in App Reviews & Recs, Instructional Design, Parenting, Technology
Tagged Android, App Store, Ask an Expert, Education, education apps, Educational technology, Entrepreneur, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Google, Instructional design, IPad, Merrimack Valley, New England, Startup company, University of Massachusetts Lowell
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Numerosity: review of a new Math app from ThoughtBox!
Today I’m so fortunate to be blogging to you from the West Indian island of Grenada…the Spice Island…where there are frequent reminders of the fact that the issues we debate here on this blog truly are “first-world problems.” This week … Continue reading
Posted in App Reviews & Recs, STEM
Tagged App Store, apps, Dublin, Education, education apps, Educational technology, gaming, instruction, Instructional design, IOS, IPad, K through 12, Learning, Mastery learning, Math, math apps, Mathematics, teaching
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A Math App Worth Bragging About!
On Tuesday I wrote about a math app that gave me paroxysms so today I want to write about a math app that gives me the warm fuzzies. It only seems fair. This way we’ll balance out the Universe. Just … Continue reading
Posted in App Reviews & Recs
Tagged App Store, apps, Counting, Education, education apps, Educational technology, IPad, K through 12, learn, Mastery learning, Math, math apps, Mathematics, mathematics apps, maths apps, Native Brain, Native Numbers, Number sense, Student, Teacher, Technology
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Algebra, Chocolate-Covered Broccoli and Insanity
As all of you know by now, I spend quite a bit of my time reviewing ed tech products. And as I’ve been reviewing educational apps I’ve always wondered what would happen when the day came when the material got … Continue reading
Posted in App Reviews & Recs, Instructional Design, STEM, Technology
Tagged Advanced Placement Calculus, Algebra, algebra apps, App Store, Apple, Child, Classroom, Education, education apps, educational apps, Educational technology, gaming, Instructional design, IPad, IPhone, K through 12, Learning, Mastery learning, Math, math apps, Quiz, Recreation, teaching
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disrupt learning! 