Category Archives: App Reviews & Recs

The Best New eBook: Frankenstein!

Posted on September 24, 2012 by karen mahon

When I was a kid I loved those “Choose Your Own Adventure” books.  Do you guys remember those?  It was always so much fun to have options to choose how the story went…although, of course, I always doubled back to … Continue reading →

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Motion Math Fractions App Works!

Posted on August 26, 2012 by karen mahon

Friday a colleague sent me a research study…I was super excited because it’s an effectiveness study for an app that has been getting a lot of attention recently, Motion Math. Before reading the research study, I bought the app myself … Continue reading →

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How to Choose Educational Apps?

Posted on July 27, 2012 by karen mahon

I’ve been fooling around in the app store a lot lately.  Maybe I have too much time on my hands, but I find it fascinating to see what is out there in the educational app world.

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Five Questions to Ask When Choosing Digital Content for Education

Posted on July 19, 2012 by karen mahon

There is just so much digital content out there … a simple Google search reveals hundreds of education technology companies offering digital content products. And the difficult part for teachers and parents is that the claims these companies make all … Continue reading →

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Mastery Learning and Gaming in Education: DragonBox

Posted on June 20, 2012 by karen mahon

Today I want to write about something very near and dear to my heart, Mastery Learning. For those who are unfamiliar with Mastery Learning, it is a term that was coined by Benjamin Bloom (yes, that Benjamin Bloom) in 1968 … Continue reading →

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Sharing Between Teacher and Student Devices: Nearpod!

Posted on May 25, 2012 by karen mahon

I wanted to share a super cool app that I just started using.  It’s called Nearpod and it allows teachers to create interactive content that runs on their iPads and share that content with students on student-controlled devices.  In the … Continue reading →

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Temple Run is Educational!! (What??)

Posted on April 20, 2012 by karen mahon

I have to confess that, as an educator, it’s kind of hard for me to think outside the box when it comes to the “educational” benefits of some of the game apps that are available for kids today.  So I … Continue reading →

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