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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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Huge Growth in Kids’ Device Use
I’ve been doing a lot of reading lately about kids and devices. It’s mostly as market research for my new business (more about that later) and, luckily for me, it’s also really interesting. I knew that devices were big with … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged Android, App Store, apps, Education, education apps, education technology, Educational technology, Educators, Facebook, Google, IOS, IPad, IPhone, iTunes, K through 12, Learning, Market research, Parenting, Personal computer, Teacher, teaching, Technology
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The Best New eBook: Frankenstein!
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
Posted in App Reviews & Recs, Technology
Tagged apps, Choose Your Own Adventure, Dave Morris, E-book, eBook, ebooks, education apps, education technology, Frankenstein, IPad, Mary Shelley, NPR, Robin Young
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Are Android Tablets the Next Big Thing in Education?
Last week I bought a new Galaxy Nexus 7. I couldn’t help it. At $249 for a fully-loaded, 16 GB, 7-inch tablet running Android, I just had to find out what all the hype was about. The fact that it … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged 1-1 implementation, Android, Apple, education technology, Galaxy Nexus 7, Google, IOS, IPad, iPad3, IPhone, iTunes, Nexus, Nexus 7
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Karen Mahon appears on eLearn Chat!
I was delighted to be invited to appear on eLearning Chat today by Rick Zanotti, the host. What a fun experience it was. Rick and co-host Dawn Mahoney put me right at ease. And I got to talk about one … Continue reading
Software Replaces Hardware in Ed Tech
Nobody was more surprised than I was by the announcement that Toys R Us is coming out with its own proprietary tablet, the Tabeo. With last year’s release of the Leap Frog Leap Pad 2 tablet, as well as the … Continue reading
Posted in Technology, Uncategorized
Tagged 2012 Ed Tech products, Casio, casio graphing calculator, casio prizm, Consumer Electronics Show, desmos, desmos online calculator, Doceri, eBeam, edtech, education technology, Educational technology, Eiffel Tower, Empire State Building, Google, Google Hangout, interactive white board, IPad, IWB, Kineo, kurio, leap frog, leap pad, lexibook, media scape, media:scape, meep, Mimio, now!Board, Polyvision, prizm graphing calculator, tabeo, toys r us, u-Board
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Five Questions to Ask When Choosing Digital Content for Education
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
Posted in App Reviews & Recs, Instructional Design, Learner Behavior
Tagged digital content, Education, education technology, Google, Google Search, Instructional design, instructional sequencing, learn, Mastery learning, Mathematics, performance data, promethean planet, Skill, Student, student performance, Teacher
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Sharing Between Teacher and Student Devices: Nearpod!
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
Posted in App Reviews & Recs, Technology
Tagged App Store, apps, collaboration, Education, education technology, interactive, IOS, IPad, IPhone, Nearpod, Student, Teacher
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Low-Tech is Still Okay!!
I’ve talked with a bunch of teachers and administrators out there who are grappling with adding technology into their classrooms and schools. It’s not an easy thing to do, as we all know, and I find that oftentimes teachers think … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged Classroom, ed tech, Education, education technology, Educators, implementation, K through 12, Low-technology, Teacher, Technology
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disrupt learning! 