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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
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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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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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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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Motion Math Fractions App Works!
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
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
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Tagged App Store, apps, collaboration, Education, education technology, interactive, IOS, IPad, IPhone, Nearpod, Student, Teacher
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disrupt learning! 