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"TWA is happy to release our list of 12 BEST Children's Educational Apps of 2012! Every app featured in this review has been RELEASED in 2012, updates excluded. We wish this list had 12 categories so we could cover all of the wonderful new educational additions to the app store. Since that is not feasible we are limiting this list to learning games only. We will post a list of the 12 Best Book Apps of 2012 soon, as well as a list of the top 12 Educational App Developers!"

"This was a huge year for apps. Apple's App Store surged to more than 700,000 apps and is still growing. Google's Android Play Store also swelled to around 700,000 apps as of October 2012, significantly closing the gap between the two rivals. As the year nears a close, we took a look at some of the industry game changers of 2012."

"NMC Horizon Report > 2012 K-12 Edition " Full report in June 2012

Part 1 Writing and Reading on the iPad http://www.joachim-scholz.com/academipad/2012/09/10/best-ipad-apps-college-academics/ Part 2 Conceptualizing and Presenting ideas http://www.joachim-scholz.com/academipad/2012/09/20/best-ipad-apps-university-students/

"How to make "bring your own device" programs work for your schools, and how to assess your students' reading skills without losing valuable instructional time to testing: These are among the best practices in educational technology use featured in the November/December 2012 edition of eSchool News."

"The apps we selected were either released or significantly updated between January 1 and December 21 of this year. Titles that debuted on iOS or Android in 2012 that were previously available on another platform are eligible for inclusion. All of our selections were sourced, ranked and finalized by Appolicious advisors and members of our community. In all, about a dozen members of the Appolicious editorial team offered their favorites. We also surveyed the most active and influential users of Appolicious sites and applications. We did not account for the number of app downloads or overall popularity. Our qualitative assessment is based primarily on the production value, utility and creativity baked into each cited application. Here goes."

"2012 is at it's end, and just like with our favorite Mac tip collections of the year, OSXDaily.com is looking back and gathering some of the most useful multi-trick collection posts for iOS, iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch too. "

"Top 100 Sites & Apps of 2012"

"These are my notes from Chris Thompson's breakout session, "Why Every Teacher Should Become an App Creator" at the 2012 Mobile Learning Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, on April 11, 2012."

"Earth Day 2012 Infographic: Memes Are Destroying the Planet!"

"A little bit late… Here's our monthly roundup of our best new iPhone and iPad apps for children, as covered on Apps Playground in June 2012. We've got a mix of familiar brands, favourite developers and out-of-the-blue indie apps, all of which piqued our interest"

"These are my notes (Wes Fryer) from Lucy Gray's breakout session, "Exploring YouTube," on August 7, 2012, at the Blackfoot Educational Technology Conference in Missoula, Montana. Resources from Lucy's presentation are available on this blog post. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS."

Media Awareness Network - now MediaSmarts. 2012 Report