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Tracy Tan

School apps go to the top of the class (Chris Griffith, The Australian [AU], 13/3) - 0 views

(Restricted access, article posted here) Some food for thought: if kids are 'learning in snippets of time', does this mean that deep learning is being compromised? Australian schools are getting...

school apps ipad

started by Tracy Tan on 27 Mar 12 no follow-up yet
Kasthuri Gopalaratnam

F.T.C. Finds Privacy Problems With Apps for Children - NYTimes.com - 2 views

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    Makers and users of mobile apps for children, take note!
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    The actual report itself is excellent, "Mobile Apps for Kids: Current Privacy Disclosures Are Disappointing." [The link is embedded in the article.] Improvement in this area is critical. When apps came on the market, they were like "valet parking"... where a user could get directly to a software without roaming the web. This was an attractive feature (and avoided unwanted advertising, a plus for parents.). Now, not only are apps collecting data that we are unaware of (PRIVACY!), but many are engaged in advertising, some that we are aware of and some that we are not (click through to a website, etc.) "Staff found that about 7% of the 400 app store promotion pages indicated that the app contained advertising. As above, this number is likely to understate the number of apps containing advertising because app stores do not appear to require developers to disclose in-app advertising on their promotion pages, and because advertising is a common way to monetize apps." Free? Not so much.
sandra jacobo

WDWDT: A New App That Keeps Teachers, Students, Parents In Sync - 1 views

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    In light of this week's reading around equity, I question the impact apps such as these will have on low-SES communities. Also, this app may have the unintended consequence of creating an additional requirement for the teacher and as a result more pressure.
Leslie Lieman

Curating the World of Educational Apps -- Campus Technology - 1 views

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    With a bank of 40,000 educational apps that have been cataloged, reviewed, and approved, a Tennessee initiative hopes to make it easier for educators to use apps in the classroom and beyond. Sometimes, finding the right app can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack.
Jackie Iger

A Review of Living Language and Rocket Languages - App Smart - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Apps that will help you learn a new language.
Ryan Brown

Building An App Is The New 'Starting A Band' - 0 views

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    Rather interesting (and humorous) blog post on the "rockstar" motivation to create Apps. According to the author, "Back then peoples heroes were the likes of Jimmy Page, Robert Plant or Bob Dylan. Today it's Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, or Reid Hoffman. An entirely different breed." Maybe he's right?
Chris Mosier

iLearn II: An Analysis of the Education Category on Apple's App Store - 3 views

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    The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop studied almost 200 education apps for Apple's app store. Good insight into what's in the market right now and what the current trends are.
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    Thanks Chris! I am looking forward to reading this thoroughly. It covers so many important topics/questions from: creating standards for apps marketed as educational (right now the developers just need to say it is "educational") to a call to academia to dive into research and help design effective, high quality material for digital age learning.
Jackie Iger

Educational Apps | MindShift - 3 views

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    MindSnacks leads the way in "Gamified" educational apps for learning new languages. Some of these look pretty cool...
Xiaodi Chen

China Is Finally Becoming A Lucrative Market For App Makers | TechCrunch - 0 views

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    App market in China 
Maurice Joyce

Virtual Patient App - 3 views

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    Virtual Patient App that is being presented at the HGSE Social Innovation competition. It was developed at HMS and is described in the video as a "game" for patient diagnosis and treatment. I downloaded the app and am not so sure I consider it a "game" but found it to be a good tool at developing differential diagnoses and treatment strategies. It also says the app is applicable for med students, residents and attending physicians (in addition to other healthcare professionals), though I don't know if attending physicians would find it very useful.
Marium Afzal

Finally, Math Apps Show R.E.S.P.E.C.T. - 0 views

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    A review of what this writer thinks constitutes a good math app, and where many apps/educational games go wrong.
Chris Dede

iLearn II: An Analysis of the Education Category on Apple's App Store - 0 views

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    Apps illustrate emphasis of education developers
Parisa Rouhani

iPad apps likely to be bigger, pricier - CNN.com - 1 views

  • the iPad isn't capable of anything fundamentally different from the iPhone and iPod.
  • I don't think imagination can override the true limits of what's offered.
  • iPad screen may also make new advertising schemes possible,
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  • iPad app developers to make money, said Farago of the app-tracker firm Flurry -- especially if all they h
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    ipad not fundamentally different from the ipod/iphone, though may create platform for advertisements in a way that was not possible with the iphone.
michele_rigolizzo

In Apple Tablet, App Makers See a Wider Playing Field - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    New apps/New opportunities with Apple's Tablet
Matthew Ong

QUICK KEY - VIRAL VIDEO FOR GRADING APP - 3 views

Thanks for sharing Connie, I thought that such scanning technology was readily available. But the difference is that with Quick Key, it's made mobile and the teacher can scan it immediately. WIth ...

Jackie Iger

Facebook Meets College Apps with Mission Admission | MindShift - 0 views

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    A new Facebook game aims to motivate low-income high school students to apply to college and provide them with the necessary tools to gain admission.
Ryan Brown

NASA Releases Free iPhone / iPad Educational Game App - Sector 33 Air Traffic Control - 0 views

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    Interesting game on getting kids interested in aviation and math.
Tracy Tan

Irish schools make switch to ebooks; Textbooks go hi-tech as students learn on iPads an... - 0 views

Access to the site is by subscription, so I am including the article here: T'S a sad day for doodlers. The dog-eared textbook is on its final chapter in Ireland as schools switch to ebooks. More t...

ipads proliferation

started by Tracy Tan on 29 Feb 12 no follow-up yet
Soomi Hong

Oregon Brings Google Apps to Public Schools - 0 views

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    "Oregon became the first state in the nation to offer Google Apps for Education in K-12 classrooms"
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