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"Footsteps2Brilliance, Inc.™'s Academic Language Program for Students (ALPS) delivers a robust library of stimulating ebooks and educational games to parents, children and teachers anywhere/anytime through innovative mobile gaming technology. Developed by educational experts usingthe latest research on cognitive development, ALPS provides young learners with 1,000 essential vocabulary words through interactive eBooks that are sure to engage today's digital students whether at school or home."
Top iPad Apps to Teach Kids About Government and US History | PadGadget - 18 views
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"While the iPad is never going to become a perfect substitute for irreplaceable teachers like U.S. History Teacher Mr. Murphy, who opened every year's class with the same lecture - "Farmers are debtors, my dear children…" - it can make educating kids about exactly what government is and how it works more fun."
Top 3 Math Apps for iPhone or iPad | Computer How To Guide - 8 views
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"Lets face it, math is not the most intriguing or intuitive subject. For this reason, many students find learning math a real drag! As a math tutor in NYC that deals with children of all ages, I am constantly looking for fun, new ways to teach my students. Since many of them have access to an iPhone or iPad (or both), I recommend that they use their devices as an educational tool. Believe it or not, your smartphone or tablet can be a great learning resource."
Transforming Teaching and Learning with iPads: Internet, Halloween, and Guided Math - 5 views
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"Since receiving the iPad Pilot classroom, life has been so much easier on me with great planning. In my guided math class, I begin each class where the students have 5 minutes to work on their facts using Mad Math Lite and Monster Math. These apps have helped the children improve on their multiplication and division facts. Once the five minutes have passed, we start Guided Math."
Not-Horrible iPad Cases: a round-up of the best - 7 views
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"The following round-up is from our esteemed colleagues at The Wirecutter. We recently were discussing this very topic in the Editor's household, where children abound and the SmartCover fails to do much protecting."
Designing Apps for Kids | UX Magazine - 1 views
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"For those working in this field, we would like to share some suggestions for designing and devising apps for children to help ensure the apps are correctly used by preventing some common design issues."
KinderTown - Find the Best Educational Apps for Preschoolers - 0 views
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"After using over 600 children's educational apps I want to point out some of the characteristics of apps that really connect with our children."
Here's How Guided Access Works In iOS 6 [Video] | Cult of Mac - 0 views
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"With every iteration of iOS, Apple provides more and more accessibility features to its users to make iOS devices open to more people than ever before. iOS 6 includes something big. Guided Access is essentially a tool that allows you to restrict certain areas of your screen and physical buttons in order to make the device easier to use for someone with a disability, or for younger children."
Motion Math Offers a Pro Suite of Kids Math Apps | GeekDad | Wired.com - 5 views
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"At GeekDad we are big fans of apps that actually use mobile devices in innovative ways to support children's learning. Motion Math Games are one of those developers who have led the way in thinking about how they can design digital learning environments that provide ways for children to learn math with their hands and minds. Their first fraction/decimals app called Motion Math has become one of the benchmarks against which others should be comparing themselves."
MyChoicePad: Transforming The iPad Into An Education Revolution For Children With Disab... - 1 views
5 great iPad apps to help kids read - HOME - Edgalaxy: Where Education and Te... - 0 views
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"Reading is not the most straightforward skill to teach young children. There is a great deal to it in terms of constructing sounds, understanding grammar and finally comprehending what is actually being read."
iPads in Primary Education: All Things Apple: An Investment for 21 Century Teaching & L... - 3 views
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"As an investment for 21st century teaching and learning Spring Cottage Primary School has invested in a MacBook Pro, 16 16GB iPad 2s in Key Stage 1, 16 16GB iPad 2s in Key Stage 2, 63 iPod touches for children in Year 6, Apple TV and new projectors in each classroom and a managed wireless system."
John Bergquist: The Spread of iPads in Homes and Schools - 0 views
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"My children started attending Dayton Grade School this past week and to my surprise my son's class provides an iPad for every student. Even today with the proliferation of mobile technology, classrooms across the US run the full spectrum when it comes to technology."
Operation Math for iPad Takes the Routine Out of Learning Math Facts | PadGadget - 8 views
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"Learning basic math facts is a standard part of an elementary school education, but many children (and even some parents) dread the repetition of flash cards and times tables. Operation Math for iPad by Spinlight Studio hopes to make learning math facts less onerous by turning the task into a game."
Best Apps for Children - End of Year Edition - NYTimes.com - 10 views
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"Giving your child an iPad or iPod Touch as a gift this year? Preload it with some quality apps before you wrap it. That way you'll increase your chances for a positive first impression. Here's a fresh batch of suggestions, arranged from young to old."
HLC teachers call iPad an invaluable teaching tool - 4 views
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"While teachers of special needs children have a variety of resources in their classrooms to reach their students, one resource in particular is becoming one of the most valuable - the iPad. For the past year, Huron Learning Center (HLC) teachers have been discovering the many benefits of using iPads for their special needs students."
IEP & iPad Pilot Program - Teachers - Special Needs Apps for Kids (SNApps4Kids.com) - 9 views
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"SNApps4Kids has created a pilot program to test a service for matching applications or "apps" to IEPs of children who have special needs."
Letter Reflex - Overcoming Letter Reversals - Teachers with Apps - 8 views
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"LetterReflex helps children overcome common letter reversals in a game format that is inviting, engaging, interactive and user-friendly"
Everything Butt Art is the Future of Children's Books - 11 views
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"Everything Butt Art is a wonderful series of books that started showing up in stores less than a year ago. The concept (ahem…) behind the book works well in almost any form, but it really becomes magical once you see it on the iPad - and now you can. It's part book and part drawing app, and it teaches step-by-step drawing with a twist, as all the drawings start with a butt shape (a rounded lowercase w)."
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