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With more than 100,000 downloads and over 20,000 active customers, YogiPlay was developed to address the growing frustration by parents who are struggling to find the right, high-quality learning apps for their kids.

Every app in the YogiPlay network is carefully evaluated for age-appropriateness, educational value and, most importantly, fun.

In the classroom, QR codes can be used in a variety of ways — from conducting treasure hunts to creating modern CVs. Below is a number of articles, tutorials and lesson plans designed to help educators.

Quick response codes, also known as ‘QR’ codes, are simple, scannable images that are a form of barcode. By scanning a QR code image through a mobile device, information can be accessed including text, links, bookmarks and email addresses.

a flipped classroom is a classroom where the instructional time and student activity time are reversed.

Teachers record their lesson or lecture and post their recording online for students to access for homework. As the student works through a video in their own time and in their own space, they can pause to think about what the teacher discussed, to take notes, or can replay a section they did not understand.

combine the best that elearning and face-to-face learning have to offer.

If you’re interested in using mobile games in the classroom, but feeling intimidated about how to get started, Mathews says you need not be

starting small and not being afraid to jump right in and experiment. He’s shared his rules of the road here:

Some of the best experiences we give our students happen during field trips; the zoo, a museum, nature walk, etc. Mobile devices can enhance this experience by allowing for the documentation, review and reworking of the experience long after the field trip is over.

Introducing School-Wide Digital Citizenship Practices with iPads 8Share An elementary school in our district recently got 30 iPads and asked for some advice implementing them with students and teachers. In addition to suggesting some starter apps, I recommended that we have conversations with kids around the appropriate use of these devices. While almost every child has used an iPad, iPod Touch, or iPhone, the exciting learning opportunities these mobile, Internet-connected, media creation devices create also open the door to new challenges. Cyberbullying or inappropriate web publishing happens more through the camera than regular computer use does; the mobility of the device combined with the reality that multiple users are using the device with no personalized, password-protected, network-tracked accounts makes it more challenging to keep track of who is doing what with the device or that the device itself is safe. R

There has been a lot of conversation and debate in multiple forums, both online and face-to-face, about schools adopting or already working in a 1:1 environment

providing our students with the best learning environment possible.

video shows the positive use of mobile devices in the classroom