US History Tours powered by Google Earth. This new format traces historical developments across time, touching down on locations vital to our nation's heritage and development. Points of interest in each tour launch primary and multimedia sources.
These pages include free or almost free apps for K-12 teachers and students. The list is by no means definitive, but I will add new content as it becomes available.
Stage'D is the future of the creative storytelling experience! Stage'd breathes life into your characters, allows you to become a designer, writer, and director with the touch of a button!
If the world were a village of 100 people, how would the composition be? This set of 20 posters is built on statistics about the spread of population around the world under various classifications. The numbers are turned into graphics to give another sense a touch - Look, this is the world we are living in.
"Blogging is becoming more and more popular in the classroom. Teachers can blog to stay in touch with parents and students or they can incorporate blogs from all of the students as a learning tool. The beauty of the student blog is that children from Kindergarten to high school can blog. No matter how you use blogs in your classroom, these tools will help you get started, enhance your experience, or bring the students into the fun.
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If you don't have the Kindle device, you can still enjoy any of these Kindle books on your Windows computer using the free Kindle for PC application. Amazon is also working on a Mac version of Kindle Desktop but until that happens, you can download the free Kindle app from iTunes store and read books on the move using your iPhone or iPod Touch.
Mind Leap makes sure that parents and educators know which apps are educational and which aren't, which keep kids engaged and which bore them to tears. And, we encourage developers to build great stuff that turns kids on to learning.
The Library of Congress is the world's largest library and the largest body of knowledge under a single roof. Whether you're onsite, at home, in a classroom or elsewhere, this app will give you a virtual tour that mirrors the Library of Congress Experience, an award-winning group of exhibitions and features that has drawn record numbers of visitors.
"A fun new educational and entertaining book EVERY day helps your child develop good reading habits.
Each book teaches your child new concepts, new words and how to say them."
The Chicktionary Lite: The chicken bobs its head and clucks when kids use one of their letters to make a word. The "beak sneak" option fills in one letter of each of the words not yet found.