Find Educational iPad Apps Fast! Too Many Apps!
There are at least 475,000 iPad apps in the App Store, with new apps appearing daily. Of course, not all of these are educational apps, but if you are a parent or an educator who is looking for quality iPad apps, you need some way to filter through the thousands of apps you have to contend with. The resources listed below are designed to do just that. The App Store No matter where you start looking, you will end up here eventually, so we will begin by taking a look at just where to look for educational iPad apps in the App Store. Start by opening the App Store on your iPad, and making sure that the Featured star is highlighted at the bottom of your screen. Once you get to the Education section, you will see a lot more focus to the kind of apps being displayed.
At the top of the screen you see a section for the Best New Apps. The other part of the App Store worth looking is the Top Charts section. APPitic.com Common Sense Media TCEA iPad Apps and iBooks Smart Apps for Kids. Your Personalized Education Guide. Quixey.
Augmented Reality. Common Core. Education. Creativity. Educational Games. 50 resources for iPad use in the classroom. The transition to the more extensive use of technology in classrooms across the West has resulted in the integration of bring your own device (BYOD) schemes, equipping students with netbooks and tablet computers, and lessons that use social media & online services.
Gesture-based technology is on the rise; according to the latest NMC Horizon Report, gesture-based technological models will become more readily integrated as a method of learning within the next few years. The iPhone, iPad, Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Xbox 360 Kinect technology are examples of these kinds of developments, and in particular, resources for Apple products in education are becoming widely available online. For teachers, some of which are just beginning to use tablets and mobile devices in class, these resources can be invaluable in promoting more interactive classrooms and understanding how best to use and control such products. Tutorials: 1.) iPads for learning: Getting started 2.) 3.) 50 iPad2 tips and tricks 6.)
Subject /Age Level Apps. Snapguide wants to be your handheld how-to guide for everything. There are plenty of websites that provide in-depth information about specific topics, but apart from a few tired old services like eHow from Demand Media, there aren’t many places you can go to find how-to guides for a wide range of different things — from tying a bow tie or flying a kite to extracting honey from a beehive.
Snapguide, which launched its iPhone app and web service this morning, wants to fill that void with a platform that allows experts of all kinds to create simple how-to explainers with photos and videos and to share those easily with a community of other users. Although there is a web version of the service, Snapguide is clearly designed to take advantage of mobile devices like the iPhone, which for many have taken the place of the manual or cookbook they look to for help with a project. 4 / 9Snapguide_voiceEntry 9 / 9Snapguide_privatemessages.
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