Posts Tagged ‘education’
Six Dimensions of Mobile Readiness – Self-Assessment Tool
Last Updated on Wednesday, 22 August 2012 10:00 Written by iUseMac Wednesday, 22 August 2012 10:00
Polymash Inc. has designed a mobile readiness assessment tool for people with app ideas who don’t know where to start. The tool aims to help people determine their own state of readiness so they are more aware of how they can be best prepared to create successful apps. The tool came about as a result of hundreds of conversations with clients who had great app ideas, but lacked the know-how to make it happen. Continue reading
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Back to school with First Interactive Time Learning App on iPad
Last Updated on Tuesday, 14 August 2012 12:00 Written by iUseMac Tuesday, 14 August 2012 12:00
StudyPad announces Tell Time – Interactive elementary app to learn telling time 1.1.1 for iPad. Tell Time is a tablet-age approach to learning and internalizing the concept of time that uses interactive digital lessons to teach essential time concepts. Featuring eight topics that each contain a lesson and a test section, the app provides instruction on analog and digital clocks, AM/PM, elapsed time, as well as telling time to the hour, half hour, quarter hour, five minutes, and more. Continue reading
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Suite of Student and Teacher Apps
Last Updated on Monday, 6 August 2012 12:00 Written by iUseMac Monday, 6 August 2012 12:00
Feraco Media announces MS Life Science Buddy 1.0 for iOS, a new addition to their apps for education, created by Science Teacher, Frederick Feraco Jr. The app is the ninth title in the series that covers a vast amount of curriculum and provides study help to junior high students, high schoolers, home-schoolers, and college students. Consisting of lessons, videos, interactive quizzes, daily news feeds and flash cards, this series features science, mathematics, history and health education topics. Continue reading
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Luigi Savagnone releases Naive Girls for iPad – Story of Self Discovery
Last Updated on Wednesday, 1 August 2012 12:40 Written by iUseMac Wednesday, 1 August 2012 12:40
Independent publisher, Luigi Savagnone is pleased to announce Naive Girls for iPad, a story of two girls who, after many adventures and changes of fortune, find serenity. This book thwarts the natural intelligence that is inborn in the women and that the difficulties and adversity of the life always protect them in. A story of adventure and self discovery, Naive Girls is intertwined with videos and photos of historic sites in Italy. Continue reading
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Teacher Creates Educational Storybook App with Curriculum
Last Updated on Wednesday, 1 August 2012 07:00 Written by iUseMac Wednesday, 1 August 2012 07:00
A retired National Board Certified English teacher develops an educational storybook app – “Smarty Britches: Nouns” – that teaches nouns to elementary students. Curriculum for educators, homeschoolers, and parents is free and expands on not only nouns but is also cross-curricular with the subjects of art, music, geography, and science; these lessons align with Common Core Standards. Cyndie Sebourn is the owner of Sascyn Publishing, Inc. and the author of “Smarty Britches: Nouns.” Continue reading
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Brush of Truth Named 2012 Media of The Year by Creative Child Magazine
Last Updated on Tuesday, 31 July 2012 03:00 Written by iUseMac Tuesday, 31 July 2012 03:00
Brush of Truth, an interactive book app for tweens 8-12, has been named a 2012 Media of the Year award winner by Creative Child Magazine. Written in second person, “your” voice, Brush of Truth lets the user choose how the action unfolds at critical points in the plot. Featuring 125 pages of story and colorful illustrations, with 65 decision points and 20 possible endings, Brush of Truth is the first book app created by Story Bayou, mom Julie Landry Laviolette’s vision to get tweens to read. Continue reading
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IPEVO 20 Percent Off Promotion Covers Cote&Ciel and select IPEVO Product
Last Updated on Monday, 30 July 2012 04:30 Written by iUseMac Monday, 30 July 2012 04:30
Beginning Monday, July 30, technology company IPEVO is offering an instant 20 percent discount off of all its Cote&Ciel brand merchandise as well as popular IPEVO brand products such as Perch and Typi. Participating products include all of the Cote&Ciel brand products available in the IPEVO Store as well as select IPEVO accessories for iDevices like Apple’s new iPad 3 and the iPad 2. Customers can simply add participating products to their shopping cart via the IPEVO Online Store. Continue reading
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Reflare Launches Educator-Contributed Kids’ Learning App Mr. Bumblebee
Last Updated on Monday, 30 July 2012 12:30 Written by iUseMac Monday, 30 July 2012 12:30
Reflare UG today introduces Mr. Bumblebee Learning 1.0, its new educational app for iOS and Android. Developed for children aged 3 to 6, Mr. Bumblebee Learning provides 5 separate play modes teaching colors, numbers, counting, shapes and basic abstract thinking. The app features happy graphics and professional voice acting while protecting young users from outgoing links and social media. The game was designed from the ground up to allow children to play autonomously. Continue reading
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TinyTap Goes Multilingual – Create in French, Spanish, Chinese & Russian
Last Updated on Monday, 30 July 2012 12:00 Written by iUseMac Monday, 30 July 2012 12:00
TinyTap, an iPad app which launched just over a month ago, is a platform that lets everyone create and share educational games for kids from everyday moments and it just got that much better. French, Chinese, Russian, Spanish and Hebrew speaking kids can now experience all the fun that only TinyTap brings to learning. The app will now be offered in all these languages helping more children worldwide play and learn. Continue reading
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Owls – A Fun Matching Game for Children of All Ages
Last Updated on Friday, 27 July 2012 04:00 Written by iUseMac Friday, 27 July 2012 04:00
Indie Developer, Jonathan Mulcahy, announces the release of Owls 1.0, now available on the iPad and Nook. Owls is a fun matching game for children of all ages. Children will learn about owls and watch the seasons change all while improving their matching skills. The Parliament School for Owls is very serious about the Buddy System. Every Owl has a buddy, and is not allowed to come in from recess without them. The players job is to help the Owls find their buddy and get in for lunch. Continue reading
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Kids find the wonder of reading, music, and more on iOS: Broadway Barks
Last Updated on Thursday, 26 July 2012 05:31 Written by iUseMac Thursday, 26 July 2012 05:31
South Korean based CJ Educations today announces the release of Broadway Barks for the iPad. A unique new children’s interactive e-book from Bernadette Peters, this educational yet highly entertaining storybook follows the adventures of a lost puppy named Douglas as he searches for his home and discovers his true talent and love for singing. The app includes colorful original artwork on every page, beautiful music, interactive music creation features, as well as optional audio narration. Continue reading
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New Mobile Medical App Revolutionizes Rounding and EHR On iPad
Last Updated on Thursday, 26 July 2012 02:00 Written by iUseMac Thursday, 26 July 2012 02:00
Niles Technology Group, creators of award-winning education apps, has partnered with MediRounds LLC to bring its app development skills to the medical field. Designed by a leading physician, MediRounds is a comprehensive rounding system that seamlessly uses the iPad to make rounding and patient tracking a more intuitive, fluid process. MediRounds also incorporates medication and equipment tracking and trending of patient data – all inside a robust, easy-to-use mobile health management platform. Continue reading
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Exploring the Solar System 1.0 for iPad: Interactive Guide for Kids 4-12
Last Updated on Monday, 23 July 2012 12:30 Written by iUseMac Monday, 23 July 2012 12:30
YFactory today introduces Exploring the Solar System 1.0 for iPad, their interactive education app that takes kids on a tour of the solar system. Animated robots Bolts & Blip, best friend Civi-bots living on the Moon and stars of the international TV series, serve as tour guides. The app includes the latest scientific discoveries and NASA photos, and features detailed animations illustrating the movements of the Earth and Moon, eclipses, tides, the seasons, constellations, asteroids, and more. Continue reading
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IPEVO’s KA-01 iPad Folio Now Available in 5 Colors
Last Updated on Thursday, 19 July 2012 04:30 Written by iUseMac Thursday, 19 July 2012 04:30
IPEVO, a technology company which makes products and accessories for education, business and consumers, has increased to five the number of available colors for its KA-01 Origami Folio with Fold-Out Stand. Colors include Black, Azure, Lemongrass, Honeysuckle and Tangerine. The folio’s cover can be pinched inward to form a triangular support which acts as a stand. This ultra-slim case for Apple’s new iPad 3 and iPad 2 is available for $39.00 and is sold exclusively through IPEVO’s online store. Continue reading
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Third Annual Star Walk Month of Astronomy Begins
Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 July 2012 01:40 Written by iUseMac Tuesday, 17 July 2012 01:40
Vito Technology Inc., an awarded developer of top education iOS app Star Walk, announces the beginning of their third annual Month of Astronomy, an event that combines various astronomy related activities and contests with the new iPad as the main prize. It is a great chance to widen your knowledge of astronomy and meet likeminded people around the world. Star Walk Month of Astronomy is absolutely free to join and requires no purchase. Continue reading
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