SubscribeSuper Why! from PBS Kids
PBS is known for wonderful television programs for children. Classics such as “Sesame Street” and “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood” share airtime with newer shows such as “Caillou” and “Sid the Science Kid“. A PBS show that my son loves is “Super Why!“. The adventures that the “Super Readers” go on include phonics, [...]
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[iPhone App] PBS Kids Mobile: “Super Why!” for iPhone/iPod Touch Just Released
“App Spotlight”- Week #1- Taskpaper, World Factbook, KidCalc, Convert, Pastebot, Preschool Connect the Dots, and Learn Sight Words
One app a day… 7 days a week. The “App Spotlight” features one iPhone/iPod touch application a day that has been selected because we think that it rocks or because a reader of edu.Mac.nation (You!) thinks that it rocks. The picks stretch across many different categories. Here are the last 7 apps spotlighted on edu.Mac.nation [...]
[Education] iPod Touch in the Classroom- Do’s and Don’ts: “Learning in Hand Blog” by Tony Vincent
Tony Vincent, from Learning in Hand, has compiled an excellent list of suggestions for using the iPod Touch with students…
Learning in Hand Blog by Tony Vincent:
“Bringing iPods into the classroom is a great way to give students access to learning tools. However, there are so many things to keep in mind to make the iPods [...]
[iTunes] “Apps For Kids”: Featured Items in iTunes This Week
Starting this morning you should see a button toward the top of your iPhone/iPod Touch App Store “New” Featured Apps section that says, “Apps for Kids”. Pictured above is a screenshot I took of the button. Apple has compiled a set of applications that they believe are great for kids. There seems to be a [...]
[iPhone App] “Downloads” App: A Sample Use Case
“Downloads”- Browse, Download, View and Share Files
One of my favorite applications is “Downloads- Browse, Download, View and Share Files!” by Hian Zin Jong. The ability to download PDF’s, MP3’s, DMG’s, etc is a feature not built into Mobile Safari. With this application you can easy gain access to the downloading a specific file via an [...]
[Education] Locked Down or Locked Out?: “Mobile devices said to be the next wave in education”- Richmond Times-Dispatch
The Richmond Times-Dispatch has an article up that discusses some of the different instructional viewpoints regarding mobile devices in schools. Of particular interest to me was the section below that points to concerns of misuse…
Mobile devices said to be the next wave in education | Richmond Times-Dispatch
“Students in Colonial Heights aren’t allowed to remove the [...]
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