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[News] I Education Apps Review- “App Reviewers Wanted!”

Are you an educator who is interested in sharing your insight and opinions regarding educational apps for the iPhone or iPod Touch? Check this out… I Education Apps Review – “APP REVIEWERS WANTED!” “I Education Apps Review (IEAR) is looking for dedicated educational bloggers to contribute monthly reviews of current educational apps available in the [...]

[Awards] 2009 Best App Ever Awards: Winners have been announced…

The 2009 Best App Ever Awards winners have been announced. This is the second year for this “best apps” competition. The purpose of the awards are to select the “best” applications from various categories. The overall winner for 2009 was the entertainment/game application “Pocket God.” To me this is not surprising based on the success [...]

[Apps for Toddlers] Matching Games: “ABC Memory Match” and “AniMatch” from Lima Sky

When I write for edu.Mac.nation I write from various perspectives. In some posts I am “wearing” my teacher tie, in other posts I am “wearing” my daddy hat, and in the mix you can find me “carrying” my Mac backpack full of tips and tricks. In the [Apps for Toddlers] series I feel that I [...]

[Apps for Toddlers] Pre-reading/writing skills: “Firstwords: Animals” and “iWriteWords”

One thing that I love about the applications available for the iPhone and iPod Touch are the multitude of learning activities available for toddlers and children getting ready to enter school. Today I would like to share two applications that I have recently purchased for my son. Both of these applications (“FirstWords: Animals” and “iWriteWords”) [...]

[iPhone Game] B1nary Game: One Month Later

It has been a little less than a month since I provided my initial reactions and review of the new iPhone/iPod touch game called “B1nary Game”. (b1nary review at edumacnation.com)  At the time I attempted to connect the experience of playing the game with the mathematical strategies that a student progresses through as they solve [...]

Colorsplash: #2 of my top 5 iPhone Photo Apps- “A Splash of color from Colorsplash”- TUAW Review

TUAW did a much better job today describing what I attempted to share (regarding the usability of Colorsplash) below… My description… [Photography] My Top Five iPhone Photo Apps…Photogene, CameraBag, ColorSplash, Pano, and Flickit- posted 2/16/09 “The navigation, brushes, and stability are top notch. I love how you can switch between the colored portions of the [...]