Evaluating Mobile Apps for Special Needs Kids
By Don Douglass
The explosion of iPad educational apps is having a major impact. This is especially true for “Special Needs” apps. Learning opportunities once available only to those with expensive specialized technology are now common. For a fraction of what it cost just a few years ago schools and parents mobile apps for special needs kids now provide excellent assistive technology and resources.
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Comparing the Education Value of Pre-K Numbers Apps
By Don Douglass
In our previous blogs we have discussed a number of criteria for evaluating a good educational app. Now let us apply those criteria to three pre-k numbers apps:
Selecting Mobile Apps that Increase Attention Span
By Don Douglass
Video games are destroying the attention span of our kids. That is a common refrain of our industry’s critics. Unfortunately, they are often correct.
But technology is not at fault. The problem is that developers and consumers are often unaware of (or ignore) the connection between attention span and learning. Understanding this educational theory can help you produce or purchase apps with a positive impact on kids.
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Finding the Best Educational Apps for Your Kids
By Don Douglass
Looking for educational apps for your kids? There are thousands of them. But selecting the right ones is much more important than you may think. Especially for younger kids.
Every day we see more research finding that too much time in front of a screen (TV, computer, iPad, or iPhone) is not good for kids. It can lessen attention span, lower creativity, slow the development of listening skills, and decrease your child’s ability to focus. Should you ban your kids from TV, apps, and video games?
No. Apps and games can help your child. But you need to know the characteristics of a good app and spend time selecting the best ones.
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Insights Into Evaluating Mobile Education Apps
By Don Douglass
In the exploding world of apps few areas are growing faster than educational applications for young children. Sounds like great news for parents, right? Well, not exactly. While there are thousands of great looking choices many have little or no educational value.
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Essential iPhone Mobile Travel Apps for Families
Summer is upon us, a great time to plan family get aways. Here are six essential iPhone mobile travel apps for families that you don’t want to leave home without. Whether you are in search of a family adventure or interested in occupying your kids while traveling, there is an app for that. Continue Reading >>
Mobile Apps that Motivate Good Behavior in Kids
Reward Charts are powerful motivational tools that help children set goals and receive rewards when goals are met. Parents have improvised or purchased charts to hang on their refrigerators or wall as a constant visual reminder of goal achievements. With the popularity of mobile apps, now parents can set goals on the go. Continue Reading >>
iPhone Apps Bring Families Closer Together
Mobile technology can be a blessing or a distraction depending on how families use it in their everyday lives. Some iPhone developers have developed a positive channel for bridging families together. Continue Reading >>
Mobile Apps Teach Preschoolers Foreign Languages
Are preschoolers ready to learn a foreign language? According to many researchers, educators and early childhood specialists, the best time for children to learn a foreign language is as early as possible and touch screen apps bring languages to life. Continue Reading >>
iPhone Revolutionizing Way Preschool Kids Learn
Today’s generation of preschool “mobile kids” are being raised with wireless technology that is revolutionizing the way they learn. Compared to desktop computers that are tethered to a mouse and keyboard, kids today are treated to portable devices that provide an all-in-one enriching experience. Continue Reading >>
