Educational iPad User Group

So many teachers have asked me about Android apps and I thought this would be a great way to share some of my favorites.  Each link will take you to my overview of the iPad version of the app - jus...

Will closing apps from the multitasking bar speed app your iPad and preserve battery? No - that's a myth. Save yourself the time and don't do it.

It’s not entirely clear what it means to be a “21st century student.”

And in 2013, it’s also not entirely clear what the definition of an “educational app” might be.

Just as students are no longer tethered to textbooks (in most formal education settings), apps that are strictly didactic–designed to promote academic proficiency and foundational fluency–are often the first that parents and teachers reach for when looking for something “constructive.” But the reality is, the 21st century is as much about finding, evaluating, managing, sharing, and curating information as it is reading texts, answering questions, and applying memorized formulas to neatly scaffolded problems.

AppMachine is software that helps you make professional apps fast — for yourself or for your customers. They’re easy to use and magical to see. Building an app is free. You can create a fully functional app in just a few clicks.

The school year is over! Yeah!

But as you know, teachers' minds immediately turn to what we can do differently next year. Considering the fact that classroom management is one of the biggest challen

Despite these criticisms, I really like the app. If the next update brings in multi-file transfer, I’ll find myself using it a lot because of the drag and drop interface and the direct iOS to iOS option. The Bluetooth transfer can bypass issues on days when the school WiFi is in meltdown as well. Until it allows PC access and the ability to browse folders, though, I’ll be sticking with my very reliable and useful FileBrowser app. But with improvements to come in future updates, Instashare will become a serious rival to FileBrowser and other network apps.

WARNING: Read the reviews at the bottom of this article before buying this app:

The remote desktop app Screens is a perennial resident of my iPhone's utilities folder. Its polished and pleasant interface, reliability and speed have enabled it to crush all of the ...

Increasingly, schools are adopting the iPad
as the student computing device of choice due to it’s flexibility, hardiness
and price point.

You don't need to be a grown-up to have the drive to innovate. Jenneth Orantia talks to three young app creators making digital waves.