"Along with the big release last week of Amplify's tablet, produced by the education arm of media conglomerate News Corp, came details of the product that will vie for a spot in the growing education tablet market."
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Tech tools that assist all students to be independent learners & teachers to become better teachers
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"A new app for the iPad and Android devices uses a highly visual format to provide a different search experience for the tablet user. More than just a pretty interface, Izik—which debuted last month as the top reference app in iTunes—is based on Blekko, the search engine that boasts higher quality results based on human curation."
Beth Dichter's insight:
This search engine is designed for a tablet and provides some unique features. The visual format is based on categories so you can swipe horizontally to view additional entries, and or vertically to see more categories. Their website states "our goal is to have the practicality of the Web unfold at your fingertips in a fun and playful manner." To download the app (iPad or Android) or to check it out online check out their website at http://izik.com/. 
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So many apps are available for Androids, iPhones and other smartphones...so how to choose. This post provides "the very best smartphones apps that can help students this back-to-school season." The apps are oganized in the following categories: * Productivity & Organization * Reading & Writing * Reference * Safety * STEM To find a teacher's edition of the 50 Back-to-School Smartphone Apps: http://www.teachthought.com/technology/50-back-to-school-smartphone-apps-arranged-by-category/.
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Are you looking for a directory on educational apps? Edudemic and FindTheBest have collaborated and created a list that allows you to search and find educational apps. You may narrow results by age and content rating, sort by product (iDevices and Android), adjust based on price, filter by size of download and more. To go directly to the the Compare Education Apps site (which also includes a buying guide):
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Screen capture and annotation of digital images are valuable skills for all learners. These skills may be especially worthwhile for learners who struggle with some of the written work that is expected in school. It is essential that learners have multiple options for showing what they know. Annotated screen-capture offers a wide range of possibilities.
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Save Pages to Read Later. Read It Later lets you save what you find on the web to watch and read on any device, at any time. Free and paid versions available.
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Quixey finds apps on all platforms - including Android, iOS, Mac, Windows, Web and more. Quixey also builds custom search solutions for partners.
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From Khan Academy to Haiku Deck, there's more than a dozen apps and tools you should give a whirl this year.
Beth Dichter's insight:
This list of 16 apps and tools are the favorite picks from Edudemic. There are a range of suggested apps, ranging from learning basic sign language (Marlee Signs) to free textbooks (Boundless) to Duolingo (learn a foreign language). Many others are listed in this post and some may be new to you!
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February 16, 2013 12:13 AM
The Edudemic Magazine year-end special showcases the very best education apps and web tools of the year.
http://www.tinyurl.com/7yge7po
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A look at how "Apple is winning the battle for educational technology and what gives them the edge over the sizabel competition in the market."
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We hear of many reports on the deployment of iPads in classrooms and schools, but what about the deployment of Android tablets? This post is a review of what happened in a 5th grade classroom where all students were provided with an Android tablet. It highlights a "must-read report that details every aspect of how it went." The full report provides a "high-level step-by-step guid to deploying Android tablets" (most likely applicable to any tablet deployment). Key takeways are provided such as (quoting from the post): * The school district came up with new policies, processes, and instituted IT support for the project. * The parents were involved in the project as well. (Additional info in post) * The overall price came out to be $200 per student per year. * There were multiple technical problems thoughout every week that required that tablets be rest to factory settings. Much more may be found in the post, or you might want to check out the actual report, "Learning is Personal, Stories of Android Tablet Use in the 5th Grade" at http://www.learninguntethered.com.
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Includes all the Bloomin' versions in one place! One link for Kathy Schrock's Guides - check out Bloom's Revised Taxonomy the iPad edition, Google Apps to Support Bloom's Android Apps to Support Bloom's and Web 2.0 Apps to Support Bloom's.
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Spotzi shows you the world in a unique and astonishing way. It not only shows you street maps and high detail areal maps. That’s just a starter. Spotzi goes beyond any political border and zooms in to any aspect of our planet. This has been made possible by the extent data resources at NASA, the World Bank and our own data warehouse.
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Blio is a feature-rich eReading application that allows you to go beyond the written word. Experience books through the eyes of the author, with crystal clear sound and images that come alive in brilliant color. PC, iOS and Android.
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This post provides a more in-depth look at the new Amplify tablet. Here is a more in-depth descirption:
"It’s 10 inches long, with a hard exterior shell, and is pre-loaded with its own learning software, as well as Google Apps for Education, dictionaries, multimedia lessons, Encyclopedia Britannica, Khan Academy lessons, a graphing calculator. If the company wins rights from publishers, it can also be loaded with electronic textbooks. What’s more, teachers can keep track of students’ progress, as well as have access to classroom management tools that allow them to turn off apps when needed."
But more interesting to me is the questions that come up when you read the impressions of others. Below are two examples:
From TechCruch (quoted):
“While the News Corp. founder’s sudden transformation into an education reform advocate may seem a head-scratcher, the motivation becomes clear when, in Murdoch’s terms, one considers that K-12 education is a $500 billion sector in the U.S. alone — and one that remains relatively untouched by corporations like News Corp.” (Remember that Murdoch is News Corp. founder.)
From Forbes (quoted):
“From my point of view, the problem with News being in this business is that it creates a channel to our youngest, most vulnerable minds for a guy with extreme politics and highly questionable ethics,” Kay wrote. Unlike the transparent profit motives of companies like Apple and Google, News Corp’s motivations should be further questioned, he said.
Additional information may be found in the post.