Using the iPad and tablets for homeschooling.
Are you overwhelmed with the amount of apps for your iPad? Which ones do you chose? Looking for apps for your iPad or iPhone for homeschooling? Here are some of my favorite links to look for apps for homeschooling and education. I Education Apps Review – I Education Apps Review. Digital Storytime – iPad Childrens Book Reviews – iPhone Childrens Book Reviews. tcgeeks.com ipad-for-school momswithapps.com —. funeducationalapps Tweet
Cost: Free Story Kit is an App that lets your kids (adults too) write stories. The stories can use text, pictures or recorded sound. My kids love to record their own stories. The stories can also be uploaded to www.childrenslibrary.org from the app. You can’t beat the price! Editing the book pages: Link to apple web page for Story kit app. Tweet
Another Android tablet aimed at education. Appears to be a 7 inch tablet running android. It claims to have a battery life of 10-12 hours. There is wifi, 800 x 480 screen resolution, and a 800MHz dual core CPU with 2GB of internal memory and Android 2.1. The internet is also limited to reduce distractions. The “administrator” chooses what web pages are alowed and what e-books can be installed. The...
iPads may not be ready for the “classroom” but they are definately a tool for learning.
Here is another new tablet coming out this year that has some potential for home education. The tablet website claims to have an “innovative platform”. Not sure what is innovative about this Android tablet when other tablets will soon be coming out this year. Maybe it will be priced for educators. “Connect mySpark’s tablet is Wi-Fi enabled and can integrate with partner school’s Learning Management Systems to allow seamless two-way communication between...
For those of you familiar with the Bob books you will be familiar with this App. The App is not a books but it is a game. The game has 12 pages from the Bob books. You have to spell some of the words on the page. There are four levels of dificulty for each page. Cost: $1.99 Age: 4 to 6 years old Subjects: Phonics, letters, & words http://itunes.apple.com/app/bob-books-1-reading-magic/id403753501?mt=8 TweetTweet
Just came across this Toy Story App that is currently free at the Apple App store. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/toy-story-read-along/id364376920?mt=8
Now here is a possible look at the future of tablet computing for home education. The device is cheap! $99 The OS will be open source so there are possible future applications within the education world. No internet and wifi is a no charge option. Not a lot of information but it could possibly be used as an input device for another tablet. Basically it looks like the old slat...
