Using the iPad and tablets for homeschooling.
Lego is finally coming out with a tablet and Smartphone compatible Lego Mindstorm set. The Lego Mindstorm EV3 was announced at the 2013 CES show. It is not quite clear how the new EV3 Mindstorm will work with Tablets and Smartphones but a new processor is the key. According to Lego: “the EV3 Intelligent Brick now un‐tethers robots from the computer by providing users expanded on‐brick programming and tighter integration...
Amazon just added a feature that might interest parents with kindle fire. It’s called Kindle FreeTime. It’s an app provided by Amazon that allows kids access to videos and apps geared towards kids. It allows parents to set content control and daily screen time limits. You can restrict the amount of time games can be played without restricting reading time. Unfortunately for me FreeTime is NOT available for the first...
With a price of $199 and Amazon behind it, the Kindle Fire Tablet seems like a good choice for homeschooling. Should you get a Kindle Fire for your homeschool? How does it stack up against the iPad? The Kindle Fire appears to be the first serious competition for the iPad. Here is how the Fire compares. Hardware: The Kindle Fire is built solid. There is a rubber coating on the back...
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...
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...
Vizio Tablet hands-on preview — Engadget. Another possible tablet for educational use. The intersting thing about this tablet is the screen size is 8 inches. Still waiting on price and timing.
Official Google Research Blog: Letting everyone do great things with App Inventor. Now I will be waiting for a good tablet that can be used with the AppInventor.
