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eduPad takes 80 percent off its iTooch lineup of educational apps

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 26th, 2013)

eduPad is known for its iTooch line of educational apps for elementary and junior high school students. The apps have a clean, ad-free interface and extensive problem set that adheres to the Common Core Standards. They are also on sale through April 28 for 80 percent off. The iTooch series ...

Khan Academy releases iPad app

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 12th, 2012)

MIT alum Salman Khan has an ambitious plan. He wants to provide anyone, anywhere with a quality education. To that end, he's created a website with over 2,700 K-12 lectures spanning math, history, science and more. Now he's bringing all this online learning to the iPad with his new Khan academy ...

Iowa school replaces workbooks with MacBooks

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 15th, 2011)

The school district in Van Meter, Iowa has ditched their workbooks and replaced them with MacBooks in a four-year digital learning experiment. John Carver, Superintendent of the Van Meter school district in Iowa, has taken a bold move into the realm of digital learning. In the 2009-2010 ...