Back-to-school Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Win a bunch of games from Freeverse

by TUAW Blogger (Aug 22nd, 2008)

Rounding out the last of our back to school giveaways, we'd like to give you a shot at wasting time. School can't be all about studying and learning, can it? Of course, if you happen to be in school for game design this could actually be homework... Plus, if you don't win, there's always Jared and ...

Back to School: Securing your Mac for public use

by Cory Bohon (Aug 20th, 2008)

TUAW's going Back to School! We'll be bringing you tips and reviews for students, parents and teachers right up until the bell rings in September. It's time once again to head back to school. Some are entering high school, while others are going to college for the first time. If you're taking your ...

Win a Dymo DiscPaint from TUAW

by TUAW Blogger (Aug 20th, 2008)

Despite the notion that one day optical media will seem "quaint," in the current world we deal with a lot of physical discs. So why not label those discs with something a little better than a permanent marker? The Dymo DiscPainter is a rather large but impressive printer for one thing only: optical ...

Win a copy of Bento from FileMaker and TUAW

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Aug 19th, 2008)

We've covered the personal database app, Bento, a few times in the past, and Brett mentions it in his "Collecting and Organizing Information" post, but our friends at venerable FileMaker want to give you a chance to try it yourself. So we're giving away three boxed copies of Bento today! Use it to ...

Back to School: StoryMill is $20 off today

by Michael Rose (Aug 18th, 2008)

TUAW's going Back to School! We'll be bringing you tips and reviews for students, parents and teachers right up until the bell rings in September. Read on for a deal for high school & college English students. More from the bargain bin, for those aspiring authors of fiction (or simply those who ...

Back to School: RadTech backpacks and cases 20% off

by Robert Palmer (Aug 18th, 2008)

TUAW's going Back to School! We'll be bringing you tips and reviews for students, parents and teachers right up until the bell rings in September. Read on for nifty supplies for any student. Today only, RadTech is offering 20 percent off regularly-priced backpacks, cases, laptop bags and sleeves, ...

Back to School: collecting and organizing information

by Brett Terpstra (Aug 17th, 2008)

TUAW's going Back to School! We'll be bringing you tips and reviews for students, parents and teachers right up until the bell rings in September. Read on for high school & college-level help. I covered a few good research tools for students in my last post. Before I dive into some of the ...

Searchlight giveaway ends tonight, more prizes to come

by TUAW Blogger (Aug 17th, 2008)

A reminder that our Searchlight giveaway (we've got 10 copies for you) ends tonight, just before midnight on the East coast (US). But don't fret, every day this week we'll be giving away a bunch of goodies, from iPhone cases to games. Just in time for back to school festivities. ...

Back to School: new iLearn ezine on using Macs in education

by Erica Sadun (Aug 15th, 2008)

TUAW's going Back to School! We'll be bringing you tips and reviews for students, parents and teachers right up until the bell rings in September. Reader Kelly T wrote in to give us a heads up about iLearn, a new ezine devoted to using Mac technology in the classroom. The first issue, which you ...

Back to School: Academic software

by Christina Warren (Aug 14th, 2008)

TUAW's going Back to School! We'll be bringing you tips and reviews for students, parents and teachers right up until the bell rings in September. Read on for tips on saving money on software. At the start of every school year, students, teachers and parents have a seemingly-endless list of "to-buy" ...

Back to School: Canvastic v3.5

by Steven Sande (Aug 14th, 2008)

TUAW's going Back to School! We'll be bringing you tips and reviews for students, parents and teachers right up until the bell rings in September. Read on cool software for K-8 classrooms. Canvastic LLC has announced a new version of the Canvastic graphics, writing, and publishing tool. Canvastic ...

Back to School: ProfCast half off today

by Robert Palmer (Aug 14th, 2008)

TUAW's going Back to School! We'll be bringing you tips and reviews for students, parents and teachers right up until the bell rings in September. Read on for help for professors and instructors. Humble Daisy is offering 50 percent off its ProfCast software, which helps educators (or anyone else who ...

Back To School: Mac research tools

by Brett Terpstra (Aug 13th, 2008)

TUAW's going Back to School! We'll be bringing you tips and reviews for students, parents and teachers right up until the bell rings in September. Read on for high school & college-level help. At any level of schooling, you eventually have to do a little research. There are probably those who ...

Reminder: Free iPod education promo ends Sept. 15

by Robert Palmer (Aug 11th, 2008)

College Just a reminder: We told you in June about Apple's education promotion where you can get a free 8GB iPod touch (worth $299) to college students who buy a MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac, or Mac Pro. The promotion ends in just over a month, on September 15. If you haven't placed your ...

School days: Schoolhouse student organizer

by Michael Rose (Sep 18th, 2007)

More back to school application suggestions! This time, a full-featured assignment planner, organizer and grade tracker: Schoolhouse 2.1. Last noted by Dan in April, this powerful and graceful app helps keep students on track by monitoring assigments on the calendar and associating all sorts of ...