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Khan Academy iPad app screenshots show progress

by Michael Grothaus (Jul 13th, 2011)

The Khan Academy is an online non-profit organization whose goal is to provide a "free world-class education to anyone anywhere." Think of it as TED for everyone, except Khan's videos, resources, and lesson plans can actually help you be one of the TED speakers one day. Currently the Khan ...

Rosetta Stone launches iPad app for well-heeled language learners

by Michael Rose (Jun 3rd, 2011)

The language-learning behemoth known as Rosetta Stone has launched itself into the iPad world with the new TOTALe Companion HD app, a supersized version of the iPhone TOTALe Companion that arrived earlier this year. TOTALe Companion HD delivers access to core Rosetta Stone v4 features on the ...

Apple seeking new paradigm for educating students with special needs

by Dana Franklin (Mar 3rd, 2011)

According to a report from AppleInsider, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) this week disclosed a recent patent application for delivering educational content to students in a classroom setting. Filed by Apple in August 2009, under the title "External Content Transformation," the patent ...

Learn to draw with an iPad

by Mel Martin (Feb 9th, 2011)

Learn to Draw Digital Sketchbook is a pretty interesting app that teaches you how to draw in step-by-step lessons. You select from the provided drawing tools, follow the spoken and text instructions, and you're on your way. You can also dive into the app and draw freehand to apply your skills. You ...

Hackety Hack: A gift to aspiring Ruby programmers

by Rick Martin (Dec 27th, 2010)

As a perpetual programmer wannabe, I'm always on the lookout for new tools that make the mysteries of coding a little more accessible. Much to my dismay, most programming tutorials that I've come across assume some prior knowledge or that you're transitioning from some other language. So, I was ...

Toddler wooden puzzle roundup for the iPad

by Sang Tang (Aug 12th, 2010)

There's nothing like walking around in the middle of the night and stepping on the knob of a wooden puzzle piece. It kind of hurts. Believe me, it's happened to me on many an occasion, and it has resulted in firetruck and dinosaur-like imprints on my feet. If you're tired of stepping on puzzle ...

Oklahoma State University to start up iPad initiative

by Mike Schramm (Jul 1st, 2010)

Oklahoma State University is the latest school to start setting students up with iPads. Starting this fall, a pilot program will give iPads to 125 students, and the university will monitor both how the device affects their learning and what their textbook costs turn out to be. Additionally, the ...

Dr. Seuss iPhone apps get supersized for the iPad

by David Winograd (Apr 7th, 2010)

Oceanhouse Media has updated three of their popular Dr. Seuss iPhone/iPod touch apps for the iPad by updating their existing apps to universal binary. If you are already an owner of The Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss's ABC, or How The Grinch Stole Christmas! (US$2.99 each), all you need do is accept ...

Four widgets for learning

by Sang Tang (Apr 7th, 2010)

While the app store ecosystem for the iPhone, and now iPad, are filled with a host of useful apps to help students convert, translate and calculate figures and words, there may be times where an iPhone or iPad app just don't fit into your workflow. Back when Mac OS X Tiger was launched, which ...

Apple preps 2010 school field trips

by Sang Tang (Mar 21st, 2010)

Apple, through the Apple II, served as the gateway to computing for me; my third grade classroom had two Apple IIs neatly tucked away in metallic lock cases. With them, I was exposed to word processing, printing and, most importantly, Carmen Sandiego. Education is deeply ingrained in the Apple ...

Tutorials as you like them with N.E.D. and its family

by David Winograd (Jan 21st, 2010)

Nonlinear Educating Inc., has been selling tutorials on a wide variety of subjects for years. Their catalog of 146 video tutorials cover just about everything from all the programs in the Adobe CS4 Suite, to iLife 09 and iWork 09, or virtually anything you could want to learn about Mac software. ...

Count The beats: Training your ear with RelativePitch

by Matt Tinsley (Jan 12th, 2010)

Relative pitch, let alone perfect pitch (some people are born with it, everyone else has to learn!) is an invaluable skill required when it comes to playing an instrument and understanding the music you are hearing. Thankfully, Easy Ear Training has developed a nifty little app to help you along ...

Mental Case reinvents the flash card

by Sang Tang (Aug 15th, 2009)

Education is deeply imbued in the Apple DNA. In Apple's early days, the education market served as a base from which it would grow from and, in the process, introduce many of us to personal computing as well as a new way of learning. Similarly, the iPhone has the potential to change the dynamics ...

Earn a certificate in iPhone and Cocoa Development from the University of Washington

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Aug 10th, 2009)

If you've already got a degree or a little knowledge in programming and you're looking to get in on the iPhone app craze (or maybe you wish to write a Mac app -- many people still do) you may want to look at the University of Washington in Seattle. They are now offering a certificate program in ...

ScreenSteps Pro adds video embedding and Pages/Word export

by Brett Terpstra (Jun 21st, 2009)

ScreenSteps 2.6 is out, and has added two very useful features: the ability to export to Microsoft Word or Pages, and the ability to embed videos into your documents for online publication. We've covered this screen-based documentation application since its initial release, and it continues to be a ...