Feature Stories
Apple's Volume Purchase Program offers educators discounts of up to 50 percent when they buy more than 20 apps at a time. But the program is fraught with thorny legal and logistical issues that can trip schools up. MoreBYOD programs are only as good as the use teachers make of them. One school's director of IT explores how teachers in a variety of subjects are incorporating student devices into their lessons during a comprehensive school-wide pilot. More
App Roundup
Mobile Learning
After noticing an uptick in ELL and other students with below average reading scores at his school, Skip Johnson, principal at El Crystal Elementary in San Bruno, CA, created a forward-thinking reading program pairing iPods and print books that has helped to successfully boost reading comprehension scores among non proficient readers. More
News
Apple formally took the wraps off the new iPad Wednesday morning. The third generation of Apple's popular tablet device incorporates a speedier A5X processor, 4G LTE support, and a higher-resolution Retina display. MoreCalifone International now offers its JB310, a 10-position stereo jackbox capable of distributing audio to headphones through 3.5mm plugs, which can help students who share mobile devices or computers in class. MoreA Texas school district is deploying 100 education-oriented tablets across several middle schools specifically to assist with ESL programs. More
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