Sentences with phrase «educational quality of apps»

While it's easy to just set Junior up in front of Angry Birds and go about errands, finding entertainment with educational value is ideal — if somewhat hampered by the fact that it's difficult to actually measure the educational quality of apps.

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If you're a student, a parent, or an educator, you will find that there are plenty of high - quality educational apps available to download, and many of them are even free.

I embrace some forms of technology for young children, and good quality, educational apps are something I personally use.

Recommendations are also given for affordable Montessori and other quality early learning materials; and over 225 of the best educational tablet apps, as well as a guide to how and when to introduce preschoolers to digital media, so you won't always have to say no to screen time.

The brain child of George Burgess, Gojimo was born in 2009, when George became frustrated with the lack of quality educational apps.

Just open your Audible app for iOS and Android and tap on Channels to get an early look at an unlimited, on - demand service featuring a «best of» collection of news programs and compelling audio editions of magazine and newspaper articles, comedy shorts, lectures, short fiction and nonfiction, and other quality entertainment, information, and educational programming you won't find anywhere else.

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The study concludes by outlining the things that still need to be done, such as, «the need for more compelling content for older children, the development of popular and effective educational apps... expanded efforts to reach parents with objective and reliable assessments of eth educational value of media, and continued production of high - quality educational television.»

As the distinction between ebooks and apps can often be blurry, it is important for publishers to promote quality educational content — 40 % of parents are willing to purchase educational apps, and over 80 % of the top - selling paid educational apps in the iTunes store are aimed at children.

Created by Anne Armstrong, former middle school teacher and founder of the My Gnome on the Roam educational toys line, the app offers daily prompts for building quality family time and meaningful experiences in the midst of our busy schedules, and has different themes on different days (Make It Monday, Tell Me Tuesday, Wanderlust Wednesday, Throwback Thursday, Freaky Friday, Saturday Dazzle Day, Soul Food Sunday).