App Discovery Service Appolicious Launches appoLearning – A New Way To Find The Best Educational Apps For Kids 2 May 2013 | 09:49 pm

Appolicious, the app search and discovery portal which helps users find new mobile applications for iPhone, iPad, and Android, is today launching a new service today aimed at parents, teachers and oth...

Apps are ‘game changer’ for autistic 11 Apr 2013 | 08:57 pm

Not too long ago, an autism diagnosis was seen as a door tightly shut on a world that communicated differently. Today, people with autism have a powerful key to unlock that door — thousands of apps to...

Allergic or Not? Middle School Students Design App That Tells You 11 Apr 2013 | 08:38 pm

Responding to worries that school is not preparing students for the jobs of the future, there’s been a concerted effort lately to emphasize the importance of learning STEM subjects.Some schools are al...

iPad Competitors Making Waves in Education 8 Apr 2013 | 09:12 pm

As technological developments in computing and digital media grow with leaps and bounds, education has started to get a piece of the action. Just a few short years ago, districts struggled to an adequ...

Apps help parents monitor children’s Internet use 8 Apr 2013 | 09:01 pm

With smartphone and tablet users getting younger, new apps can help parents of 2-to-13-year-olds monitor and control their children’s use of the Internet. A Pew Research Center study shows that more t...

Brave Rooney receives recognition in “iPad Apps For Kids for Dummies” 27 Feb 2013 | 11:52 pm

BACK TO SCHOOL: Top 50 learning apps for students 22 Jan 2013 | 10:53 pm

National social media and technology reporter PETRA STARKE lists the top 50 learning apps for children and teens. (*Prices correct as of January 14, 2013) LITERACY & NUMERACY Splash Math Free, but ext...

‘Gus on the Go’ Educational App Co-Created by Bronzeville Resident 9 Jan 2013 | 11:10 pm

BRONZEVILLE — Alice Zhao believes a cartoon owl can teach the world’s children about different languages. Zhao, a Bronzeville resident, is the co-creator of “Gus on the Go,” an app that debuted in Jun...

Kids’ Educational App Companies Fingerprint & Mindshapes Team Up To Launch A Collection Of Interactive “Appisodes” 9 Jan 2013 | 10:55 pm

San Francisco-based kids’ app platform Fingerprint is teaming up with UK educational app maker Mindshapes. The two companies are collaborating on a series of new digital learning activities called “ap...

City launches contest for STEM apps to promote math education on mobile devices 9 Jan 2013 | 10:42 pm

The initative will award $50,000 to a sharp programmer that can develop a middle-school application to teach crucial skills for the science and technology jobs of the future. City schools contest will...