Judy Jacobs-Parkway Elementary School

10 of the best Apple and Android apps for education in 2014 (from eschool news)

http://www.commonsensemedia.org/research/zero-eight-childrens-media-use-america/key-finding-2%3A-substantial-digital-divide

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Research on the “interactive media landscape” and mobile learning published by The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop can be viewed online (and downloaded). Visit http://www.joanganzcooneycenter.org/Reports.html for Cynthia Chiong and Carly Shuler’s “Learning: Is There an App For That?” and “Always Connected: The New Digital Media Habits of Young Children” (2011) by Aviva Lucas Gutnick, et al.

Warren Buckleitner’s Children’s Techology Review  http://childrenstech.com/ (Warren Buckleitner is also contributor to the New York Times’s “Gadgetwise” blog http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/ ).

“Educational Apps Review”:  http://www.iear.org/

“Moms with Apps” (http://momswithapps.com) offers free apps on App Fridays and lots of information about apps.

And don’t forget: Our colleagues at  Kirkus Reviews and The Horn Book review the app field as well. 

An Internet search for “apps for children” will yield a number of related articles and some podcasts.