- Tablet ownership among high school students quadrupled in less than a year from 4% in March 2011 to 17% in January 2012.
- More than 6 in 10 high school seniors agree that tablets help them study more efficiently (66%) and help them perform better in classes (64%).
- Nearly 7 in 10 high school seniors (69%) say tablets will effectively replace textbooks within 5 years.
- The number of high school seniors who have used a tablet to read a textbook has increased from 41% to 58% in the past year.
- 84% say tablets make learning more fun.
Source: Pearson Foundation's Survey: Students and Tablets, March 2012
New Apps for the K-5 Classroom
Miss Spell's Class This word game lets players test their spelling skills against the most commonly misspelled words on Dictionary.com. Free
Read Me Stories This app provides a new talking picture book every day, teaching students new words and how to say them, along with new concepts. Free
Rocket Math More than 50 "math missions" help students with telling time, money, shapes, multiplication, square roots, and more. This app makes students want to learn about math. $.99
Motion Math: Hungry Fish Kids can practice mental addition and subtraction with this math game. Free
Video Science These two- to three-minute videos demonstrate the steps of simple science experiments. Free
Project Noah This app lets students share their encounters with wildlife and document the world's organisms. Free
iLearn Solar System: Making Science Fun Explore the solar system in 3D. This app teaches kids about the galaxy, our solar system, each planet and moon, and more. $1.99
From Scholastic.Administrator.com
WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE EDUCATIONAL/PRODUCTIVITY APPS?
