[Asis-l] Curating the World of Educational Apps

[McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]]

*** Apologies for Receipt of Duplicate Postings ***

Colleagues/

Speaking of Educational Innovation ...

/Gerry

03/08/12

With a bank of 40,000 educational apps that have been cataloged, reviewed, and approved, a Tennessee initiative hopes to make it easier for educators to use apps in the classroom and beyond. 

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For faculty who see the potential for mobile devices in education, this is a wasted opportunity. After all, the National Education Association estimates that "smartphones and, to a lesser extent tablets like the iPad, will be in the hands of every student in the United States within five years." 

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In the three years since, the app bank has compiled an impressive selection of 40,000 educational apps. In addition, the TBR eLearning Initiative has developed a roster of volunteers who connect educators with the app world, and assist them in identifying apps for teaching, learning, workforce, and professional development.

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Source

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Of possible interest ...

“Library Mobile: ’B’ is for ‘Blackberry’.” Searcher 18, no.10 (December 2010): 50-53. 
Self- archived at: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/B-Is-For-Blackberry.pdf  (23 January 2012). 

“Library Mobile: 'A' Is for 'Android'.” Searcher 18, no.7 (September 2010): 7-11.
Self-archived at: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/A-Is-4-Android.pdf  (23 January 2011).

"Library Mobile: “'A' Is for 'Apple' and 'App’.” Searcher 18, no.5 (June 2010): 32-36. 
Self-archived at: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/A-Is-4-App.pdf  (23 January 2012).

Regards,

Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
and
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University 
152 Parks Library 
Ames IA 50011

http://mobile-libraries.blogspot.com/