04
Dec 16

10 different ways of using the Tablet or iPad.

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photo credit: flickingerbrad student_ipad_school – 250 via photopin (license)

Surely more than one occasion has used the Tablet or iPad as an educational resource. There are many possibilities that these devices offer us to improve education and, above all, to motivate our students.

But beyond applications, the Tablet and iPad have other potential uses that are sure your students leave open-mouthed.

In today's post I leave 10 ideas to use the Tablet differently in the classroom.

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07
Dec 14

Finland says goodbye to the pen ...

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photo credit: thms.nl via photopin cc

Do not panic! Although the title of the post is that, It is not exactly true.

For the last couple of weeks we do not talk about something else: Finland, the country benchmark in education worldwide, cease to teach calligraphy to teach typing.

In recent days many parents and professional colleagues who have contacted me to comment me the news.

I usually like to contrast the information reaching me, and so I have started to work to see how that that Finland stop teaching handwriting is ...

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10
Aug 14

6 Apps to play and read English.

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photo credit: Oscar_Shen via photopin cc

We are in the middle of August, but that does not mean the kids leave to go over what they have seen during the course. Unlike, Now we approach the start of the new course the ideal is to review the concepts worked during the year in order to start with a solid foundation.

A good way to "work" is through reading. Thus, Children go over vocabulary, pronunciation and those somewhat older, read during the summer.

Today I will make a review of 6 Apps for you to practice English in a fun and dynamic as you read with the kids.

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14
Jun 14

Children´s Day Map. A new way to learn the routines playing.

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photo credit: Henrik Late via photopin cc

A few months ago I wrote a post on how and why make an educational App. Today, App talking about in that article is a reality and can download Children´s Day Map one of the first applications dedicated exclusively to learn the routines in English while the kids play.

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25
May 14

The 7 best parental control applications.

The 7 best parental control applications

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In post of the week last tried an issue of concern, and a lot, most parents who have children in age to use mobile devices.

Last Sunday we discussed what the parental control and what are the main features that you should look for in a parental control app if you want to be sure that your children made use of the device will be completely reliable and not access to inappropriate content.

In today's post I bring the 7 Best Apps, especially for Android, that you have available in the market to control mobile devices using the kids in the house.

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18
May 14

What is parental control and why it is essential devices for kids.

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Photo Credit: Ojang jerry via Compfight cc

There are many parents who ask me for advice when choosing the best application for their children, sometimes they want to know they can use to learn English (I will discuss this issue soon), in others it is to establish routines or to encourage reading. But in most cases not only care about quality App, for them the most important thing is usually the use their children make of the device and the options they may have to control this use.

A few months ago we discussed the issue of best tablet for kids house, and in this post I commented that most of these devices tend to bring parental control "serial", but, What if it is not enough for us or want to install other control device?

In today's post we will see the main keys, from my point of view, They are necessary when choosing the parental control for the device that kids use.

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