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Tablet devices, such as the iPad, show great potential for advancing learning at home and in the classroom. Parents and teachers alike are starting to explore the many ways in which an iPad can support their children's education, including the use of digital books and educational games. The iPad is portable and easy to use, and developers have already created thousands of apps, which are very inexpensive, if not free, compared to traditional software programs. With so many apps on the scene, it can be a challenge to sift through them all to determine which ones will help the children in your classroom most. The links compiled here review some of the best educational games currently available for the iPad.
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40 Amazing Educational iPad Apps for Kids This review includes a description of 40 educational iPad apps for kids in six categories: **language and vocabulary**, **history**, **math and science**, **reading**, and **general education and life skills**. There is a brief description of each app with links to more detailed information, including manufacturer descriptions and web sites and where to download in iTunes. According to the website onlineclasses.org, "adults are obsessed with the new iPad, but have you ever thought about sharing your new toy with your kids? Just like online education games provide kids with fun outlets for learning, iPad apps help your kids review basic skills, improve critical thinking and decision-making skills, and even learn to read. Hand over your iPad this summer, and take a look at these 40 amazingly educational and fun iPad apps for kids."

Game Classroom's Top 10 Educational iPad Apps Game Classroom has "scoured the web for the best and most trustworthy educational games with the single goal of providing students, parents and teachers with the best interactive homework help the web has to offer." The apps on their list are sure to be a hit with educators and parents. The top-ten apps span a wide variety of content areas and grade levels, and four of the ten apps are free. A link to more detailed information about the each game is included. The authors wonder if the iPad can make your child smarter, and it seems that, with these apps, it surely could!

Best Educational iPad Apps for Kids Author Angie Pollock, writing for Helium online in the June 21, 2010, issue, has shared her favorite educational apps for kids. According to Pollock, "The Apple iPad is a great device for adults but kids can also get a lot of use from this handy gadget. Many educational games that are found online can also be found as a downloadable app for the iPad. Not only will kids have fun playing these iPad games but they will gain information and maybe learn something new." Pollock's recommendations on great apps for learning and fun include Word Magic for young readers, Learn Sight Words, Manual for the United States of America, PopMath Basic Math, and Highlights Hidden Pictures.

The Top 10 iPad Apps for Education Welcome to Bright Hub, the Hub for Bright Minds. This blog entry was written by Jonathan Wylie and details his top recommendations for educational iPad apps. Wylie tells readers "there is something for everyone here, from preschool all the way to high school. After the success of the iPod Touch, it did not take educators long to realize the potential that the iPad could have in our school systems. For those who had already used the iPod Touch, the iPad was a logical progression. For app developers it was a chance to create bigger and better apps with more interactivity than was possible before. Not many of the apps on this list are free, but most are what I would call affordable. More importantly, they are great fun for students to use to enhance their learning in the classroom ." Sure bets from Wylie's list include Magic Piano, Beautiful Planet HD, Alphabet Fun, The Elements: A Visual Exploration, Weather HD, Number Sense HD, BrainPop Featured Movie and more.

Apps in the Classroom This informative article from Boston.com describes how textbook publishers are experimenting with apps in the classroom in a pilot program in Virginia. The news report outlines ways in which textbook companies are responding to the demand for more digital resources, including how the content of apps has changed the way publishers are viewing their own content. Several major publishers already have thousands of educational game apps available to schools. This articles speaks to the general notion of how apps can impact classroom learning, what developers are doing to meet the demands from schools, and how teachers might get started with using the iPad with students.