College prep has certainly changed over the years. Twenty years ago you trudged to the library spending hours foraging through books looking for college facts, test prep, and scholarships. Ten years ago, with the internet explosion, you could do most of your research online and even apply to some colleges. Today, you can do […]
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Test Precision: An App for Standardized Test Prep
By Suzanne Shaffer on Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 | 1 Comment
Test Precision is a new app for students preparing to take the ACT or the SAT. It helps students prepare for the test where they are: on their smartphones. As we all know, teens are quite addicted to their smartphones and making Test Precision a part of that existing routine and habit just makes […]
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Parent Toolkit App
By Suzanne Shaffer on Tuesday, September 16th, 2014 | Comments Off on Parent Toolkit App
The Parent Toolkit App is designed to help you navigate your child’s growth and development from Pre-K through 12th grade in the classroom and beyond. For each grade, the app offers benchmarks to see what your child will be learning in school, and recommendations for diet, sleep and physical activity. The grade-by-grade tips […]
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App Tuesday: A New Ethics App
By Suzanne Shaffer on Tuesday, August 26th, 2014 | Comments Off on App Tuesday: A New Ethics App
I recently received an email from The Big Q (@thebigqethics), an online project of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. She told me about an app they created to help students with decisions using a step-by-step approach to ethical questions. Today’s App Tuesday post is a guest post explaining the ethics […]
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App Tuesday: 8 Writing and Research Apps
By Suzanne Shaffer on Tuesday, August 19th, 2014 | Comments Off on App Tuesday: 8 Writing and Research Apps
What high school student doesn’t need to know how to properly annotate a reference source, find a synonym for simple words to spice up their essays, or do some research for term papers? Today’s App Tuesday, 8 Writing and Research Apps, should help with these tasks. Dictionary.com Apple and Android (free) We’ve all turned […]
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8 History Apps for College-Bound Teens
By Suzanne Shaffer on Tuesday, August 5th, 2014 | 1 Comment
Apps make our lives easier: from monitoring spending, to organizing our calendar, to finding the nearest restaurant. One of the best ways to use apps is to encourage and improve our college-bound teen’s education. Today’s App Tuesday post is about history apps. Whether you need to reference an article of the Constitution, find out what […]
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10 Math Apps for Students
By Suzanne Shaffer on Tuesday, July 15th, 2014 | 1 Comment
Does math homework make you quake in your shoes? It did me. Unfortunately, we didn’t have the widespread availability of apps that today’s high school students have. To begin, if you need a Windows desktop app or file sharing, then try Cloud Desktops at https://www.clouddesktoponline.com and SharePoint at https://www.cloudappsportal.com, Here are 10 math apps […]
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By Suzanne Shaffer on Tuesday, July 8th, 2014 | 1 Comment
Managing money while attending college can be a constant struggle. You may have limited income due to devoting your time to classroom responsibilities, or maybe you’re living off of student loans and want to keep your expenses in track. A good budgeting app can help college students keep track of their finances and help […]
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10 Study Apps for Students
By Suzanne Shaffer on Tuesday, July 1st, 2014 | 1 Comment
Instead of study apps, let’s call these “10 apps to help you get merit-aid scholarships”. Improving your GPA is the best way to qualify for merit aid, and the best way to improve your GPA is to study. Here are 10 study apps that should help your student win merit-aid scholarships: 1. Quizlet Offering […]
Read More...8 Vocabulary Apps
By Suzanne Shaffer on Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014 | 1 Comment
Summer is upon us and it’s the perfect time to bone up on vocabulary for the standardized tests. And since your teens are never without their smartphones, here are seven vocabulary apps they will always have available to work on their vocabulary. 1. Vocabador Vocabador is an inexpensive ($1.99) all purpose vocabulary app that […]
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