Most parents feel their student’s smartphone is an extra appendage. Your student’s entire life is on their phone. They use it to stay in touch with friends (and you if you’re lucky), they use it for homework, for research, for gaming and just about every other task in their lives. Why not add some beneficial … Continue reading Apps to Make College Prep Easier
One of the most surprising parenting moments for many of us happens when our sons and daughters morph into teenagers. Almost overnight, our sweet little ones, who once shared all their hopes and dreams with us, begin shutting us out of their lives. Suddenly, we are talking to closed doors and blank stares, grasping at … Continue reading Watch Out for These Secret and Dangerous Apps
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 … Continue reading iPad Apps for College Prep
Following this week’s Mom-Approved Tips: Going to College May Be Deadly, here are some apps to help students act during critical situations to go along with the conversations you should have with your soon-to-be college students. These apps won’t solve the problem, but they can help save a life. Apps to get help if … Continue reading App Tuesday: Apps to Help Students Act During Critical Situations
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 … Continue reading App Tuesday: 8 Writing and Research Apps
When you have a learning disabled student there is a whole other level of study, learning and social education. Today’s App Tuesday provides parents of the learning disabled some tools to make their job easier and help keep their student on the path toward higher education. Inov8 Educational Consulting has compiled a list of … Continue reading App Tuesday: Apps for Learning Disabled Students
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 … Continue reading 8 History Apps for College-Bound Teens
If your student is heading for college, they may also be studying abroad. Once you’re in a country that doesn’t speak English, it’s so much easier if you are fluent in the language there. Even if you’ve studied that language in high school, living among the culture and speaking fluently is another story. Apps … Continue reading Top 5 FREE Language Apps
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 … Continue reading 10 Math Apps for Students
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 … Continue reading 10 Budgeting Apps for College-Bound Teens