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Check Out K12’s Mobile Apps for iPhone and Android

At K¹², our mission is to provide any child access to exceptional and meaningful curriculum and tools. That’s one of the reasons K¹² has started creating a series of mobile apps based on our...

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7 Educational Apps For Android

We’ve previously told you about the various mobile apps K¹² has created for Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android operating systems. While our team is hard at work creating more apps for all of our K¹²...

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7 Great Educational Apps for iPhone and iPad

Smart phones have exploded in popularity over the last few years, and it seems that almost everyone has one now. These devices enable a whole new way of learning on the go, using apps and games with...

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What’s in Your Digital Backpack: Best Apps for Students

As students everywhere are heading back to school from the winter break, here’s a list of useful tools and apps for students that can help you finish the year strong. Get organized! 1. iProcrastinate...

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New Mobile App: xGerms for iPhone, iPad, and Android

K12 ’s newest mobile app launches today: xGerms Counting. In this game, big germs with icky names like Blurgle, Fibble, Olly, and Meech are needed for research—but they are protected by a crowd of...

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Transforming the Way We Learn: How Brain Games Can Make You Smarter

Gaming: it seems to be the hottest trend in education right now. Just this week a study was released that found half of K-8 teachers surveyed incorporated digital games into the classroom at least...

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Try These 11 Awesome FREE Math Games for iPhone and Android

Whether you’re looking for a way to keep your kids’ brains from shrinking over the summer or if you’re in need of something year-round that can provide a quick brain workout when you have a few minutes...

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Mobile App: Making Any Time Story Time

Reading a story at bedtime is a wonderful way to help kids relax and prepare for sleep. With K12’s new Read Aloud Classics mobile app for iPad and Android, kids can read or be read to at any time of...

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Instagram in Education

Using Instagram as a Learning Opportunity Do you use Instagram? This free photo-sharing app is one of the fastest growing social networks, with 100 million users, and it’s easy to see why. With its...

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Compare Fractions, Decimals, and Percents on your Phone or Tablet with K12...

Compare Fractions, Decimals, and Percents on your Phone or Tablet Is 1/2 bigger than 33%? Are 0.75 and 3/4 the same? How many times does 1/4 go into 1? Which is bigger: 1/6 + 1/6 or 3/12? Did you feel...

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What Parents Need to Know About Snapchat

Are you friends with your kids on Facebook? Whether out of concern for their online safety or simple curiosity about their online (and offline) activities, the majority of parents who use social media...

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Vine: What Parents Need To Know

Have you heard of Vine? Recently this little video app has taken the social media world by storm, building a huge user base in just a few short months. Like other cutting-edge social media platforms,...

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Your Top 10 Facebook Questions Answered

We receive many questions from our awesome Facebook followers. We want to take a moment to answer some of the top questions we receive. From enrollment to technical questions to mobile apps, you asked...

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Back to School Tip: Use Google Calendar to Organize Your Entire Family

It’s time to head back to school! As you prepare for the new school year, rounding up school supplies and organizing your family’s schedule, consider trading in that old paper calendar for something a...

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5 Back to School iPhone and Android Apps to Keep Students Organized

The school year is in full swing and students everywhere are settling in to their school and study routines. While previous generations of students used pen and paper for organizing their schedules,...

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Students Age 13-18 Could Win an iPad Mini Through “Build a Mobile App” Contest

Graduates with a degree in computer science end up with the highest-paying jobs in an industry growing at twice the national average, according to Code.org. Yet, fewer than 2.4% of today’s college...

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Brain Training Provides Long-Term Benefits, New Research Shows

22 Resources To Help You Improve Your Memory in Minutes a Day A year ago, I forgot the combination to my gym lock, and ended up spending five dollars on a new lock- what a waste! I’d had that lock for...

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9 Educational iPad Apps Your Kids Will Love

A while ago, I had written two blog posts about mobile apps for iPhone and Android, but I was recently presented with the idea for writing specifically about iPad apps. For those of you out there who...

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7 Great New Math Apps for iOS and Android

Do you (or your kids) have a mobile device? We’ve rounded up some of the best new educational math apps for iOS and Android to help you fill it up with the best apps for learning. Many parents smartly...

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13 New Mobile Apps for AP Exam Prep

AP® exams are quickly approaching in May, and students all across the country are gearing up for this important step toward gaining college credit. K12 has launched 13 new mobile apps to help students...

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