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Best Word Game apps

Best Word Game apps

How do you spell challenge? See picks

5 Great iPad Games

5 Great iPad Games

The best iPad games for everyone to enjoy! See picks

Android apps for Tweens

Android apps for Tweens

Great educational games and fun apps. If you find yourself needing to entertain 8-11 year-olds, these apps should do the trick. See picks

Best educational apps for kids

Best educational apps for kids

Educational apps and fun for the kids. These apps are great to entertain your little ones on a trip or at home.   See picks

Best apps for kids

Best apps for kids

On the plane or at grandma’s house try these educational apps and ones just for fun. There are some great apps to entertain your little ones. See picks

Best apps for tweens

Best apps for tweens

Educational and fun apps. If you find yourself needing to entertain 8-11 year-olds, these apps should do the trick.   See picks

Andrea Oettinger

Andrea Oettinger

Andrea Oettinger has a Doctorate in Education and an extensive background that spans classroom teaching, policy and research. She believes in the use of apps to engage children in learning, both in the classroom and at home, and focuses on finding the best ones for appSmitten’s Android users. See picks

Angela Watson

Angela Watson

Angela Watson, has spent 11 years as a National Board Certified classroom teacher before becoming an educational consultant. She focuses on making teaching more efficient, effective and enjoyable for both teachers and parents alike. Angela’s website, The Cornerstone for Teachers, is a terrific resource. See picks

Rich Brooks, flyte new media

Rich Brooks, flyte new media

Rich Brooks is founder and president of flyte new media, a Web design and Internet marketing firm in Portland, Maine.  He is currently an Expert Blogger at FastCompany.com and a regular contributor at SocialMediaExaminer.com. He’s also a founder of The Agents of Change Digital Marketing Conference, an annual conference on search, social & mobile marketing. See picks

Susan Phillips

Susan Phillips

Susan Phillips is an award-winning, best-selling American writer of romance novels.  Check out her latest book, Nobody’s Baby But Mine: A Novel. Also available on Kindle! When we asked her about her favorite apps, she humorously responded that her favorite apps she uses with her grandchildren including: See picks

Shannon Des Roches Rosa

Shannon Des Roches Rosa

Shannon writes about autism and parenting and is Editor of recently released book Thinking Person’s Guide To Autism.  Her site is a one-stop source for carefully curated, evidence-based information about autism.  She shared her favorite apps with us that she uses in her downtime and with her son: See picks

Adrian Grenier

Adrian Grenier

Best known as Hollywood cutie Vincent Chase on the HBO series, Entourage, Adrian Grenier is also a documented do-gooder. With film producer Peter Glatzer, he co-founded SHFT, whose mission is “to convey a more sustainable approach to the way we live through video, design, art and culture.”  The pair has since gone on to play a See picks

Oprah

Oprah

She needs no introduction. Oprah has the golden touch – when she mentioned brands on her show or in her magazine sales soar. And she isn’t shy about technology. She gave iPads to her employees last year for the holidays and did a live interview on Facebook. According to her magazine, O, and AdAge, here’s what we See picks

Rachael Ray

Rachael Ray

Iconic Food Network TV Star, Rachael Ray is like the girl-next-door-who-cooks. Offering easy-to-make and family friendly recipes, she’s written a ton of cookbooks including her 30-minute meal series. Her casual style and spunky energy make her one to watch. Here’s what CNN Money reported as her favorite apps: See picks

Beth Lisick

Beth Lisick

Author and performer, Beth Lisick’s book Everybody into the Pool, was a New York Times bestseller. Her latest book about her adventures in the self-help biz is called Helping Me Help Myself: One Skeptic, Ten Self-Help Gurus, and a Year on the Brink of the Comfort Zone. Here are Beth’s favorite apps: See picks

Angela Watson

Angela Watson

Introducing Angela Watson, our new Educational app Contributor. She has spent 11 years as a National Board Certified classroom teacher before becoming an educational consultant. She focuses on making teaching more efficient, effective and enjoyable for both teachers and parents alike. Angela’s website, The Cornerstone for Teachers, is a terrific resource. Stay tuned for her See picks

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