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Appified Education

Parents turn to convenient mobile apps to teach lessons outside the classroom

Implications - Now a widespread platform for digital learning, mobile applications geared towards children are focusing on non-traditional lessons. Whether that means accounting for learning disabilities, or concentrating on subject matter that has real-world implications, these updated apps reveal a desire for alternative forms of education via technology.
Trend Themes
1. Personalized and Alternative Learning - Mobile apps geared towards children are focusing on non-traditional lessons, accounting for learning disabilities, or concentrating on subject matter that has real-world implications.
2. Monitoring and Improvement - Several platforms and apps are providing learning reports and data analytics, aiming to the improvement of educational apps and demonstrating their authority in the app development world.
3. Gamification - Several apps for children’s education are using gamification to engage and teach kids coding, geology, stating that gamification can be the tool to boost learning and performance among students.
Industry Implications
1. Education Technology - Trends towards personalized learning and alternative approaches to education are changing the way technology companies develop and sell products aimed at educational as well as diverse groups.
2. Technical Education - Gamified educational apps aim to prepare kids for technical careers, such as computer programming, statistics show unparalleled job demand in the field, reflecting new opportunities for developers.
3. Professional Training - Apps such as Mentored can align the sphere of professional development and training with distance learning, broadening its audiences and finding more effective solutions for this market.
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Featured Examples

Child-Centric Coding Apps
Child-Centric Coding Apps
The GoldieBlox App Aims to Teach Coding Skills to Young Children
GoldieBlox: Advntures in Coding is an innovative new coding app that is designed to use a variety of fun-filled games and digital activities to encourage children to pick up the array of skills... MORE
Kiddie Coding Apps
Kiddie Coding Apps
The Hopscotch App Simplifies Coding for Kids
Inspired by MIT’s Scratch, the Hopscotch app is designed to make programming and coding for kids fun, easy and unbeknownst to them, prep them with valuable skills for their futures. Computer... MORE
Education System Apps
Education System Apps
ClassDojo 2.0 Hopes to Eliminate Parent-Teaching Meeting All Together
Although this app was originally launched in 2011, ClassDojo 2.0 has since grown to do so much more than a tool to help teach good behavioural traits. Now it’s envisioned to be more of a... MORE
Autistic Development Apps
Autistic Development Apps
The Look At Me App Teaches Autistic Children to Convey Emotions
The Look At Me app, released by Samsung, that aims to improve the lives of autistic children. Autistic children struggle to convey emotions and form bonds with others, due to behavioral development... MORE
On-Demand Tutor Apps
On-Demand Tutor Apps
The 'Mentored' App Connects Students With Educators
Mentored is an innovative mobile tutoring app that embraces the dogma of one-on-one tuition by connecting students with available educators. Once a student signs up with Mentored, they are matched... MORE
Learning App-Monitoring Platforms
Learning App-Monitoring Platforms
EnderMetrics Analyzes the Success of Educational Apps for Kids
This platform monitors the success of educational apps by providing learning reports. Cognitive analysis platform EnderMetrics gives children’s app developers a way to track the learning... MORE
Dyslexia-Combatting Apps
Dyslexia-Combatting Apps
Dyslexia Quest is an App for Dyslexia That Strengthens Reading Skills
Dyslexia Quest is an app for Dyslexia that was developed for kids by the Bristol Dyslexia Center in the UK. The app is suited for three different age groups, including children, teens and... MORE
Streamlined School Communication Apps
Streamlined School Communication Apps
The SkoolHub App Informs Parents About Student Performance
SkoolHub is an innovative new smartphone app, currently available for download through both the iOS and Android platforms, that is designed to make school communication more streamlined so that... MORE
Educational Scientific Apps
Educational Scientific Apps
'The Earth' by Tinybob is a Fun and Interactive App for Kids
Tinybob is a Brooklyn startup that specializes in education scientific apps. Its latest installment called ‘The Earth’ is a fun and interactive tool for kids that teaches them exactly... MORE

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