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Anonymous donor helps supply iPads for Missoula kindergartners – Free app lets parents create iPad games for their young kids

August 31, 2012 /

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Give it a few weeks, and some of Missoula’s savviest technology wizards will be found in Julie Line’s kindergarten class at Paxson Elementary.

In a pilot program funded with $85,000 from an anonymous former Paxson parent, the school’s fifth grade, second grade, and one kindergarten class have been given their own brand-new individual iPads to use.

On Thursday, the 5-year-olds cracked open their high-tech learning tools for the first time with fearless abandon and joyful shrieks.

"It’s easy to get started, you just push a button," Noah Lofink announced to his 19 classmates.

By BETSY COHEN of the Missoulian

Full Story: http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/anonymous-donor-helps-supply-ipads-for-missoula-kindergartners/article_2d90cf28-f30f-11e1-9f44-0019bb2963f4.html

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Free app lets parents create iPad games for their young kids

TinyTap http://www.tinytap.it/ is a free app for the iPad that lets parents and kids turn their shared experiences into personal and educational games.

Full Story: http://www.springwise.com/education/free-app-lets-parents-create-ipad-games-young-kids/