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Futaba Classroom Games Instructional Video
Mar 11th
A great tour / product tutorial of Futaba Classroom Games by Nathan Dumbleton from iPadagogy. In this video Nathan walks through creating games, adding sets and building your own questions in Futaba 1.6.
Futaba Classroom Games also has a free downloadable Product Manual available from the iBooks Store. If you are still having problems with Futuba we are here to help – please contact us via ourFutaba Support Email.
Is the App Store Education market heating up?
Jan 22nd
Over the last month, our rankings in the App Store have plummeted from 154 all the way down to 369 as of yesterday. A weird thing is happening though… our revenue has moved in the opposite direction. Our sales up 27% in the last 30 days.
In the graph below you can the 2 trend lines, our earnings sailing one way, while the opposite seems to be happening . Overall ranking is for grossing and for downloads (they are more or less the same). The data below is for our Futaba Classroom Games app over the last 3-4 weeks – note on the graph below, the earnings data is cut off, but there’s another upward spike that should be to the right of the chart: More >
Futaba Single Player Practice Mode
Jan 22nd
INKids have just released an update to Futaba Classroom Games, including a Single Player Practice Mode - hopefully this means no more fighting between students for an iPad to have a turn at the wheel with their friends… Students who love playing Futaba can now practice by themselves at home or in the classroom.
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INKids Teacher Showcase: Deborah Komatsu SLP
Jan 14th
Deborah Komatsu SLP
We often receive feedback from our user base and we appreciate every email we get… when practical we use feedback and suggestions from our users to improve our products. Deborah Komatsu, a Speech Pathologist for Los Angeles Unified School District contacted us with incredibly valuable feedback about our apps, and allowed us to interview her about how she uses iPads for the betterment of her students.
What’s your occupation and how long have you been involved in it?
I am a speech pathologist at an elementary school at Los Angeles Unified School District. This is my first year as a teacher. My first career was as a film editor, which I enjoyed; however, after having my son, I decided to find a more family-friendly career. I studied early education and then speech pathology, getting my Masters in Communication Disorders in May 2012. I enjoy working with children and am always looking for low- and high-tech opportunities for learning!
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How to create your own Study Cards using iBooks
Dec 4th
Over 400 new questions in Futaba 1.5
Nov 29th
If you haven’t updated your copy of Futaba recently, you should grab the latest 1.5 release from the App Store. There are a number enhancements in the 1.5 release including over 400 new questions for older grades (4-6) including Flags of the World (5 new sets), American Presidents, Important Dates in American History, Table of Elements (elements to symbols and vice-versa) and US States (pictured below). More >
Puzzle Land for MAC OS
Nov 27th
Puzzle Land is one of our favourite apps for the iPad – both our boys love playing it and it’s a lot of fun watching their reactions to each level as they come to life at the end of each level. Puzzle Land is now available for MAC OS and is available in the Mac App Store from today.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the game, it contains jigsaw style puzzle games (with realistic puzzle mechanics). Each game increases in difficulty as you travel through the 5 levels in the land (Critter Corner, Garden Goodies, Big Blue Sea, Woodland Wonders and Intergalactic Adventures). The actual gameplay remains much the same as on the iPad (the only difference being your control the puzzle pieces with the mouse) and all of the same loveable characters are still there…
Futaba gameplay on Youtube (produced by an elementary school in Taiwan)
Nov 21st
The Youtube clip which includes footage of Futaba Classroom Games was posted sometime in August, but we’ve only just come across it. The Chinese title of the video translates as “So Easy-iPad on mathematics teaching math in the middle grades” – and contains demonstrations of other great apps like Educreations.
The clip also demonstrates how you can couple the iPad with an existing whiteboard solution to display gameplay on a larger screen – this can be a great way to get students excited about participating in any sort of game, or collaborative process using the iPad.
Click here, or on the image below to jump to watch Futaba CG in action…
5 great teaching toolkits and lesson plan websites for teachers
Nov 21st
Massive Open Online Courses and other outlets like iTunesU are changing the way we think about how education is both created and consumed…. the internet is also continually transforming the way teachers also plan and deliver more traditional lessons.
While downloading lesson plans from the web isn’t a new concept, there are a number of great new toolkits and portals that provide amazing resources for the teachers across all grades and subject areas. Here are a few of the better lesson plan resources that you may not have heard of. More >
iPad deployment models explained
Nov 20th
As we’ve been talking to our customers (many who are already using iPads at their classrooms), it’s surprising how many teachers still unaware of the various iPad deployment models that are available for schools.
Many teacher’s aren’t aware of valuable free tools like the free Apple Configurator Software that can help make managing a fleet of iPads (small or large), much easier for everyone involved – hence we’ve created this concise iPad deployment guide to help bring you up to speed. More >
