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Apps gone free / Two Award-winning Educational Apps Offer Free Access for A Limited Period of Time

Two Award-winning Educational Apps Offer Free Access for A Limited Period of Time

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September 20, 2017
Fingerprint and Highlights for Children have partnered on an outreach offering every teacher in America a free subscription to their popular Highlights Every Day app and a copy of Scribble Press: Creative Book Maker for Kids for their classrooms. To date, kids have played more than 2 million activities, inspired by content from the beloved Highlights magazine.

The original Scribble has been adopted in 35,000 classrooms and used by kids 6-12 to create more than 3 million digital books, inspiring a whole generation of writers and artists. Beginning on September 14th through October 31st, teachers can gain access to these award-winning educational tools through the Fingerprint Play website by registering their school email address. 

This app empowers children to imagine, write, and illustrate their own stories. Featuring drawing tools, backgrounds, stickers, stamps and music to inspire creativity, and more than 35 fill-in-the-blank story starters ranging from the silly to the sublime, there is something for every aspiring author. The original Scribble has been adopted in 35,000 classrooms and used by kids 6-12 to create more than 3 million digital books, inspiring a whole generation of writers and artists.
 
Highlights Every Day features all-original fun with a purpose content from the childhood experts at Highlights and is updated daily with new exciting experiences for kids X-X. The app features over 1000 activities including original videos and quizzes, engaging fiction and non-fiction to read, fun puzzles and brain challenges that build skills and stretch young minds –included, of course, is the iconic Hidden Pictures.  Teachers (and children) can scroll through the collection and personalize their experience by saving their favorite content to a page where they can easily access it throughout the day.
Source: Email communication with Rob Wheat.

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Meet Med Kharbach, PhD

Dr. Med Kharbach is an influential voice in the global educational technology landscape, with an extensive background in educational studies and a decade-long experience as a K-12 teacher. Holding a Ph.D. from Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Canada, he brings a unique perspective to the educational world by integrating his profound academic knowledge with his hands-on teaching experience. Dr. Kharbach's academic pursuits encompass curriculum studies, discourse analysis, language learning/teaching, language and identity, emerging literacies, educational technology, and research methodologies. His work has been presented at numerous national and international conferences and published in various esteemed academic journals.