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App evaluation is a strategic and simple thing to understand. Knowing how to evaluate an app is all about understanding how to assess factors like the app’s quality, functionality, usability, and overall value.

Posted by Max Eddy on PC Magazine's website on 04/24/14.

Posted by Richard Byrne on his 3/11/13 "Free Technology for Teachers" blog.

From Richard Byrne's "iPad Apps for School" blog.

Post by Richard Byrne in his "iPad Apps for School" blog.

By Charlie Osborne of ZDNet.com. May 3, 2012.

Blog review of apps for Android phones and tablets by educator Richard Byrne who also blogs at http://www.freetech4teachers.com/

Highest rated educational apps for Android devices.

From Apple.com

Educational apps for iPhone/iPad and Android.

From Amazon.com

Compiled by Michelle Luhtala.

From Richard Byrne's 03/07/13 "Free Technology for Teachers" blog post.

From Larry Ferlazzo's "Websites of the Day" educational website/blog.

From the 06/16/13 post on "Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day" blog.

Some apps are for Apple devices, some for Android devices and some for use on the computer. From Cambridge University Press.

From Richard Byrne's "iPad Apps for School" blog.

By Richard Byrne.

A free way to create your own apps for Android smartphones from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Google account required for login.

By Meris Stansbury. Published on the eSchoolNews.com website on 06/01/12.

"This collection provides a list of free educational resources for K-12 students (kindergarten through high school students) and their parents and teachers. It features free video lessons/tutorials; free mobile apps; free audiobooks, ebooks and textbooks; quality YouTube channels; free foreign language lessons; test prep materials; and free web resources in academic subjects like literature, history, science and computing."

From Richard Byrne's "Free Technology for Teachers" blog entry on 03/27/13.

By Med Kharbach, the founder and editor of Educational Technology and Mobile Learning.