In 2009, recent college grab Tammy Tibbetts thought up (and bought up the URL for) She’s the First, inspired by her work with Donate My Dress and a college final. The organization — which sponsors girls’ education in developing…
Yapp Spotlight: In 2010, a group of educators in Philadelphia came together to create the first Edcamp UNconference. The create-your-own schedule format took off, and Edcamp spread from state to province to nation. Teachers come together all across the…
YAPPER OF THE MONTH: Michael Fisher, Educator & Author Michael is a Kannapolis, NC, native now working in Buffalo, NY. He first discovered Yapp last May at the edJEWcon educational conference in Jacksonville, Florida. As an educator teaching other educators how…
We’ve had teachers, students, professors and principals all creating Yapps to keep in touch with their communities. Today, we were highlighted by MiddleWeb contributor Michael Fisher as a tool educators can use to let kids “own the learning,” so we’ve…
We were so excited to catch up with Emilie Colker, the Director of Marketing at GlobalEnglish, a Pearson company committed to improve the performance of the global workforce through on-demand Business English development and support solutions. Last month, Pearson held an internal…
Our users never cease to impress us here at Yapp. In fact, they’ve used Yapp in such cool ways that we’ve started a monthly feature where we have a conversation with a user who has an awesome story, and has…
It’s that time of year, summer is wrapping up and it’s time to get back in the swing of school. Of course you’re probably already thinking of pens, pencils and notebooks, but what about apps? Here’s a list to get…
A survey by PBS LearningMedia published on Mashable says that teachers have an appetite for more inexpensive technology to engage students. We agree! Teachers, here are a few ideas of how Yapp can work for you: 1. Class parties and…
