Category: News
TinyTap partners with acclaimed publishing company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
From the makers of Curious George – meet The Learning Company’s “Little Books” app series For over 30 years, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s The Learning Company® has engaged learners young and old with entertaining, educational games and books. The publishing house has produced such classics as Carmen Sandiego™, Oregon Trail®, and Curious George®. Most recently, The Learning Company published The Little Box board book series – the perfect starter set for young readers. All the books are written by … Read More
Lights, Camera, ACTION! Add video to your TinyTap learning app!
A learning app is only as valuable as it’s ability to engage students. So we are proud to announce that TinyTap’s newest version allows authors to reel players in with a feature more dynamic than ever: video. Now app creators can use content from YouTube to teach their lesson and then reinforce the material with intermittent activities, like questions and puzzles. Easier for educators, more stimulating for students … What are you waiting for? Create a learning app with video … Read More
4 Reasons Why TinyTap’s New Jump Feature is So Awesome!
There is something that never ceases to surprise us here at TinyTap – people’s endless imagination. Everyday we have the pleasure of seeing how creative one person can be when given a few simple tools – we find the pink tiara in a game created by a 3 year old girl, learn sign language thanks to a teacher that created a game for her students, we meet family members of people around the world and their favorite hobbies. … Read More
TinyTap Joins Zynga Edtech Accelerator in SF!
So happy and proud to officially announce that TinyTap will be joining the second cohort of Co.Lab’s EdTech accelerator program in San Francisco! A big thank you to Zynga.org and NewSchools Venture Fund for this amazing opportunity! We can’t wait to start working with some of the most innovative minds in the edtech and gaming world! San Francisco, here we come!
Kids Get Brand New Toys from TinyTap!
Meet Dynamic Therapy Associates, a group of amazing people that help kids and their families deal with speech disorders, cognitive challenges and physical disabilities everyday…And the winners of TinyTap’s Holiday Contest for $200 worth of brand new toys! Check out their winning game – ‘Merry Christmas, Look What I See!’ “We bought a pile of new games and activities for our kids to play in therapy! So much fun! Thanks Tiny Tap!” … Read More
TinyTap Wins $1M in Verizon Prize for Education
This blog post is dedicated to the TinyTap community for their unconditional support and teaching us more than we could ever hope to learn, and to Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam, for believing that great ideas can change the world and that we could become one of them. The only thing better than coming up with an innovative idea, is being given the opportunity to make it a reality. On January 8th, 2014, TinyTap was announced the first … Read More