Last weekend was Super Bowl weekend in the States. Apparently this is some kind of big sporting event and everyone in America watches men throw balls and run around in circles. Or is that rounders… err, do we mean baseball? Yes, we’re British and we had to look it up Read more
Happy 2012!
So 2012 is here already and that can mean only one thing. What thing we hear you cry? The Olympics? The Queen’s Diamond Jublilee? UEFA’s European Football Championship? No, it’s time for us to give you a new calendar to plan your year on – more important than the Olympics, Read more
Careerwise
3M Careerwise is the latest addition to our growing suite of educational websites we’ve written for 3M: 3M Streetwise teaches road safety to Key Stage 2 children, 3M Worldlywise teaches sustainability to Key Stage 3 and 4 students, 3M Careerwise teaches about the variety of careers available in STEM (Science, Technology, Read more
Back to school with xfxthemag femininity lab
The beginning of September is back to school season in many parts of the world. The summer is over – and in days gone by, the harvest has been collected by the older children – and so pupils can return to their classrooms for another winter of learning. Sounds like Read more
rAPPidRevise revision app rated “top” in The Times
The School Gate blog at The Times published a piece about revision apps today. Various revision apps were trialled with students and we were pleased to see rAPPidRevise (and InQuizitor) came out on top, ahead of BBC Bitesize and EducationApps. The journalist, Sarah Ebner, expressed concern about the gaming elements Read more
Are schools the “last holdout from digital revolution”?
At the eG8 forum in Paris yesterday Rupert Murdoch spoke out about how digital technologies have left education largely untouched. He is quoted as saying “A teacher waking up from a 50-year nap would find a classroom looks almost exactly the same as it did in the Victorian era. My Read more
rAPPid reviews!
Our rAPPidRevise apps are starting to collect reviews in iTunes and online. They got a very detailed and favourable review from Fun Educational Apps. Although www.funeducationalapps.com usually review apps for a younger age group, they really understood the way rAPPidRevise apps have been designed to cater specifically for the different Read more
Suite!
Our suite of mobile apps is building and we now have six apps in iTunes and more in the pipeline. If you want to be kept updated with all our rAPPidRevise releases and updates, please subscribe to our RSS feed on our www.rappidrevise.com website, or fill in the contact form Read more
Bride or Groom?
Who do you know more about: Kate Middleton or Prince William? Our FREE rAPPidRevise Royal Wedding app is released today so you can see who you can score more in: Kate or Wills. With nearly 200 multiple-choice questions on the couple’s lives and courtship, there’s plenty to test your knowledge Read more
StartUpCafe 60 Second Interview
Our CEO, Jane Ballantine, was interviewed by Kate Ho of the StartupCafe for a 60 second profile interview. There’s a little bit about our rAPPidRevise products and how they came to exist and probably more strange facts about Jane than you really want to know. Air guitar anyone? – Amelia Read more