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Website reviews educational apps — with teachers in mind

CommonSenseEducators (via YouTube)

Graphite is a free review service for educators.
As the Los Angeles Unified School District prepares to give students and teachers iPads, Graphite wants to help teachers figure out what to download onto those shiny new devices. The website is run by a nonprofit and provides independent reviews of educational applications for tables and smart phones.
It expects to have about 650 app reviews up by the time the new school year starts this fall, according to a story on the online business and technology website GigaOM.
Produced by Common Sense Media, Graphite joins other app review sites on the