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"We wanted to do something to increase people's awareness of how great of a learning tool the iPad can be," Larsson said. "At the same time, we were trying to find some way other than the App Store for people in our target audience to find us."
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| The App Evaluation Program for Schools |
The App Evaluation Program for Schools allows teachers to test educational apps for kids for free.
The apps, which cover everything from math, spelling, and reading to language learning, storyboard building, and puzzles, are provided by developers around the world and sent to teachers two or three times per month. Teachers receive a questionnaire after testing the app as a way to help developers improve, but Larsson stresses they are not required to fill it out.
"This is a way for teachers to test risk free what we believe are good apps,” Larsson said, “and, if they believe they're good, we're hoping they'll end up buying copies for all of their iPads."
Larsson and Ode, both native Swedes who now live in South Tampa, FL, began the App Evaluation
Program for Schools for their own apps. They enlisted the help of a few teachers in Sweden to spread the word and, within the first hour of opening the program, around 50 teachers signed up.
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About Happi Papi
Happi Papi was founded in 2011 by Jens Ode and Patrick Larsson with invaluable help, insights and encouragement from our wives Åsa and Alexandra.
Jens Ode– As the son of an artist, Jens definitely has an artistic vein. But since he also has a logical that would make a Vulcan proud, he prefers to express himself using a computer instead of the more traditional pencil and paper. For the last 10 years, Jens has worked in web development and digital marketing supplying hundreds of projects with both creative artistry, hard core programming and sound business strategy. Jens and Patrick met when they joined forces in WannaPlay Productions, Europe’s first DVD-game studio.
Patrick Larsson– More or less self employed ever since college, Patrick is an entrepreneur to the core. Unlike Jens, Patrick doesn’t have an artist’s touch to express his creativity. Instead he uses business ideas to do that. Patrick also has a background in web and game development. He built his first website in 1995, years before the Internet Explorer web browser was invented. Ever since then, Patrick has gravitated towards new technology. Last decade Patrick spent developing major DVD-games like the Idol and Planet Earth brands. The decade to come surely belongs to apps.
Source: THE Journal
