Education app stores

Published 2012-06-26

Education app stores starts to influence learning environments around 2012

Verdict

hitThe two blind graders disagreed (A: hit, B: partial). A third agent settled it (D20).

Grader A: hit
Grader B: partial
disagrees with A
Third agent: hit
settled the disagreement (D20)
Published: hit

Grader A: hit

Apple's education channel (Volume Purchase Program for Education, iTunes U) served 4.5M iPads in US schools by Feb 2013; iTunes U passed 1B downloads. Google Play for Education (Nov 2013) was closed in 2016, but the Apple channel continued.

Test: at least 5% of schools bought/distributed apps via an education app store by 2014

Apple Has Sold Over 8M iPads Direct To Education Worldwide, With More Than 1B iTunes U Downloads (2013-02-28): 8M iPads to education (4.5M US schools); iTunes U over 1B downloads
Google to shut down Play for Education in March (2016-02): Google's education-only store (launched 2013) closed March 2016

Grader B: partial

Dedicated stores existed (Google Play for Education Nov 2013, Edmodo app store via Root-1, Apple VPP for Education) but no measure shows 5% of schools using a dedicated store; Google's was shut in 2016. Real but limited use.

Test: At least 5% of K-12 schools bought/distributed apps through an education-dedicated store by 2014.

Google Play For Education Is Going Away (2016-02-17): Dedicated education app store launched 2013, closed 2016
Edmodo acquires Root-1 to become the app market for education (2013-03-06): Edmodo positioning an education app store

All captured fields

id: edu-2012-007
category: OPENING OF INFORMATION
kind: technology
target year: 2012
placed year: 2012
confidence: high
note: Circle centre at y~560px (of 2480) sits in the shaded top band that holds the 2012 label (y 421-657), above the 2012 label line; read as 2012.