Thank you Christina Bonnington of WIRED via CNN, for posting a great article: "iPad a solid education tool, study reports". We pulled some highlights from the article however we encourage you to read the article here: http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/23/tech/innovation/ipad-solid-education-tool/index.html.
And the Mobicip team completely agrees - the iPad is a solid education tool and Mobicip's Safe Browser offers a safe, secure and educational Internet for your child's iPad. Parents and educators can get peace of mind knowing their kids can use the mobile web without being exposed to inappropriate content.
-- "More and more schools are jumping on the digital bandwagon and adopting iPads for daily use in the classroom."
-- "In a partnership with Apple, textbook publishers Houghton Mifflin Harcourt performed a pilot study using an iPad text for Algebra 1 courses, and found that 20% more students (78% compared to 59%) scored 'Proficient' or 'Advanced' in subject comprehension when using tablets rather than paper textbook counterparts."
-- "The iPad seems to help students better connect with the content at hand"
-- "Students' interaction with the device was more personal. You could tell students were more engaged," said Coleman Kells, principal of Amelia Earhart Middle School."
-- "Another study centered on an iPad game, Motion Math, has shown that the iPad can help with fundamental math skills. Fifth graders who regularly played the game for 20 minutes per day over a five-day period increased their test scores by 15% on average."
-- "…the iPad is starting to do an impressive job of improving the education space. And now that publishers and instructors have these iBooks tools at their disposal, students can continue to reap the benefits of increased understanding and greater participation."
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4 comments postedThe application does not allow access to sites that are commonly used by members of a family. It makes the device useless except for a small child.
We are extremely sorry for the trouble you are having. Please note that Mobicip's filtering policy is based on filtering settings used by US K-12 schools. While this default setting is very effective most of the time, many users have specific websites that they would like to be allowed or blocked.
If you can please let us know the list of websites that were incorrectly blocked by Mobicip, we will investigate further and make sure those are allowed if found genuine. You can either respond here or send us an email to support@mobicip.com via your registered - email id. We really appreciate your help in enhancing our filter.
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Well first of all I can't get online because it says there is a network error, but also when I search for things and press the back button it sometimes doesn't go to the right screen, and when I open a new tab it replaces a previously opened window instead of opening a completely new window. Pretty annoying program
We sincerely appologize for the delay in responding to your forum post. Is there a possibility that your device has the date, time and time zone set up wrong? Our dev team mentioned that this is the primary reason for the network error message, so please go ahead and make sure that the time, date and time zone are set correctly on the device and let us know if this resolved the issue.
If the problem still persists, the easiest way to resolve the problem is to delete and reinstall the app.
To reinstall Mobicip Safe Browser, press and hold the icon until it begins to wiggle, then delete. Visit the App Store and search for Mobicip. Install the app by selecting BUY NOW. Make sure that you use the exact same iTunes account that you had used before to purchase the app. You will not be charged for purchasing the same app again.
Once you install the app, login using your existing Mobicip account credentials and you should be able to use the browser without any issues.
Regarding the tabs issue, we have requested our dev team to look into this issue and will get back to you with an update as soon as we hear from them. Please let us know your Mobicip - registered email id or contact us at support@mobicip.com via your registered email id so that we can update you regarding this issue.
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