Moments Ago

$3.99, iPad, iPhone, Ipod Touch (iOS 4.0 or later)

Teaches: a utility for teachers

CTR Review

Now this is a good idea, almost. Designed to let a teacher quickly broadcast email messages to a parent (or group of parents) from an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, Moments Ago is easy to start and use, providing you're comfortable with your email settings. The only thing I didn't like about this app was how canned the messages seem, even going so far as to mail merge a child's name into the body of the message. While you can write your own message, it needs to be created in advance to appear in the multiple choice option. So you can't quickly jot a note like "send Jason's shoes, please." In addition, there's no escaping the need for importing every parent's email address.