Article presents compelling arguments that
1. student achievement increases when students use mobile devices consistently (inside and outside of class) 50% - 75% of day
2. need for professional development when implementing a one-to-one iPad initiative.
First off, what is an API? API stands for Application Program Interface. It's a tool which allows web applications (websites and apps to the layman) to communicate with each other and share information stored in each other's databases. This information can then be incorporated into new and different projects.
From MIT: "To use App Inventor, you do not need to be a professional developer. This is because instead of writing code, you visually design the way the app looks and use blocks to specify the app's behavior."
How should schools handle the tidal wave of emotion, euphoria and what some criticize as "clicktivism" that has consumed the interest and attention of students?
Teachers talk about the change in their teaching and in student learning by "flipping" instruction and becoming facilitators/coaches- spending more time working with individual students and groups as opposed to being the "sage on the stage"
Post about using Google Docs and the need for a chrome browser extension called WatchDoc that allows for the most efficient, effective teaching with Google Docs...
This is a New Tech Network school that is supposed to be one of the best in terms of whole-school integration of project-based learning in a one-to-one environment.
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