How to Choose the Best Apps for Kids
"...when technology is used in the classroom to augment classroom learning, it can be very effective," said Jessica Taylor Piotrowski, director of the Center for Research on Children, Adolescents and the Media at the University of Amsterdam.
The following five criteria are suggested when choosing apps:
1. The activity must require mental engagement.
2. The must be able to focus on the learning experience without distractions in the app or in their learning environment.
3. The children should be able to bridge the new knowledge they're gaining to their existing knowledge and the wider world.
4. The learning activity should involve social interaction, such as teacher feedback, class discussions or interactions among classmates.
5. The activity should have clearly defined learning objective that students or teachers can track and assess and that expand on past goals and build on previous learning.
Learn more:
http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/09/12/ipads-good-bad-elementary-classrooms-depends
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/05/smarter-living/educational-apps-kids.html
The following five criteria are suggested when choosing apps:
1. The activity must require mental engagement.
2. The must be able to focus on the learning experience without distractions in the app or in their learning environment.
3. The children should be able to bridge the new knowledge they're gaining to their existing knowledge and the wider world.
4. The learning activity should involve social interaction, such as teacher feedback, class discussions or interactions among classmates.
5. The activity should have clearly defined learning objective that students or teachers can track and assess and that expand on past goals and build on previous learning.
Learn more:
http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/09/12/ipads-good-bad-elementary-classrooms-depends
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/05/smarter-living/educational-apps-kids.html
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