Catherine Attard has used a coding system to assist in selecting an app that may assist in addressing students’ learning needs. Because mobile technologies are continually improving and apps are also being updated regularly, the codings are merely a suggestion made at the time this list was compiled.
Catherine Attard has used a coding system to assist in selecting an app that may assist in addressing students’ learning needs. Because mobile technologies are continually improving and apps are also being updated regularly, the codings are merely a suggestion made at the time this list was compiled.
The categories are as follows:
IB: Information based – provides information; student is a passive consumer rather than a producer
I: Interactive – provides some elements of interaction either with the app or with others, ad incorporates choice and decision-making
P: Productivity – student acts as author and interaction with the apps results in a product
C: Collaboration – the app has the capability of allowing communication and collaboration between users
D: Drill and Practice– the app is designed to provide drill and practice of known skills, often these apps are game-based.
PS: Problem Solving – the app requires students to use problem solving skills
