ReturnAccessible Education for Elementary School Students :App Developed by 10th Graders
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Colorado Convention Center, Bluebird Ballroom Lobby, Table 6
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Session description
Purpose & objective
Participants will listen to the students talk about their learning experience using
MIT App Inventor to design and program an App for Elementary School students with disabilities
Attendees will discover innovative methods to encourage their students to explore using technology to solve real world challenges in the process equipping their students with skills for life
Outline
1. Students will present their work online
2. They will demonstrate how they used MIT App Inventor to build their app
3. Students will share resources for their work for continued learning
Supporting research
Inclusive Making: Designing Tools and Experiences to Promote Accessibility and Redefine Making - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08993408.2020.1863705
An Examination of a Group of Middle School Students' Engagement during a Series of Afterschool Computing Activities in an Urban School District - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11528-020-00557-6
Session specifications
Empowered Learner
- Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.
- Students break problems into component parts, extract key information, and develop descriptive models to understand complex systems or facilitate problem-solving.
- Students explore local and global issues and use collaborative technologies to work with others to investigate solutions.