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Accessible 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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Chinonso Abigail Uwadileke-Obilor
St. Augustine's College, New Karu Nassarawa, Nigeria / classroom2workforce.com
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Daniella Abazuwa
St. Augustine's College, New Karu Nassarawa, Nigeria / classroom2workforce.com
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Blessing Chidinma Nwanneka
St. Augustine's College, New Karu Nassarawa, Nigeria / classroom2workforce.com
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Dr. Ajayi Anwansedo
Consultant
classroom2workforce.com
@DrEsohe
@classroom2workforce
As a Consultant, I work with organizations/individuals to organize coding workshops, develop curricula, and provide opportunities to broaden participation in STEM. I have supported and continue to support the STEM efforts of various organizations including the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory where I worked as the coordinator of the inaugural director's apprenticeship program, the National Science Foundation, and the Computer Science Teachers Association among others. Currently, I distribute a FREE newsletter with exclusive computing and tech education news, resources, and opportunities at www.classroom2workforce.com.
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Rev Fr Sunday Baba
St. Augustine's College, New Karu Nassarawa, Nigeria
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Nnedimma Olive Offiah
St. Augustine's College, New Karu Nassarawa, Nigeria/Classroom2workforce.com

Session description

Tenth graders will explain how they used MIT App Inventor to design and program an App for Elementary School students with disabilities such as visual and hearing impairment to enable them engage in online learning with people who do not have disabilities.

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

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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

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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

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Session specifications

Topic:
Computer science & computational thinking
Grade level:
PK-12
Skill level:
Beginner
Audience:
Curriculum/district specialists, Principals/head teachers, Teachers
Attendee devices:
Devices useful
Attendee device specification:
Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC
Subject area:
Computer science, STEM/STEAM
ISTE Standards:
For Students:
Empowered Learner
  • Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.
Computational Thinker
  • Students break problems into component parts, extract key information, and develop descriptive models to understand complex systems or facilitate problem-solving.
Global Collaborator
  • Students explore local and global issues and use collaborative technologies to work with others to investigate solutions.

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