www.frodo.com / Anna G. /22.03.2016
Retrieved November 27, 2016.
Key Points:
The current generation of children is less compassionate and caring these days. There are multiple new apps and games that can help children to learn about compassion. These apps range in grade, social and reading levels. There is a game or app for every level of student, ranging on topics from diversity, to empathy, to poverty, international concerns and many more.
Relevance:
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Besides highlighting the importance of empathy and understanding diversity, these apps meet children where they are comfortable, on devices,in the form of a game. I think that this an innovative way to get children to engage in the important conversation of understanding the “other.” My friends children and my nieces are allowed to play games on phones and tablets on the occasions that they earn the privilege. Perhaps it would be a good idea to mix some of these activities into their diet of games and apps.
Audience: Educators, Parents, Caregivers
I really like some of these apps as they are a great tool to use as an addition to a lesson plan. Technology breaks could be a good moment to introduce these apps to a classroom and they are great to use at home to pull up topics with our kids that are relevant in our world. Thanks Kyle!
ReplyDeleteI really like some of these apps as they are a great tool to use as an addition to a lesson plan. Technology breaks could be a good moment to introduce these apps to a classroom and they are great to use at home to pull up topics with our kids that are relevant in our world. Thanks Kyle!
ReplyDeleteCool article... definitely think it's weird that children are now learning empathy and compassion from apps, haha. Anyways, as someone who is very into incorporating technology in the classroom. I think this could be a good way to have students learn these some of these skills. Students who use a token economy and have computer use as the reward, this would be a great way to reward them while having them learn something at the same time.
ReplyDeleteWith frequent use of tablets and computers, I agree that it is great to incorporate these apps as ways to develop their social skills. Majority of our students best respond to screen time, so why not use it to our advantage. It's nice to use apps that aren't just focused on the reading, writing, and arithmetic; but on emotional skills our students definitely need to learn, identify and understand. These are skills that will help them beyond the classroom.
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