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► High School Classroom Teachers: Access questions and cognitive tools during class instruction. ► Project Based Leaning Educators: Develop experiential learning apps ► University & College Professors: Turn your syllabi into apps. ► Curriculum Developers: Turn Thinking BOK into a curriculum that teaches “Thinking as a Skill.” ► Innovators: Develop self-directed and personalized learning apps. ► Mentor Teachers: Turn your specialty knowledge into apps. ► Students: Capture you own knowledge to create your own learning apps ► Counselors & Advisors: Develop character education apps ► Administrators: Use “consultant-on-demand” apps in real-time

App Opportunities

1. Self-directed & Personalized Apps. top

2. Thinking Body of Knowledge (BOK) Apps

3. Project Based & Experiential Learning Apps

4. SME/Mentor Teachers Apps

5. Just-in-time Learning Apps

S1 Self-directed & Personalized Apps. (top)

• Syllabi or lessons plans become Apps that students use to teach themselves and access teachers as needed.
• Students can customize apps and graduate with Apps they use on-the-job.
• Student could take more control over learning by building their own learning Apps to share with peers.
• Self-development and character education apps function as if an advisor or counselor were personally guiding a student.
• Apps provide teachers with cognitive tools to facilitate better student discussion … in real-time during the class.

S2 Thinking Body of Knowledge (BOK) Apps (top)

• Curriculum developers use a Thinking Emulation Grid or Body-0f-knowledge (BOK) to design Apps that teach “Thinking as a Skill.”
• Teachers access the BOK on-demand to find and embed questions, cognitive tools and thinking process activities into their normal course work, without being disruptive to their current teaching practices.
• Assessors can utilize the Thinking BOK to develop Formative Assessment Apps to assess thinking abilities ... where “Questions” become the “Answers” to promote more learning.
• Education software developers can integrate the BOK to add value to their products.

S3 Project Based & Experiential Learning Apps (top)

• Project learning apps function like having a skilled project leader guiding students work efforts. A goal is student not only graduate with knowledge in their heads … but apps in their hands that they can use on-the-job or in personal lives.
• Students collaborate to turn real-world “community” experiences into Apps that can continue to be use to solve real-world challenges.

S4 Knowledge Capture Apps (top)

• Subject Matter Expert teachers can turn knowledge into Apps used by other teachers.
• Mentor teachers can turn their “Tacit” knowledge and thinking skills into Apps to benefit all teachers and students.

S5 Just-in-time Learning Apps (top)

• Administrators can customize Apps like Project Management for their educational teams to use as needed … as if a skilled PM consultant were personally guiding the work effort.
• Educational Association can Customize or build Apps for your members

Why these Apps are important

• Smartphone apps allow students to learn at their own pace.
• For some students, using these apps can be less intimidating than participating in a classroom.
• Smartphone apps offer completely safe and non-judgmental environment for students self assessment.
• Learning can occur within thinking processes … a key for better thinking.
• Question oriented apps promote students ability to ask good questions.
• Students who take control of their own learning empower themselves.
• Student will view apps as a neutral facilitator that promotes character education in an unbiased way.
• Students can continue to use apps on the job or in their personal lives.
• Smartphone apps allow students to explore their own ideas and solutions more thoroughly before interacting with a teacher or counselor.
• Unbiased apps can ask students’ questions that help them become more conscious of their own personal characteristics, beliefs, and behavior patterns.
• Students can update apps with their own knowledge and share it with others.

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