Week 3 Discussion – Juan G
From the three articles assigned for this week, I enjoyed “Putting Education in “Educational” Apps: Lessons From the Science of Learning” the most. With all the educational apps popping up everyday, it is nice to have a simple research based method to evaluate them. I think the ideas presented in this paper are very practical; designers, parents, and educators can benefit from them. According to the paper, apps that are active, engaging, meaningful, and socially interactive are educational. The paper provides clear examples of what the authors meant by these four pillars. I definitely plan to use this method in the future, please let me know if I am being too impulsive.