Is the 'App Mentality' Killing Students' Creativity?

THE Journal: Back in the early 2000s, Katie Davis was teaching fourth grade. She learned basic HTML so she could post her weekly homework and class helpers on a Web page. Although her site was static (think Web 1.0 before Blackboard and eChalk) she was amazed at her students’ reactions. “My students loved it,” she said. “They were so proud that we had the only classroom website. They were thrilled to see either their name or their picture on the website. It was really interesting to me to see how captivated they were.”

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