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Applications (Apps) provide unique opportunities to enhance learning and instruction. In this interactive teaching technique, students build a repository of health-related apps which can be easily integrated into existing health education lessons. APP(lying) Technology for Health Education and Promotion uses technology as an effective pedagogical strategy to engage learners in middle school through collegiate classroom settings. The activity is designed to build knowledge and skills for locating useful health-related apps in the Apple/Android market place. National Health Education Standards provide the base of the teaching technique. Although the content area of health will be utilized in this example, the methodology presented could easily be adapted to address multiple content specialties.
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Szucs, L., McNeill, E., Wilson, K. (2015). Student Exploration: App(Lying) Technology for Health Education and Promotion. In: Hammond, T., Valentine, S., Adler, A., Payton, M. (eds) The Impact of Pen and Touch Technology on Education. Human–Computer Interaction Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15594-4_27
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