| | Category | SOFT | P26 | Random Student Selection |
| | Abstract | Teachers always have cups full of popsicle sticks placed on their desks |
| | that help them pick on students. ”To call on students randomly or |
| | equitably, some teachers use cards or craft sticks with students’ names |
| | on them.” Not all teachers take advantage of these utensils anymore. |
| | Nowadays, everything is done on computers and displayed on |
| | electronics. |
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| | Currently, there is an application that helps teachers select students. |
| | The application is called Popsicle Sticks: Teacher Picks. The |
| | application also helps place the students into groups. This process is |
| | done randomly. The only concern with the application is, “does the |
| | application meet the teachers’ needs?” The teachers who used this |
| | application, informed the researcher that it does not exactly help in the |
| | best way possible. The main problem with the current application is that |
| | it only fulfils the minimum needs. For example, the application limits |
| | teachers to create only five groups that students would be placed in. |
| | When teachers need more groups, they will have to purchase the |
| | privilege to assign more groups. |
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| | The researcher of this project plans to make a better application. The |
| | education of children is important to many people. An easy way to keep |
| | children engaged and alert is to select their names randomly. In this |
| | practice, students should be paying attention at all times. For this |
| | action to happen, the teachers would give the students attention to |
| | show the students how important paying attention is. When students |
| | see other classmates participating, they will feel more encouraged and |
| | comfortable to share their ideas. |
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| | A better application that allows teachers to work freely in their |
| | classrooms will help them out to positively impact their students’ |
| | learning. Using the improved application, teachers will find a big |
| | difference in their students’ learning trend. Staying in contact with |
| | students helps teachers determine where their students stand |
| | academically. At that point, teachers will plot a detailed plan to improve |
| | their teaching skills.This strategy would help students to develop |
| | stronger background and enhance their way of thinking. |
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| | Technology plays an important role in students’ educational career, |
| | especially in the era of technology. The researcher hopes that the |
| | improved application will benefit teachers and students comparably. |
| | The improved application is created through a website that helps create |
| | apps; it is called MIT App Inventor 2. This website is the best choice |
| | because it is easy to use compared to other websites and many new |
| | features to create an application are found on App Inventor. The |
| | researcher took the teachers’ concerns in consideration as the |
| | application was in the process of being created. The teachers provided |
| | qualitative feedback via survey after they tested both applications, the |
| | original application and the improved application. |
| | Bibliography | http://www.ed.gov/oii-news/use-technology-teaching-and- |
| | learninghttp://www.techrepublic.com/blog/software-engineer/mit-app- |