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Letters From The Editors Meet the Staff The Future is Here? Furthering Technology CODE Education’s Evil Apple
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Peyton Popp
IÕve been interested in technology for as long as I can remember. I play baseball and spend a lot of my time playing video games and spending times with friends and family. I wrote EducationÕs Evil Apple, and am interested in using technology and enjoyed making this magazine and hope you enjoy reading it.
Sierra Brosius
Technology has inßuenced me it has developed me as a person in ways I canÕt describe. I am a varsity cheerleader and I spend a lot of my time doing volunteer work. I wrote the Furthering Technology article and designed our logo.I am interested in graphic design and have enjoyed making this magazine. Thank you for reading!
Ketchup Geekly Staff I have used technology for my entire life and have been amazed every time that I have used it. This interest has lead me to want to learn how itworks. Thus causing me to discover so many programming languages and in the end I chose to learn two. The Þrst one I started toying around in is HTML and later decided to learn Actionscript. This interest is the reason I wrote the article CODE.
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I am have always been quite interested in video games, and all parts of their production. I am also quite interested in the trends that games have taken place in recent years, that is what motivated me to write The Future is Here? and show the trends I have recently seen. I am also interested in technology which is why I enjoyed this magazine. Thanks for reading!
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THE FUTURE Four seperate released and upcoming games, that have been much anticipated and are much waited for, all share the same theme, the future, these games are taking different times in the future as settings. Each of these games have a very different idea of how the future will look, some going far future after a major advance in technology, others merely hinting at the future from a slightly more advanced modern perspective. The first game to really start this trend, was Call of Duty Ghosts, released on November 5th 2013. This game is centered around the war between the “Federation” and America. America has launched a weapons system platform codenamed Odin a space station armed with kinetic rods that can cause earthquakes and mass destruction. In the campaign, “Odin” is seized by the federation, and turned against America. However after firing a few shot into America, some astronauts disable odins control systems and send the space station down. After the destruction caused by the initial strike, America and the “Federation” enter into a war that remains at a stalemate for 10 years. The player is thrust into the campaign as Logan, and sent on a normal patrol on the American and federation border, where they team up with a spec ops unit and push into a enemy controlled facility to search for a missing squad member known as “Ajax”. Using a convoy as an explosive distraction, they find Ajax dead. Logan proceeds to go to Santa Monica to meet up with his father, who is the leader of the spec ops remaining in America. Santa Monica is attacked however and Logan and a crew of spec ops soldiers are sent out to hunt down the man known as Rorke who has been leading the federations spec ops and get airdropped into the federations territory. In this raid, Logan successfully captures Rorke and is in the process of transporting him back, when Rorke escapes with help from his own aircraft. In the aftermath of this operation, a last resort operation is undertaken, where an arctic oil rig controlled by the federation to distract the Federation navy. While the federation navy is distracted, America starts an operation to take over a space launch site, by using the last operational aircraft carrier in America and its overwhelming power. After a massive battle, America seizes a federation space station codenamed “Loki”, and uses it to decimate the remaining federation forces.
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In this future, the nations of south america have united into one
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IS HERE..............? large federation, and surpassed any other power as the world superpower, and are currently waging a war of conquest that is confounded by guerilla forces better equipped for war, it is a classic match of the better equipped but fewer versus the poorly geared but more numerous group. The Future theme here is a pretty dark as are the majority of the other futures that play out in other games, this game is unique, in that it uses something original as the super weapon, and considering that kinetic rods are an actual weapon this particular future might be the one that is closest to our own. Destiny is the next big future game, being released on September 9th 2014 , focuses on humanity in a state of shock. The setting is after the golden age of humanity,a massive space faring object is all that stands between humanity and annihilation. The player takes the role of a Guardian who is trying to return humanity to the golden age, while fighting the aliens who have caused humanities regress to earth. You go around gathering the parts necessary to make a spacecraft and proceed throughout the Galaxy driving the alien invaders out slowly, before killing the three princes that control the alien armies. Once you kill the princes, humanity starts to reclaim the technologies that gave them the advantage. This game’s future is very interesting, as it features more than one alien race, with the guardian alien being the one saving grace for humanity, preventing total destruction of earth. Meanwhile you face off against a race of aliens that act like a horde, with interesting higher tier enemies, that have special abilities such as throwing fire or using odd projectile based weapons that can cause harmful side effects. These special enemies also have interesting names among their own race, such as the mystical Wizard, Acolytes, Oracle, etc. this future is interesting in the way it is presented, with a very religious magic believing race defeating a very technologically superior but less numerous group of humans. Once again, it comes down to a more advanced but less numerous group fighting a larger but worse equipped group. This is an interesting take on the future, that hasn’t really been used. The next truly major game, is Borderlands the Presequel. This game is wildly different from any of the other games mentioned, taking place on the moon Elpis of Pandora. You get to play as one of four characters, who are fighting on the moon of Pandora. In this game you fight for handsome jack against the various bandits who have set up on this moon, and the ferocious wildlife that inhabits it. In this reincarnation of the game, you are helping the corporation Hyperion get its moonbase set up on the moon you are soon faced with
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your hyperion contact going insane and going on a quest to defeat him. This game features some very interesting mechanics, such as the need for oxygen that you can get from various sources such as oxygen geysers that occur naturally to oxygen generators which produce oxygen inside of blue fields. This game features you working for the man known as “Handsome” Jack, head of the company Hyperion. This corporation is interested in this planet for a number of reasons, the biggest, is for the large amounts of Moonstone that can be found on the planet, this futures moonstone is the equivalent of diamonds, being both rare and valuable for its alien like properties and effects. The next biggest resource, are the vaults, which are stores of very valuable material left behind by an advanced race of alien life forms. The hunters of these vaults are typically called vault hunters, you play as one of these hunters searching for these rare vaults and their keys. This games future really isn’t as dark as it seems, with humans widespread throughout the universe and seemingly doing well. However this game, much like the previous two mentioned games, is about a small group of more advanced fighters facing off against hordes of weaker enemies. This game differs in a very interesting way, as it is a majorly satirical and humorous shoot em up that focuses on having a “bazillioner” more guns than any other game. This game features a new engine, that will allow it to run significantly smoother on all platforms and should prove to make a better overall experience. The final game on this list is called Watch Dogs, a game similar to call of duty, it is based in a near future that takes place in Chicago where their is a city wide surveillance system call Ctos. You play as a hacker named Aiden pierce looking for revenge after his niece was killed due to him participating in a hack he shouldn’t have seen. You take on a number of roles in this game, such as a getaway driver, a transporter of cars, and finally as a figure known as the “Vigilante” who uses his hacking skills to get into Ctos and predict crimes and prevent them from happening in the first place. In the meantime you strike out against the various gangs that roam the city and cause mayhem wherever they can. This game is all about you getting deeper into the Ctos system and finding the dark secrets behind it and what the plan for it is. Depending on your actions throughout the game people will have different opinions of you, if you kill criminals, the people are more likely to call police on you, if you capture and subdue the criminals, people are less likely to call the police on you. This game has two major enemies, the criminals and the police, the difference here is that you can defeat the gangsters but the police are limitless. The only way to beat the police, is to either die or to escape the detection of the police. While on your adven-
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Q: How long do you think this trend will last? A: i think that this trend will continue on for at least the next 6-8 years before we really see the futuristic triple a games drying up a bit, game devs can do whatever they want with futuristic games, but games in the past suffer from constraints of the time. Q: what do you think the next trend will be? A: Altrenate reality or alternate history, as both allow real freedom for game devs, and could easily hold the appeal of the futurisitc games we see today.
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Speculation Section Q: What will this mean for games both out and upcoming? A: I believe that games currently in developement and games currently out will start to get more future based content, like Battlefield fours recent future dlc, where they add some futurisitc elements to appeal to audiences.
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-tures, you have the option to help track down multiple different criminals, one set of missions are to hunt down the leaders of the big gang in town, the old Chicago club who have massive influence over the entire city. Another set of missions has you hunting down a serial killer and stopping him. This game has a serious focus on trying to stay stealthy and keeping the public’s favor at the same time as you hunt down the evil forces that plan to use Ctos to basically control the world. This games future seems scarily possible and not to hard to make a truth. The major theme seems to continue as it is one vastly better equipped small force takes on a horde of more poorly equipped thugs. These three big games are the leaders to a second big generation of futuristic games that you may want to get into. With Call of Duty Ghosts, for all of your competitive shooter needs, Borderlands the Presequel for some good laughs and fun super powers, followed up by Watch Dogs for your more dramatic video game, featuring a more real feeling and grittier environment. Even though they seem to share the same basic theme of being in the future as a small, well equipped force beating a massive horde of poorly equipped fools. You have ranging, interesting options for your futuristic games, This trend seems to be a very common one in many games upcoming and out, focusing on the player acting as a one man army who defeat hordes of enemies.
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SIERRA BROSIUS fact that they are a leader in the technology industry Technology has furthered itself spectacularly in the recent history. There have been numerous discover- and they are not leading a good example for smaller ies which have further advanced us in order to keep companies. However, Apple falling behind could be a good thing for these smaller companies. This gives making more great discoveries.Some of the newly them the opportunity to pass Apple or at least show that released products have sparked quite a controversy. For example, the iPhone 6, many people believe this they have the potential to be great corporations. The controversies in the technology world motivate compais not an improvement from the iPhone 5. Many of nies to impress the crowd. the most popular breakthroughs are products that “Have what ever food many people have dreamt in you want, whenever you want.” regards to seeing for a long It sounds along the lines of a time. One of these is the 3D dream come true. It can’t be food printer called Foodireal. But wait! It is real. This ni. This is something that is amazing product is called the going to become very popuFoodini. The Foodini uses lar in the following months. real ingredients and creates Another wonderful invention real food. An excerpt from the that has become very popular website states in regards to this this past year is that of the product states; “Foo Oculus Rift. This is an incredible headset for 3D gaming. The iPhone 5, iPhone 6, and iPhone 6 Plus. dini helps create savory or sweet cuisine. The food These advances are going is real food, made from to further our society and fresh ingredients prepared before printing. Promoting that is why technology is important. cooking with fresh ingredients, Foodini manages the Let’s dive into the reasoning behind the controversy difficult and time-consuming parts of food preparation that often discourage people from creating homemade of the iPhone 6. Many people do not like Apple as food.” As you are able to see, Foodini is not creating a company because of the fact that their products don’t advance much with a new release. For example, anything out of plastic which is how normal 3D printers create their works. Foodini uses the normal ingredients the main difference between the iPhone 5s and the iPhone 6 is just a height increase of few centimeters that you would use cooking at and a rounding and thinning of the edges. There home today. This is was no monumental technology change between these products and this issue has disappointed many something that will be very popular in committed Apple users. Apple has stirred up some the following years problems in the past with the same issues of very little improvement on the occasion of designing and as it makes another releasing new material. The reason it is important to thing easier. Tech- The Foodini bring up why Apple isn’t advancing is because of the nological
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thousand pounds. That means it is, at the present time, advances in the food industry are very important. in mass production in order to be sold and delivered to The Oculus Rift. An amazing work of techpledgers and to other consumers. The Headbones also nology used by many famous gamers. The Oculus is can be used over the ear. At this point in time, it takes a a virtual reality 3D headset. It incorporates sound, pledge of fifty pounds or more in order to receive a set sight, and motion in order to create an immersive of Headbones. The Headbones are an improvement in gaming experience. What’s amazing about this item technology and they do not cause ear damage. is the sense of control the user has. Instead of using Technology is constantly improving with new a joystick to look right, you simply look right. This operating systems and items releasing everyday. This product however, is known for its cause of motion makes it hard for some companies to keep up, but the sickness issues. The Oculus Rift starts out at $350 ones that do, are the ones that are furthering the develUSD. Since this item is still in development, it is conopment of technology. Development of technology is stantly changing. If you would like to see some gamevery important because of the reasoning that it has the play with the oculus you could head to their website ability to improve other fields for example, the medical (oculus.com.) Their website has plenty of good field, in this area, technology is used everyday, it is used information on this virtual reality gaming set. The in CT scans, xrays, and many other things. Technology Oculus was not originally released in 2014. However, actually saves lives and that is very important. Techit is still developing and is nology is important in the food area too! It is able to be extremely popular in the used to sterilize foods and cook them in new interestcommunity. Therefore, it is ing ways. If there was no technology, there would be no relevant. One famous gammicrowaves, no fridges, no stoves, no sinks, no ovens, er who has by far the largest nothing. Technology helps us to keep our food cold and fan base of any and is also make it hot. Which is obviously a very important thing. a frequenter of the oculus Technology is extremely important in a numerous areas. would be ,Sweden-born, The Oculus These advancements in the technology field Felix Kjellberg or, more have created an amazing array of products to choose well known as PewDiePie. He does some amazing from. These options make our lives much simpler, more work with the Oculus and definitely showcases the productive, and much healthier. Technology has creatproduct very well. The Oculus Rift continues to be a ed a society dependent on it. In this day and age, you strong development in the technology world. must have an email or a cellphone when trying to get a “They are Bluetooth enabled bone conducjob or trying to do pretty much anything. Technology tion headphones which sit just in front of the ear, is massively important and the companies furthering it on the temporal bone.” Headphones that aren’t today are the ones to praise. even playing sound into the ear? They are using the vibration of the bones in order to play music. Wow. Another statement found in regards to this product: “Resting on your temporal bone, Damson Headbones wirelessly transmit audio to your inner ear while keeping your ears clear to hear what is going on around you. Yet also allow you to shut off background noise when you need.” This item is called Headbones. It is a Kickstarter (kickThe HeadBones starter.com for more information) that has exceeded its goal by over thirty tsand pounds. That means it is,
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By: Jay McFarland
Programmers often have a stereotype of being well acquainted with computers and technology, but that is not necessarily true. While experience does speed up the learning process, anyone can learn how to write in some of the most basic languages like HTML to some of the more complex like Java and Python. The language I will teach you in this article will be ActionScript 3, which is a part of CS Flash and is made by AdobeTM. This program is considered more of an object based program like Java. This means that it is focused mostly on objects, like the name implies. The first thing you will need to do to follow along with this tutorial is get the program which can be easily found on Adobe’s website at www. adobe.com. Once installed you just have to to make a new file and select the Actionscript 3.0 file type which can be saved anywhere on the computer. To do this you just click the “file” button on the top left side of the screen and click “new” within that tab. This will make a new file on your computer that stores all of the data that you made as long as you save before exiting, similar to a text file.
First thing to do when starting to make the kind of simple program we will be using would be to make a shape or picture (imported) of any color with the tools on the sidebar (easiest being the rectangle tool which is the one that looks like a rectangle). Once this is made you will want to highlight the entire thing with the selection tool (first tool) and then right click and choose the “convert to symbol” option in the list. Once this is done there
should be a box with options in it that pops up. The name can be whatever you want but it should be written with only letters, numbers, and underscores. The format I use for my symbols would be to capitalize each word and to not use underscores except in complicated classes (ex. IntroSquare, Square, Player, AngryEnemy or a complicated one like AngryEnemy_3). Once that is done you will want to to make sure that the type is set to movie clip so that we can make it do a variety of things. The last thing you have to do before making this into a symbol is to check the box for “export for actionscript 3” and hit ok and then hit ok again.
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Once this is done you should have a single object that cannot be separated or changed directly. Next the instance will have to be given a name so that it can be interacted with. To do this you need to click your symbol and in the top click the properties tab and click on the tag that says “<Instance Name>” and name it something that you can remember and type easily (not the same as the class). Once this is done you can now move on to the actual coding part of the program. To start, you will want to make a new layer by going to the layer area, right clicking and selecting the new layer button as well as name the one with the instance in it and name the one that you will code in (right click the layer and choose rename to change the name). Then right click the box in the timeline and click “actions” on the bottom. Once this is open you will see a blank box with the number 1 on the left.
The first thing we will do is write a function. To tell the program that you are writing a function you will have to type “function” in the first line. If this was done correctly function should change color. After the function changed colors press the spacebar and then name the function something that is easy to remember and easy to type. Directly after the name of the function you should have parenthesis facing each other and then a colon like this “functionname():”. after this we have a set of parameters we don’t need to worry about at the moment so we just write void which means that we have no parameters there. After this we should put an open curly bracket so that it opens up the space for the actual commands to be put, this should make a couple more lines of space as well as a closed curly bracket when you press the enter key. At this point in the tutorial your first line should look something like this: “function functionName():void {“.
Now we can start moving and changing the symbol that was made earlier. First lets start by just changing the x (making it move right or left). To do this you should start by moving the symbol over to the left if you want it to go right and to the right if you want it to go left. Once it is on one of the sides of the stage (the white box on the screen) you should go back into the actions menu so that we can start moving this object around via actionscript. The first thing that we should type is the instance name so that the program knows what we are going to mess with. Directly after the instance name (no space) you will need to put “.x” so that we will change the x property of our instance. Once you have gotten to the point where that is written then we can choose the direction we want the object to go. If you want the object to go right you will want to increase the x and to do that you will need to make a space after the “.x” and then type “+= 1;”. What this will do is continually add one to the x making the object go right at 1 unit per frame and the semicolon is there to end the command. If you want to make your instance of a class go faster you can change the 1 to a higher number. To make your object go left instead of right you will follow the exact same steps except instead of have “+= 1;” you will have “-= 1;”. At this point you should have some code that looks somewhat like the picture below.
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Now that we have the function completely written you may wonder how we make this function actually start doing something. To do this you will need to go to the timeline which is the wide box at the top of the screen. Once this is open you should go to the Actionscript layer and right click frame 2 which should show a list of options and the one we want would be the “Insert Keyframe” tool. You should now see another box next to the frame we just wrote a function in. If we ran the program now the instance would flash on and off half of the time because it is only on frame 1 and the program goes to frame 2. To fix this problem the only thing you need to do is right click the frame with the instance in it and choose the option to “Insert Frame”. Now you should have two layers with one being a long box with an instance in it and one with 2 small boxes and code in one. Next thing to do would be to right click the second box in the coding layer and choose “Actions”. Once the actions tab is open you will only need to type in one thing and that would be your function. To do this you just type “FunctionName();” which you can also put in the first frame to double the speed. You should now have a working program that you can try out using the Command/Ctrl Enter shortcut.
Now that we got the object to move we can move on to the last thing which is controlling the object with a mouse. This will be an easy transition after learning all of the basics of functions and other things. The first thing
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you will need to do start this step is to disable the current commands you have for moving the instance. There are 3 ways that i know of to do this. The first one would be to just take out the function completely by deleting it in frame 1 and deleting the text that calls the function. The other way would be to leave the function but delete any of the text that calls the function (ex the “FunctionName();”). The last option which i think is the best one is to just disable the text that has anything to do with that function. To do this you only have to put a “//” before every line involving the function as this will make the program think that it is only a comment meaning it ignores it. Now that that function is out of the way make a new function with a different name. In this function you will only need up to 2 basic commands which will be the “InstanceName.x = mouse.x” and “InstanceName.y = mouse.y”. Last thing is to run the function like we did earlier using frame 2 but this time also put it in frame 1 which will make the program run smoothly. Mouse control gives you a variety of possibilities for many things that mioght want to be done later with more complexity, but for now it will be the last thing i will teach.
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“Diiinnnnnnggg!” screeches a phone, interupting the teacher in the middle of her sentence. “Put the phone away or I’ll take it!” the teacher warns. This occurs regularly in schools everywhere, technology is invading the school system. In an attempt to subcome to modern day tools, many schools now give students technology to use in the classrooms. Woodford County High School is one of those schools; they distribute iPads to the kids who attend, and as a student there I have drawn many insights into how technology can be both a tool
and a distraction. iPads act as many different tools in one. With their iPads, students can calculate data, write papers, and manipulate digital models. Be that as it may, the students can also dwindle away instruction time by taking advantage of the distractionsplaying games, using non-educational apps, keeping up with the latest drama via social networks, rather than listening to the instructor. Do these technological terrors detract too much from learning that is vital to the future employment of the kids?
The Terror of iPads
Teens are inclined to postpone education for the entertainment available on their iPads. This damages the integrity of the school and is harmful to the post high school education and jobs. Even when iPads are being manipulated for their tools, students find it difficult to avoid games and other distractions, and teachers often struggle with knowing if students are truly focused on classroom material, leaving them reluctant to take advantage of many of the wonderful features.
VIL APPLE? Many students eat away a great portion of class time being off task with games or other apps that aren’t school related or appropriate in a classroom setting, and it can be very challenging to corral the students back into a learning environment. This is evident in Woodford County when some teachers avoid using the iPads because they don’t want students to get off task and not follow the intended lessons properly. Math teachers are a prime example of teachers who don’t take advantage of the tools the
A students perspective on how iPads can be used in the school system.
ipad has to offer. One teacher even has a bin called “iPad Jail”, where she puts iPads when she sees them out in class without permission, which is rarely granted. The most useful application available for math classes is the calculators. But teachers then have to ask themselves, “Is it worth the risk of kids using the ipad to play games or look up answers on the internet just to use a calculator app?” especially since there are very few calculator apps comparable to the TI-84 calculators that the majority of math teachers prefer in their classrooms. Most math
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teachers answer that question with a quick “No”. The struggle with games and non-school related apps in the classroom also apply to science rooms. Many science teachers present lessons from PowerPoints that are distributed to students through apps and websites like Schoology and iLearn, tools that can give assignments to students over the internet. These PowerPoints can be saved to apps like Notability which helps students take and store notes, so that students can keep them and review them
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later. The flaw with this is that students between tools and distractions. In the can and will download and save the social studies class that I have been presentations and then switch back in, the iPads have been used for group to their iPad games and other apps, activities where students are actively which is cheating and would end with researching. However, many times, it the student getting a zero, but probably is rather easy for one student to do all wouldn’t because it would be hard to of the work while others play games tell if the student had cheated. rather than contribute to the group. Without allowing students to use apps that would let students cheat, teachers try to find Mitigating iPad Terror digital models of the principles they are covering in It is possible to find class so that iPads can be ways to prevent students used effectively, but this is a abusing the iPads while at challenging task. school. There are many apps, Many teachers have websites, and other ways to students read articles from force iPad use to be educaaccountable sources retional that are utilized In Woodford County iPads lated to the content, and by teachers. One way is are the center of students’ some English teachers blocking unwanted apps lives. have students read perGraphic by: Peyton Popp on the school’s server. This Graphic of: Eli Bradshaw sonal reading. However, makes the apps that the some students may not administration don’t want even open the articles or books. students to use unavailable while the Another way for iPads to be iPads are connected to the schools wifi. used in an English classroom is for Another way is through an students to type their work on Gooapp called Casper Focus, which allows gle Drive. If there are multiple days to teachers to lock a student into an app work, it is easy to shirk off the work so that they can be sure that students and play a game until not long before are doing as they are told. This app is the assignment is due. downloaded on the teachers iPads, and Social Studies classrooms and the students are made to have a profile, iPads are another arena for the battle found in the settings and installed by
the administration, on their iPads so that the teacher with the app can control what app is open on the iPad.
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tests throughout. This app also has students log in and logs them out if they leave the app, keeping them from playing games instead of doing the work. A third is a website called Kahoot, which is mainly used as a review game. In the game students answer questions and earn points to compete with classmates.
Even though it can be a challenge for teachers to keep the kids on Outside of Woodford task in a classroom with iPads, there According to are many tools that techland.Time.com make iPads very useconducted a study and ful in schools. Many seem to find that test apps are available that scores rising when iPads help kids study. One are related. Even though of these is Notability. this source found that Previously mentioned, iPads raise test scores, this is an app that let’s the effectiveness of the students draw on iPads on test scores in digital paper for their A servey taken in Woodford County notes. They can also High School found that kids spend Woodford County is yet to be seen. Even though download Poweraround 60.4% of class time in an points from teachers iPad app not intended for school use. test scores rose at the Graphic By: Peyton Popp Servey by: Peyton Popp beginning of the iPad and store them in the experiment, this past app, along with addyear the school dropped ing notes from class in ranking. to the presentations. Students have always figured a Another app used in the classrooms is Socrative, which let’s teachers way out of class work, but there are still students who do the work. Maybe the have students participate in activities, iPad can become an apple of knowlusually quizzes for things like vocabedge, engaging students in their work. ulary checks. Another is NearPod, an app that let’s teachers give a lecture from a presentation that students can also see and be given comprehensive
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