APP Blog Opened

As requested, a link to the APP Blog.

http://discussapp.blogspot.com

It does say that it is for elementary APP but I'm sure they would broaden the discussion to include middle and high school if you ask.

Comments

uxolo said…
Some of you may know about the yahoo SpectrumAPP listserv, started years ago and still available for searching or posting: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SpectrumAPP/join
11/4/09, 8:27 PM
Robert said…
I guess someone should mention the app listserv at

http://groups.google.com
/group/app-ac-seattle

And if that isn't working send an email to

appadvcom@gmail.com
11/4/09, 9:22 PM
Greg Linden said…
Thanks for the suggestion, Melissa. The Discuss APP blog has been changed to cover APP at all grades, not just elementary APP.

At the moment, the posts are on a recent APP Advisory Committee meeting which focused on elementary APP issues, but the discussion will be broadened to more general APP issues in the future.
11/7/09, 9:00 AM
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