Pomona Unified School District Fall Newsletter

4 Pomona Unified School District Village Academy Joins Prestigious Network Advancing STEM Skills in the Classroom V illage Academy High School is one of 20 academies across the nation selected to join the Lenovo Scholar Network. It provides select National Academy Foundation (NAF) schools with a comprehensive mobile application development curriculum that promotes the critical thinking, team building and analytical skills needed to create the next generation of developers and innovators. Students in the school’s Computer Programming and Game Design NAF pathway will design and develop a mobile app and a business marketing plan. They will present their work during an online compe- tition in April. Winners will share their projects at the NAF Next Convention in summer 2016. Village Academy received 14 Lenovo ThinkPad laptops and YOGA tablets to help students code, test and develop their mobile apps and provide professional development to teachers implementing the curriculum. Students will also have access to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab’s App Inventor – a web-based tool for creating Android-platform apps – to build and test their apps. NAF and MIT will provide technical assistance and develop support materials. Village Academy se une a prestigiosa red promoviendo habilidades STEM en el salón de clase L a Preparatoria Village Academy es una de las 20 academias en todo el país que fue seleccionada para unirse a la Red de Becarios Lenovo quien proporciona a escuelas seleccionados Fundación Nacional de Academia (NAF, por sus siglas en inglés) con un currículum integral de desarrollo de aplicación móvil que promueve el desarrollo del pensamiento crítico, trabajo en equipos y de habilidades analíticas necesarias para crear la siguiente generación de desarrolladores e innovadores. Los estudiantes en el camino de Programación Computacional y Diseño de Juegos NAF de la escuela serán retados a diseñar y desarrollar una aplicación móvil y un plan de mercadotecnia. Los estudian ѕ́

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