Students Will Step Up to a Challenge

I have some students whose computer skills are more advance than many of their peers. I offered to let some of the 7th grade students work on the 8th grade unit using App Inventor. Those students will complete create the same apps that the 8th grade students are currently doing. Because I never have enough time to help all the students during class time when we do App Inventor, they will be my assistant teachers when they are in 8th grade. Another 7th grade students chose to purchase a Javascript tutorial, and do a chapter each week rather than the assignment the other eight grade students are doing. This has made my classroom a better work environment because the students who were bored and distracting other students have now been challenged, and use their work time much more productively.