Although it sounds a bit violent, if app smashing is going well, it is anything but violent. Edudemic wrote a great piece about apps that do some things really well, but don’t offer everything needed for a student to complete a project. There are some “swiss army knife” apps, but often not! The real beauty of app smashing is that higher level problem solving and collaboration often takes place in order to pick up where one app leaves off, and complete a project. In fact, app smashing has been called exhilarating! Edudemic says it much better than I can, read the full post How to Use “App Smashing” in Education