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How to Use App Inventor in Your ClassroomJulie FriesenPiper Middle School Technology 6th-8th Grades
Edmodo Group Code to Join for More Resources:
Group Code: m7engo
How I Got Started: Northwest Missouri State University
-Computer Science Dept. Offered free courses for teachers in
the summer sponsored by Google & Cerner in Liberty, MO
Program for teachers to encourage coding, computer programming in classes.
Steps to Begin Go to this website first to download
everything you need to begin. http://
appinventor.mit.edu/explore/setup-mit-app-inventor.html
5 steps 1. Get or log into existing gmail account 2.Prepare your system with Java 3. Install the App Inventor Software 4. Start App Inventor 5.Build your app with your Droid device or
with the Emulator.
What is App Inventor? Application was originally developed
by Google labs It is used to build mobile apps for
Android phones or tablets Apps built using web browser and
connected phone or emulator Data is stored on a App Inventor server
Currently maintained by MIT Great teaching and learning tool!
How App Inventor Works? Develop apps without writing single
line of code Use puzzle pieces that snap together
to build apps Has components and functions that
you drag and drop App contains event handlers
When these events happens, the app does something
http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/content/what-app-inventor.html
What Can You Create? Games Informational apps Build education software
Quiz apps to help study for a test Create-a-quiz app that let the users of your
app create their own quizes. Location-aware apps-locate a
friend/colleagues at a conference or concert, football game, custom tour app of your school
SMS apps-Write an app that responds to texts-”No Texting While Driving”
Apps that can control robots-use your phone to control the robot.
Why App Inventor in K-12? Learning by creating-Active
Learning Help your students develop some
programming and computing skills Students will enjoy creating,
thinking, and learning to build apps Encourages creativity and problem
solving-STEM, Common Core
Viewer-This is where you place components and arrange them to map out what you want your app to look like.
Palette-Is a list of components you can select from.
Components-Lists the components in your project.
Properties-Details about each component that you can change.
Methodology on How to Build an App With Students
Built ItIntroduce a topic but keep it brief. Within minutes, get the students building an interesting app, using a step-by-step tutorial.
Conceptualize ItAfter the students complete the tutorial, break them into small groups to discuss conceptual questions about the app, then discuss as a class.
Customize ItAfter the discussion session, assign customization tasks in which students add interesting features to the app they just built.
Create ItAfter two or three repetitions of the Build-Conceptualize-Customize process, give the students the freedom to choose an app of personal interest to them.
App Inventor Materials Official MIT App Inventor web site at
http://appinventor.mit.edu/ Teaching with App Inventor
Contains tutorial at http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/teach.html
Resources Contains links to variety of materials at
http://explore.appinventor.mit.edu/resources App Inventor Book, on-line at http://
www.appinventor.org/book Contains a course in a box
Are You Up For the Challenge?
Join the Edmodo Group for this presentation: m7engo
Complete this Edmodo Challenge Assignment which is:
Please choose one of the topics presented today:
1. Teach students how to build an App using App Inventor.
2. Share in a discussion on Edmodo on what you did in your classroom and
post successes/things that didn’t work using App Inventor.
3. Use the Build It, Conceptualize It, Customize It, Create It model and post
how it worked or didn’t.
Post your idea and any resources into this group.
Click "turn-in" and attach a link to your post.
Thanks so much for sharing your ideas with our
group!