Course Overview
This course introduces kids to the fundamentals of mobile app design, computer science and design thinking by learning step-by-step instructions for building lots of fun projects.
Using MIT App Inventor is a web application integrated development environment originally provided by Google, lets you develop applications for Android phones using a blocks-based programming language.
- Familiarizing with the App inventor interface and creating first projects.
- Introduction to the components and properties of components. Designing the user interface.
- Introduction to code blocks.
- Introduction to variables, decisions, and procedures.
- Lists and loops.
- Position sensors.
- Animation, clocks and timers.
- Using speech and storing data on your phone.
- Critical Thinking
- Creativity and Imagination
- Debugging
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Collaboration
- Teamwork
- Decision Making and recourse management
- A laptop (Windows or Mac) and a charger.
- A curious mind and eagerness to learn.