MIT App Inventor 2

This is an online course that is FREE! That's the best kind of course. Well, almost the best, if it was a course that would PAY, that would be the BEST kind of course.

Since I've been told that nobody reads the directions anyway....I'm going to go ahead and write (copy/paste) all this information for prosperity sake!

App Inventor:
App Inventor for Android is an open-source web application originally provided by Google, and now maintained by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

It allows newcomers to computer programming to create software applications for the Android operating system (OS). It uses a graphical interface, very similar to Scratch and theStarLogo TNG user interface, which allows users to drag-and-drop visual objects to create an application that can run on Android devices. In creating App Inventor, Google drew upon significant prior research in educational computing, as well as work done within Google on online development environments.

App Inventor and the projects on which it is based are informed by constructionist learning theories, which emphasizes that programming can be a vehicle for engaging powerful ideas through active learning.

Let's Get Started:

link: http://www.appinventor.org/

IMAGE ONE

Image One is an image of the opening page to our TUTORIALS with App Inventor 2. Click on the Image and it will take you there. 

However, you will want to BOOKMARK the page, because you will return here often, and you don't want to have to go through this BLOG every time you want to open App Inventor.

Once, you click START, goto LOGIN, and create a PROFILE, use your North Star Charter School Gmail address as your login for this site.

IMAGE TWO

Image Two is what the course environment looks like, all the course modules are on the left, and when you enter a module each step in that module appears on the left. START with INTRODUCTION, you will have some set-up to do here--and you just might need my help. Come and see me!

Here we GO!