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= Resources for Using App Inventor in Education  = A list of resources for using App Inventor for Education, categorized by grade level, subject, and lesson type. [|App Inventor: Create Your Own Android Apps] This extraordinary book introduces App Inventor for Android, a powerful visual tool that lets anyone build apps for Android-based devices. Learn the basics of App Inventor with step-by-step instructions for more than a dozen fun projects, such as creating location-aware apps, data storage, and apps... Resource URL:  @http://www.amazon.com/App-Inventor-David-Wolber/dp/1449397484 Grade Level: [|6-8] ,  [|9-12]  ,  [|Undergraduate]  ,  [|Master's and Above] Subject: [|Computer Science] Lesson Type: [|Other]

[|Using App Inventor to Teach Introductory CS (Pre AP)] App Inventor is a great tool to teach programming to high school students. Google Intern, Michelle Hutton, created this 6 week curriculum. This curriculum is a project based curriculum that allows students to explore the world of computer science through the creation of smartphone apps. Resource URL: @https://sites.google.com/site/appinventoredu/ Grade Level: [|9-12] Subject: [|Computer Science] Lesson Type: [|Curriculum]

[|Dave Wolber's Course in a Box] Teaching a course on App Inventor? This site provides a framework for doing so, based on the materials I've created and collected teaching App Inventor at the University of San Francisco. I've taught introductory CS for non-majors (CS0), but the materials will work for a CS1 course as well. You... Resource URL:  @http://www.appinventor.org/course-in-a-box Grade Level: [|Undergraduate] Subject: [|Computer Science] Lesson Type: [|Semester long course]

[|Building Mobile Applications, Taught by Hal Abelson at MIT] Three years ago, it was rare for non-professionals to implement mobile applications. Even two years ago, building a working app was an intensive semester-long project. Today, implementing a mobile app can be a straightforward exercise. The challenge is to have good ideas for what to build. This... Resource URL: @http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.083/admin/fall-2011/calendar.html Grade Level: [|Undergraduate] Subject: [|Entrepreneurship] Lesson Type: [|Semester long course]

[|Computing with Mobile Phones, Taught by Ralph Morelli at Trinity College] In this course, students learned how to access the world of mobile services and applications as creators, not just consumers. They will learn to create entertaining and socially useful apps that can be shared with friends and family. In addition to learning to program and how to become better... Resource URL:  @http://www.cs.trincoll.edu/~ram/cpsc110/ Grade Level: [|Undergraduate] Subject: [|Computer Science] Lesson Type: [|Semester long course]

[|Inventing Mobile Apps, Taught by Lyn Turbak at Wellesley College] This course teaches how to create apps for mobile devices as a vehicle for learning big ideas of computer science, engineering, and entrepreneurship and explore technology's impact on society. Applications include games, quizzes, electronic voting, location-aware apps, social networking, and apps... Resource URL: @https://sites.google.com/site/wellesleycs117fall11/ Grade Level: [|Undergraduate] Subject: [|Computer Science] Lesson Type: [|Semester long course]

[|Youth Radio's Mobile Action Lab: An Emerging Curriculum] We are Youth Radio's Mobile Action Lab, a 2010 winner of the MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media and Learning global competition. Our charge: Oakland, California based young people partner with pro developers and entrepreneurs to propose, design, develop, and market apps that serve... Resource URL:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JmNRAn_7FQCj8Ft0Gu18-0Syc-wlbb7OkojL4YvB8Ew/... Grade Level: [|9-12] ,  [|Undergraduate] Subject: [|Entrepreneurship] Lesson Type: [|Other]

[|App Inventor Video Tutorials for Beginners] While building several apps, these video tutorials, created by Krishnendu Roy, a CS faculty member at Valdosta State University, will teach you the basic parts of App Inventor. Resource URL: @http://www.youtube.com/playlist?p=PL2D27126F35E50A1B Grade Level: [|6-8] ,  [|9-12]  ,  [|Undergraduate] Subject: [|Computer Science] Lesson Type: [|Other]

[|Google App Inventor: Beginner's Guide] Create powerful Android apps the easy all-visual way with Google App Inventor using this book and eBook. All the basics of App Inventor in plain English with lots of illustrations. Learn how apps get created with lots of simple, fun examples. By an author with over 100... Resource URL:  http://www.amazon.com/Google-App-Inventor-Ralph-Roberts/dp/1849692122/ref=sr_1_1... Grade Level: [|6-8] ,  [|9-12]  ,  [|Undergraduate] Subject: [|Entrepreneurship] Lesson Type: [|Other]

[|App Inventor for Android: Build Your Own Apps, No Experience Required] Even with limited programming experience, you can easily learn to create apps for the Android platform with this complete guide to App Inventor for Android. App Inventor for Android is a visual language that relies on simple programming blocks that users can drag and drop to create apps. This... Resource URL: http://www.amazon.com/App-Inventor-Android-Experience-Required/dp/1119991331/ref... Grade Level: [|9-12] ,  [|Undergraduate] Subject: [|Computer Science] Lesson Type: [|Other]