Thursday, August 18th

Why take this class? App Inventor and Course Intro - last two slides.

Intro to App Inventor 2

Setting Up App Inventor for your own Android device - not necessary if you are using a school device.

Introduction to MIT App Inventor 2 - create a new user account using your Sequoia gmail account.

Demo of Designer, Blocks Editor, and live testing of app

Mobile Computer Science Principles - register for this course

Create appropriate folders on your H: drive to save downloaded files. Include the following folders:
Images, Sounds, APK files

Creating your first App - HelloPurr - App Inventor 2 Chapter 1
STOP! - Be sure your name appears at the TOP of each app you create - make a label with "Created by your name".

Procedure for checking out tablets - one tablet per pair of students - share please. Each student must demonstrate their working app for teach check.

Once your app is working demonstrate it to your teacher for teacher check!

Review of First App - HelloPurr

Updating your Mobile Apps Portfolio Google Site - edit the About Me to include your bio. Include the following information:
I am currently a (sophomore, junior, senior) in the Mobile Apps course at Sequoia High School. My goal in taking this class is to......
Add information about your career plans and how this class relates to those plans. Add any other interesting information about yourself and why you are taking this course.

You can add a picture to yourself to the site if your parents approve (check with them first).

Click on the My Apps page and modify the table by inserting a new row above the I have a Dream row. In this new row type in "HelloPur" and then create a new page with the same information as the I have a Dream Page.

Add the new terms from the following reading - Mazes, Algorithms, and Programs to your vocabulary page - add these terms:
Algorithm, control structures - for this definition list the three essential structures mentioned.

 

Homework

Show your porfolio page to your parents and then show them your first app.
Access your MIT App Inventor 2 account from home.
Access your Mobile Computer Science Principles and read Unit 1 - Welcome to Mobile CSP