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Time 4 Design
Unit - Mobile App Creation*
Design problem: There are hundreds of educational apps. However, most of these are not targeted at specific users. By exploring existing apps, create your own educational app that will 'make a world of difference'.
Want to be the next App millionaire?
Once the internet was the new Wild West. Then came the 'app' - and now anyone can have any idea for sale in the digital high street within days.
The current ‘app revolution’ is built mostly on selling cheap, downloadable apps to iPhones and Android phones, and also to PCs. The app can be a one-touch route to a train timetable, or popular game like the No 1 app, Angry Birds, or a newspaper website, or a dating service. A typical cost is €0.69, paid through an existing account such as the Apple store, though many are free or have free ‘lite’ versions.
Global context:
Key concept(s)
Systems are sets of interacting or interdependent components. Systems provide structure and order in human, natural and built environments. Systems can be static or dynamic, simple or complex.
Related concepts: Adaptation, Innovation & Invention
You will explore how Apps can be created and used for educational purposes.
Statement of inquiry: iPad/Android apps involve a system of interacting components that can be adapted or invented for use in the educational environment.
Inquiry questions
Factual: What is an App? What are the key features of App creation software such as Stencyl/App inventor/AppLab GlideApps? What is a closed loop system?
Conceptual: How can I create an App myself? What makes a good educational App?
Debatable: Should all products be created for everyone? To what extent should intellectual property be shared? If you take an idea for an App and modify it, is it truly your own? What are the problems in using off-the shelf Apps?
Key Terms: Coding/Scripting , Scenes, Actors, Tables, Actors, Attributes, Devices, Behaviours, Images, Sounds, Templates
You will use AppInventor or AppLab or GlideApps to make your App.
Don't have an Android phone- use the EMULATOR
*this site has been adapted with permission from the work of Mr Stevenson
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