Time 4 Design
MYP4 (Grade 9)
Mobile App Creation*
Task 1: Inquiring and analysing (criterion A)
Resources
Task 1: Criterion A: Inquiring and analysing - (10 lessons)
Mobile apps
Note: Remember to reference all your sources as you research!
Gather as much information from primary sources as possible.
Use EasyBib bibliography Creator for Google docs with MLA format.
Assessment Criterion A: Inquiring and Analysing
Explain and justify the need for a solution to a problem for a specified client/target audience
Identify and prioritize primary and secondary research needed to develop a solution to the problem
Primary research
Plan an interview with your client - what would they like?
How does the App Lab software function? You will have 2 lessons to learn how to use App Lab - this research should be placed in an appendix in task 1
App Inventor is an Android app creator from MIT. You can connect your Android device or use the Emulator
Glide builds an app from a Google spreadsheet.
Image editing techniques - GIMP (on Self-Service) - this research should be placed in an appendix in task 1
Secondary research
Research of existing Mobile apps.
You could use bubbl.us to create a mind map for your research plan.
Analyse a range of existing products that inspire a solution to the problem
Mobile apps
App Inventor 2 - Programming mobile phones with Android (Tutorials with screenshots)
Anyone can build Apps that impact the World - Example projects - Discover components
Briefly look at around eight examples and choose four which you will evaluate in detail. You could create a mind map bubbl.us.
Mobile App Ideas
Develop a detailed design brief, which summarizes the analysis of relevant research
Design Assessment criterion A (MYP 5): Investigating & Analysing
Maximum: 8
Students identify the need for a solution to a problem. At the end of year 5, students should be able to:
Explain and justify the need for a solution to a problem for a specified client/target audience
Identify and prioritize primary and secondary research needed to develop a solution to the problem
Analyse a range of existing products that inspire a solution to the problem
Develop a detailed design brief, which summarizes the analysis of relevant research
*this site has been adapted with permission from the work of Mr Stevenson