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Think of MIT (the Massachusetts Institute of Technology) as the world’s ultimate playground for people who love to figure out how things work. If you are into Minecraft, LEGO, space, or gadgets, you're already speaking the same language as an MIT student.
At most colleges, you spend all day reading books. At MIT, the motto for "Mind and Hand." * The Vibe: It means they don't just want you to learn the math; they want you to use that math to build a solar-powered car, a robot that can play soccer, or a new type of medicine.
2. The "Nerd Olympics"
2. The "Nerd Olympics"
Imagine if all the smartest, most curious people in the world lived in the same neighborhood.
The Talent: This is where the people who invented the World Wide Web, the first computer games, and even the GPS on your phone went to school.
The Challenge: It’s famous for being incredibly hard—students there often compare it to "trying to take a drink from a fire hose" because there is so much cool info coming at you so fast.
3. They’re Professional Pranksters
3. They’re Professional Pranksters
MIT students are famous for "Hacks." These aren't computer hacks; they are elaborate, genius-level practical jokes.
The Greatest Hits: They once figured out how to put a realistic-looking police car on top of the school’s giant domed roof. Another time, they turned a massive building into a giant, playable game of Tetris using the window lights.
4. Why it matters to YOU
4. Why it matters to YOU
If you want to solve the world's biggest problems—like stopping climate change, building cities on Mars, or creating the next generation of AI—MIT is the place where those dreams actually become blueprints.
"Fun Fact": MIT has a "Pirate Certificate." If a student takes classes in archery, fencing, sailing, and pistol shooting, the school officially gives them a certificate naming them a Pirate.
There are special tablets that allow you to press Volume+Power to take a screenshot, rename it and then upload it to this special shared folder. Download your renamed images and then delete them so it doesn't get too cluttered. If you don't rename them and people don't delete the ones they already downloaded it's going to get VERY confusing!
We've arrived at T4, the last grading period of the year! We will be coding for Android devices using MIT App Inventor. A tablet is attached to the desktop computer in front of you by USB cable so you will be able to see your programs live as you code them.
For our last unit of the year we are using MIT App Inventor, developed by the genius coders at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. They have created a system that lets us code apps for Android devices on the website and see the app live on the devices attached to each of our computers. These are new Kindle Fire tablets, so nothing too fancy but more than up to the task. When you are ready to install a true test version, we have several different devices to run tests on. Not to mention each period has several students with even more kinds of Android phones.
Four apps designed to introduce the interface and show what's possible.
One of the best things about MIT App Inventor is that it is highly differentiated and well structured for independent learning - students new to coding have several different ways of learning the basics. Students with experience can move at their own pace and quickly get to material that will have them stretching and building their skills in ways they didn't even know were possible.
Very Important!! Do not keep the original filenames for assets you download from the internet! They need to be renamed to something short and simple, yet descriptive. Long filenames and special characters (anything other than underscore, generally) can and will break your build later on. Fixing these errors at the end is a LOT of work.
Version 1.7 of Chelsea's Multi-App
Use a website such as The-QRcode-Generator to convert the link to your APK in Google Drive into a QR Code like the one here. You have to have already uploaded it to your DO NOT DELETE folder. This makes it very easy for users to point a device at your Android Programming portfolio page and to install your Multi-App. The QR Code by itself is not going to entice visitors to take the time to do this, so screenshots and a video of your app in action are essential!
cd "C:\Program Files\MIT App Inventor\from-Android-SDK\platform-tools\"
adb install -r
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