1. Rapid Prototyping & App Development
Sam Rosenfeld
7th Grade CS Teacher, GCDS

2. Why Prototype Apps?
Today’s students will become tomorrow’s inventors. They will need skills to solve problems not yet discovered, with tools not yet invented.
Prototyping is a fun and easy way to get kids interested in the intersection between entrepreneurship and engineering, as well as build the skills they will need in a highly automated future.

3. Materials Code.org App Lab Need to create an account
Biz Kids Business Plan
Open this PDF up in a tab
Materials

4. What does it take to make an app?
Customer/ Market Research
Solve a problem or fill a need
Story
Why are YOU making this app?
Business and Financial Literacy
Fill out your business plan
Prototyping
Paper & Rapid Digital Prototyping
Be willing to fail
Learning from mistakes and breaking things is how engineers, and everyone else, improve skills

5. Step 1. Customer/Market Research

6. Step 2. Brainstorm/ “Your Story”
Case Study: Love Your Melon, Pediatric Cancer Research
Ex. “Love Your Melon was founded in an entrepreneurship class at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota by two friends, Zachary and Brian. On a mission to improve the lives of children battling cancer since October 22nd, 2012, Love Your Melon began with the simple idea of putting a hat on every child battling cancer in America.”

7. Step 3. Paper Prototyping

8. Step 4. Rapid Prototyping
Inspired by the Google for Entrepreneurs video series

9. Step 5. Make a Business Plan
What makes your idea unique?
Who will be your customers?
What are your expenses?
What are your sources of revenue?

10. Google for Entrepreneurs
Cornell Tech
MIT Media Lab
Further Learning