1. Unit 8: Mobile App DeveLopment

2. LEsson Introduce class to MIT App Inventor (watch video, 6 mins)
Students need to register with Gmail account
For those without an Android phone students will need Android Emulator (for this lesson students that don’t have an Android will pair up with someone with an Android phone, survey suggests at least half the class have Android)
Students to install app on their mobile using Google Play Store

3. Lesson 2 (Alternative)
Flowcharts (refer to exercises from Level 1 course)
Software Development terminology – Software Development Lifecycle etc
Case Study –student’s to view other student’s work for some inspiration and ideas

4. Case Studies
development/
application-design

5. Talk To Me (part 1), MIT App Inventor Tutorial #1
Watch the following video on how to create Talk To Me App using MIT App Inventor
The following screens show extracts from the video tutorial

8. Google Play
Visit Google Play website

10. MIT AI2 Companion App Search for the MIT AI2 Companion

12. Teachers
BTEC First in Information and Creative Technology Unit 8 Mobile Apps Development Teaching and Assessment Pack
BTEC-Firsts-ICT- 2012/ISBN/TeachingandAssessmentPacks/BTECFirstinInformationandCreativeTechnology Unit8MobileAppsDevelopmentTeachingandAssessmentPack.aspx

13. Teachers
_files/Unit%208%20Mobile%20Apps%20Developement%20Brief.pdf