Transcript App Inventor Democratizing Computing David Wolber, University of San Francisco

App Inventor
Democratizing Computing
David Wolber, University of San Francisco
David Wolber, USF and AppInventor.org
David Wolber, USF and AppInventor.org
David Wolber, USF and AppInventor.org
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Technovation HS girls in NYC
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University of San Francisco Students
Youth Radio Mobile Action lab, Oakland CA
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SMS Book-Giveaway APP
• DEMO
• Text 415 359 4787
• Turn your phone ringer on
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Student Movie
• http://vimeo.com/29655647
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Blocks Language +
Phone Love
LOW BARRIER + MOTIVATION
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Success Stories
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~20% continuing on in CS
Beginners at CS Night
Students teaching at Technovation
Story of Paul Cafardo
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App Inventor ~2012
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MIT Center for Mobile Learning
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Abelson
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Resnick
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Klopfer
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App Inventor for Developers
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Rapid Prototyping
Complete apps
Situated apps
Java Bridge and Code generation
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Open Source App Inventor
• Multi-platform
• Component Development Kit
Share your libraries with the masses
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Call to Programmers:
Let’s open up app development to
(extra-) ordinary people.
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Learn more…
• appinventorbeta.com
• Book at O’Reilly/Amazon
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• Appinventor.org
• AppinventorIntro.com
• [email protected]
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