Thursday, November 3, 2011

SESSION: 137 Students as Mobile App/Game Creators

Thursday 10:45-11:45 AM
Chris Thompson, Georgia Tech
Salon 4 Thursday 10:45-11:45 AM Capacity: 400
This session will present a rationale and methodology for incorporating mobile app/game design and creation into any 6-12 classroom. User-friendly tools and subject specific examples will be discussed and demonstrated along with preliminary results from pilot activities.
STRAND: Creativity and Innovation AUDIENCE: Instructional PK-12 TYPE: Concurrent


www.ceismc.gatech.edu
johnmcdonald@walkerschools.org - teacher using this in his classroom in Walker County


SUCCESS STORY...
Bubble Ball - created by a Utah teenager! Beat out Angry Birds as the number 1 downloaded free game in the iTunes store!
1 million downloads in less than a week!
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id412089940?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D6


Native Apps Coding Tools -
  • Apple xCode
  • Airplaysdk.com
  • RunRev.com
  • Rhomobile.com

Non Coding Tools -
  • gamesalad.com - free app for iPad that lets you create your own apps!!!! http://gamesalad.com/download/latestCreator
  • http://stencyl.com/ - free program download that will allow you to create your own apps. http://www.stencyl.com/stencylworks/overview/


Web App Creators-
  • iBuildapp.com - free
  • BuzzTouch.com - free
  • appMakr.com - free - uses RSS feeds

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