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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I also use MIT App Inventor V2 with my year 10s.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I also find it easy to use. Tutorials range from easy to complex.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Took a little mucking around to get App 2 up and running after using App 1.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">It only works on Chrome and Mozilla not IE.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Paul Golub</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au [mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Poultney, Gordon A<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 12 February 2014 3:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Year 12 SofDev] App Builders</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"; color:black">I've been using mit appinventor (now v2) for past few years with Year 10/11s.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"; color:black">It is easy to use, yet kids have to understand basics of order, condition, repetition.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"; color:black">It is capable of producing quite sophisticated apps.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"; color:black">Apps can be tested on an emulator or on a phone.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"; color:black">It's free and Android so thus uncomplicated by commercial motive.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"; color:black">There is also excellent documentation for getting started and tutes for building first apps.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"; color:black"><a href="http://appinventor.mit.edu/" target="_blank">http://appinventor.mit.edu/</a></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au">sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au</a> [sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au] on behalf of Hanger, Elizabeth A [hanger.elizabeth.a@edumail.vic.gov.au]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 12 February 2014 2:30 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Year 12 SofDev] App Builders</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hello</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Does anybody have any suggestions for a good cheap free app builder, which will be easy for kids.</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">liz </span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au">sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au</a> [<a href="mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au">mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jackson Isted<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, 26 October 2013 8:37 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Year 12 SofDev] Programming on the iPad with Codea</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Hi,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Coming from a child who has started proper coding recently (me.learnAllTheJava()) I have found the Minecraft Mod ComputerCraft (Wiki:
<a href="http://computercraft.info" target="_blank">http://computercraft.info</a>) was a great way to get me into Lua as it provided me with a reason to learn it. I wanted to be able to make things, do things in an environment I know well.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">With it you can create "Computers" and "Turtle" (Computers that can move and perform actions with the world) that run an embedded Lua implementation and some custom API's that allow them to interact with the things
around them and well as use some normal Minecraft (most people refer to this as "Vanilla Minecraft") mechanics.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">It's actually what got me into coding properly. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thanks,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Jackson Isted</span></p>
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Sent from my iPhone</span></p>
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On 26 Oct 2013, at 3:42 pm, Mark Schumann <<a href="mailto:mark.schumann@yvg.vic.edu.au" target="_blank">mark.schumann@yvg.vic.edu.au</a>> wrote:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"; color:black">I used Codea with my Year 9s using the tutorial below as an introduction:</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"; color:black"><a href="https://bitbucket.org/TwoLivesLeft/core/wiki/ForKids" target="_blank">https://bitbucket.org/TwoLivesLeft/core/wiki/ForKids</a></span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"; color:black">I found it worked very well but beyond that tutorial it became quite difficult for the year 9 group to develop anything more complex than a few sprites moving
around the screen. Interactions, collisions, explosions, animations, etc, were all quite complex to develop given it's purely code (with a few visual cues). Lua is very easy to learn but with the limited time I had with my year 9s it became a little too difficult.</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"; color:black">I ended up using the app GamePress for iPad, which is closer to GameMaker in design and allows for logical branching of behaviours (collisions are VERY easy
in that respect), a greater library of assets, and a good visual interface with drag and drop capability.</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au</a> [<a href="mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>] on behalf of Kevork Krozian [<a href="mailto:kevork@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">kevork@edulists.com.au</a>]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 26 October 2013 14:32<br>
<b>To:</b> Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List; Year 7 - 10 Information Technology Teachers' Mailing List; 'Year 11 Information Technology Teachers' Mailing List'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Year 12 SofDev] Programming on the iPad with Codea</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Sorry for the cross posts but recently I have been quite absorbed with Codea as a programming language that can be a huge attraction for students of any year level in schools using iPads.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Has anyone taught programming on the iPad using this application? – it uses the language Lua, <a href="http://www.lua.org/about.html" target="_blank">http://www.lua.org/about.html</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">I am already looking at creating a beginner’s tutorial of say 10 lessons and then an intermediate version. It looks like an amazing hook to get students into IT / gaming / programming in middle and senior years
considering they can do the work anywhere with their tablet on the bus, on the train, in the school playground, at home, in the car and oh I nearly forgot, the classroom
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Kind Regards</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Kevork Krozian</span></p>
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