[Year 12 SofDev] App development Sorry for the x-posts!)

Wed May 23 15:30:57 EST 2012

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On 23/05/2012, at 11:56 AM, "Travis Parker" <Travis.Parker at beaconhills.vic.edu.au> wrote:

> Kevork,
> 
> The thing with Adrian (And myself) is that our schools have invested a
> large amount of time and money into iPad programs and I checked out
> appinventor and it seems that they only export to android devices?
> 
> There seems to be a text on "App inventing for iPhones" by Graeme
> Summers that I am ordering (Thanks Adrian) and a few of us are trying to
> organise a new year 10 iOS app development course. If anyone is
> interested please speak up!
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Trav
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au
> [mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Kevork Krozian
> Sent: Wednesday, 23 May 2012 11:14 AM
> To: Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Year 12 SofDev] App development Sorry for the x-posts!)
> 
> Hi Adrian,
> 
>   This is all very useful to all of our colleagues.
> 
> I recently completed an Android app writing PD at Swinburne Uni Hawthorn
> using appinventor ( see appinventor.org ) and found it very powerful and
> effortless in transferring to a phone or sharing with other phones. For
> those who don't have a phone an emulator will still allow testing of the
> app on Mac or PC. The resources (software, textbooks, completed apps )
> are free online. The programming environment is a "scratch" type with no
> actual coding but a GUI to connect objects, add methods, change
> properties and parameters. This would translate to a Yr 8 to 10 course
> so much more easily than say writing code in XNA or in Objective C I
> feel.
> 
>  There are sections on using multi dimensional arrays, saving to a
> database and much more. Is it starting to look like it could slot into
> Software Development as a language ? Of course the coding would have to
> be done in Java for it to be acceptable. There are efforts to provide a
> java view of the Appinventor GUI see http://www.appinventor.org/roadmap
> but that would need to be clarified for Units 3 and 4 Software
> Development purposes.
> 
>    An equally useful discussion would be to compare the competing app
> writing and programming options. eg. Cost of registering as a devloper ?
> How much will students understand when writing code in a language like
> Objective C or C# for that matter ?
> 
>    One of the most useful apps in this series I worked on was "Find my
> car" which allows recording of the current location using the GPS
> feature in the phone and then after moving to another location
> requesting a map showing how to find the car again. This interfaced with
> a voice feature where instructions are announced on how to find your way
> back to the car or if they are in the same spot, the family members you
> may have lost ......
> 
>    All very exciting ...
> 
> Keep well
> 
> Kevork
> 
>> Hi Travis,
>> 
>> Apologies for the previous email - I have just transitioned to a new 
>> notebook and I had not set up my email signature yet!
>> 
>> I also hope I didn't get your hopes up! - basically what I wanted to 
>> say is that I have been teaching myself x-code / objective c this year
> 
>> and also plan to run an iPhone / iPad dev course in 2013 - I would 
>> love to collaborate on something if you are interested?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Adrian
>> 
>> 
>> Adrian Janson B.Sc, Dip.Ed, M.Ed
>> eLearning Coordinator
>> Melbourne High School, Forrest Hill, South Yarra, Victoria 3141
> Australia.
>> Phone: 03 9826 0711 International: +61 3 9826 0711
>> Fax: 03 9826 8767 International: +61 3 9826 8767
>> E-mail: janson.adrian.a at edumail.vic.gov.au
>> Website: http://www.mhs.vic.edu.au
>> Blog: http://jansona.edublogs.org
>> 
>> 
>> From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au
>> [mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au]
>> On Behalf Of Travis Parker
>> Sent: Monday, 21 May 2012 1:56 PM
>> To: Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List
>> Subject: [Year 12 SofDev] App development Sorry for the x-posts!)
>> 
>> Dear All,
>> 
>> Now that we have about 2250 iPads floating around the college, I was 
>> thinking of implementing an "App Development" course at year 10 next 
>> year that will run for a semester. We have also got a lab of 30 iMacs 
>> and  was going to use them to create iPad apps (Using XCode???). I was
> 
>> wondering whether anyone does anything similar to this currently, or 
>> has any ideas on what to include. I'd be happy to share and compare 
>> notes and experiences with any interested parties.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> Trav
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Travis Parker
>> Head of ICT and E-Learning
>> Beaconhills College
>> ( 1300 002 225 ext 3016
>> or Direct Dial (03) 5945 3016
>> 
>> 
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