[Year 12 SofDev] App development

Sat May 26 22:27:32 EST 2012

hi Kevork and all

Mobile OS ?  Because I am in an iPad community I am in favour of iOS --> Last year at Swinburne I did an android OS half day and it was good (scratch like interface)
If you make separate ones then I will go with both

Today at ICTEV conf the "killer Phrase" for me was  1:1 Self directed learning  both at school and out of school

effectively it is all about students learning  and teachers learning  - not teachers being oracles. There was a lot today about peer tutoring (teachers ->teachers, students - > students  and students to teachers)
Who controls what we learn, what students learn --> the learners.  we can try to control what we tell them but with 1:1 they can control what they learn, when they learn and why they learn.

So with iOS (& Android) we can help them to learn how to make apps that they can use to help others learn and help others with learning.

With Unity they can make games etc that they can export to iOS, Android and web base apps

Today I saw a web base app system , online systems to build simple apps and they are easy
e.g. ibuildapp.com,  www.buzztouch.com  and others

Apparently there is also red foundry .com  - uses code pieces to create apps, 

I am also excited about xcode  but.... (if you have looked at coding in Unity it is not simple but yr 7 students apparently can use the jigsaw approach)

This year NONE of my VCE students have printed in the classroom. They have iPads, can pdf stuff, upload to dropbox, share it with me, 
the old fashioned ones even email me sometimes.

They have insisted on a facebook page (because they are used to it --> I Use email to keep up with the facebook)

People want to learn --> let's help them to do it and help them to extend them selves  and hopefully they will carry us along with them.

Andrew
(still buzzing form the conference)

Andrew Shortell
CRC Melton

shortell at get2me.net

On 26/05/2012, at 6:34 PM, Kevork Krozian wrote:

> Hi again Trav,
> 
>     I think all our efforts to bring xcode to students will be worthwhile.
> I don't mean to favour one platform over another but to relay some
> experiences. 
> 
> I am about to get a separate IOS on line community ( mailing list ) set up
> to start building our obviously huge interest and passion for mobile
> technologies. 
> I had a colleague ask me 3 years ago what I thought elearning would look
> like in the near future and my response was " interactive digital mobile
> learning". 
> This will be true of all learning inevitably.  To be clear, we are looking
> at the use of these technologies, but influencing/creating the content that
> is built on/in/with them.
> 
> My students in Yr 12 don't really understand what paper is anymore. Only
> under extreme duress do they draw a UCD or DFD on paper and then capture an
> image to put into their documents.
> Most want to simply use gliffy or other software package and feel it is a
> natural part of the learning to master this tool to then answer questions
> about an SRS or sample SAC or learning activity.
> 
> I am about to get a separate IOS on line community ( mailing list )
> happening to start building our obviously huge interest and passion for
> mobile technologies. 
> At this stage which communities ( forums, mailing lists ) do people think we
> need ?
> 
> 1. iphone, ipad or just IOS ?
> 2. Android  ?
> 3. Windows Phone ?
> 4. Games for learning with mobile apps ?
> 5. Mobile learning ?
> 
> 
> Others ??
> 
> Kind Regards 
> 
> Kevork Krozian
> Edulists Creator Administrator
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> On Behalf Of Kevork Krozian
> Sent: Saturday, 26 May 2012 1:36 PM
> To: 'Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [Year 12 SofDev] App development Sorry for the x-posts!)
> 
> Hi Trav,
> 
> Yes, the investment is not lost on me.  I just hope xcode is not a negative
> experience for teachers and students due to its difficulties.
> I say this because I have taught XNA/Visual C# to Yr 9 and 10 for more than
> 3 years and most struggled. 
> 
> 
> 
> Keep well 
> 
> Kevork Krozian
> Edulists Creator Administrator
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> tel: 0419 356 034
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> On Behalf Of Travis Parker
> Sent: Wednesday, 23 May 2012 11:57 AM
> To: Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Year 12 SofDev] App development Sorry for the x-posts!)
> 
> 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.
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>> 
>> 
>> 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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