[Yr7-10it] mobile apps

Mon Apr 16 14:15:27 EST 2012

I think the only problem with Lua for SD is that it is not OO out of the
box. There are ways to use it as OO, to some extent, but a conscience
effort has to be made.

Ziad.

On 16 April 2012 14:07, Townsley, Andrew A <
townsley.andrew.a at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:

> I would be more inclined to go with Lua/Corona for mobile apps and maybe
> some android SDK work.
>
> I could see Lua/Corona being used the the language of choice for SD in the
> future. 2D Graphical apps  on mobiles is a big drawcard I would expect.
>
>
> Andrew
> ________________________________________
> From: yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au [yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> on behalf of Paul Golub [golupau at santamaria.vic.edu.au]
> Sent: Saturday, 7 April 2012 11:39 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Yr7-10it] mobile apps
>
> Hi Emma,
>
> I'm still trying to get App Inventor up and running.
> Is there a non-beta version or only the beta version available?
>
> Thanks
> Paul Golub
> Santa Maria College
> 50 Separation St
> Northcote 3070
> 9489 7644
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:
> yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Emma MCLEAN
> Sent: Monday, 2 April 2012 8:29 AM
> To: Year 7 - 10 Information Technology Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Yr7-10it] mobile apps
>
> Hi Jannet,
>
> Sorry for the late responce, was busy with Parent Teacher interviews as Im
> sure everyone was. The emulator we use is called Windows Phone 7 Emulator
> and we use the MIT website for the actual program. Its called app inventor
> and it is hosted by Google and MIT - the website is
> www.appinventoredu.mit.edu/
>
> Enjoy
>
> Regards,
>
> Emma McLean
> St Helena Secondary College
> Eltham North
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au [yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> on behalf of Bane, Janet A [bane.janet.a at edumail.vic.gov.au]
> Sent: Tuesday, 27 March 2012 11:31 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Yr7-10it] mobile apps
>
> Hi Emma
>
> What is the program that connects to the emulator, and what is the name of
> the emulator?
>
> thanks
>
> Janet Bane
> Patterson River SC
> ________________________________________
> From: yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au [yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> on behalf of Emma MCLEAN [em at sthelena.vic.edu.au]
> Sent: Sunday, 25 March 2012 10:08 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Yr7-10it] mobile apps
>
> Hi All,
>
> I am also running an APP inventor course, we are using APP Inventor set up
> and hosted by Google and MIT its not too bad runs quite well - the course
> is in the 2nd year now and plenty of students have chosen it, however many
> did not realise it was not an APPLE APP course. We use a program that
> connects to an emulator.
>
> Emma McLean
> IT Teacher
> St Helena Secondary College
> Eltham North
>
> ________________________________________
> From: yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au [yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> on behalf of Townsley, Andrew A [townsley.andrew.a at edumail.vic.gov.au]
> Sent: Thursday, 22 March 2012 11:47 AM
> To: yr7-10it at edulists.com.au
> Subject: [Yr7-10it] mobile apps
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> Is anyone running a mobile programming course?
>
>
>
> I have 2 in the pipeline with a drag and drop mobile phone software that
> connects to an emulator or a phone, and the eclipse/android SDK. This took
> days to work out the setup.
>
>
>
> Andrew
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