Kids App maker

Kids App Maker

Subject:

Technologies

Year Level:

4/5/6

Strand:

Digital Technologies

Sub-strand:

Processes and Production Skills

Content descriptors:

  • Design a user interface for a digital system, generating and considering alternative designs (ACTDIP018)
  • Design, modify and follow simple algorithms represented diagrammatically and in English involving sequences of steps, branching, and iteration (repetition) (ACTDIP019
  • Manage the creation and communication of ideas and information including online collaborative projects, applying agreed ethical, social and technical protocols (ACTDIP022)

Link to other learning areas:

  • English

 

Link to resource:

http://www.kidsappmaker.com/home

 

General Capabilities:

  • Information and communication technology (ICT) capability
  • Critical and creative thinking

 

About the resource: 

The website above provides teachers with the software that allows their students to create and design their own app. Allowing a 21st century technological ability into the classroom. Apps are everywhere and everyone uses apps, however what apps we use and choose to buy is very individual. Bringing this technology into the classroom allows teachers to produce very individual work allows for a teacher to cater for the diversity of all students. Having this activity in the classroom allows for students to have fun technology, as this website makes making apps, fun, reliable and relatively quick. As kids work more constructively when their learning if fun and efficient I feel this is a fantastic opportunity to produce some high quality digital technology work.

Class activity:

  • Teacher goes over an example App on the interactive whiteboard. Students are each given an Ipad in groups of 4/5 and encouraged to go through a number of different apps. They must complete a worksheet by identifying the title, icon, and description of each App. Followed by the cost and the name of the designer.
  • They will then need to plan their App. Using an App Maker template, they will first draw out their app and explain their idea to the teacher.
  • Once they have planned their App, they will then move on to creating their app using the software on the ‘kidsappmaker’ website. Students work through the helpful video links as they create their new app.
  • Once completed students can then present or share their App with the class.

Reference:

Kidsappmaker.com,. “Kids App Maker”. N.p., 2016. Web. 8 Jan. 2016.

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