Fetc2015 app skills
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This document discusses an approach called "MAD-Learn" for teaching students mobile app development and coding skills. It argues that having students learn to code by designing and building mobile apps ("coding to learn") helps them develop important skills like problem-solving, collaboration, and communication. The MAD-Learn approach uses a two-phase system and conceptual learning model to guide students through the app development process. It presents mobile app development as a way to engage students in skills learning across curriculums in a fun and relevant way.
Fetc2015 app skills
- 1. S App Development = Skills Development How Coding to Learn Makes It Happen Presenter: Susan Bearden @s_bearden @tweechmeapp
- 2. Agenda S Our Mobile World S WHY students should be learning about mobile app development S HOW students should be learning about mobile app development S The MAD-Learn Approach
- 3. S Our Mobile World Meet the New “First Screen”
- 5. S WHY Students Should Be Coding
- 6. Voices from the Top S President Obama: “…the next language students will need to learn…” S Bill Gates: “Learning to write programs stretches your mind, and helps you think better, creates a way of thinking about things that I think is helpful in all domains.” S Stuart Silberg (VP-Hotels.com): “…schools also need to educate children on the advantages of learning those skills and how to implement them in both business and day-to-day life…Schools need to educate pupils that technology is much more than just Java, HTML5 and Excel – it gives them the tools to turn any idea into reality.” Why students should be coding
- 8. • Confidence in dealing with complexity • Persistence in working with difficult problems • Tolerance for ambiguity • The ability to deal with open ended problems • The ability to communicate and work with others to achieve a common goal or solution
- 9. “Vital & Transferable” Skills S Problem-solving S Using Technology S Working on Teams S Making Connections S Communicating Like many states, the Illinois State Board of Education emphasizes skills development as part of its learning standards for mathematics and English/language arts.
- 10. Add the “ISTE Connection” S Problem-solving S Using Technology S Working on Teams S Making Connections S Communicating S Creativity and innovation S Communication and collaboration S Research and information fluency S Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making S Digital citizenship S Technology operations and concepts International Society for Technology in Education’s Skills Development Expectations for Students
- 11. Add Real World Marketable Skills S Creative ideation & design-based learning S Product based/project based thinking S Presentation skills S Entrepreneurship S Marketability!
- 12. Value added proposition for schools S Application to other STEM areas S Opportunities for certifications S Students building apps for school S Students building apps for community/groups connects school to community S Monetizing app development offerings
- 13. S HOW Students Should Be Coding Coding to Learn vs. Learning to Code
- 14. What does “Coding to Learn” Mean? S When students learn to code, they learn to code S When they “code to learn” they learn much more S Learning by Design approach S Coding to Learn begins with a problem that needs to be addressed S Students work to find a solution, using a conceptual approach S Students learn vital & transferable skills
- 16. Phases of App Development S Ideation Phase: “What’s the problem?” S Planning Phase: “How should the app be organized?” S App Building Phase: “How should the app function?” S Content Building Phase: “What should the end user know?” S Testing Phase: “How can the app be better?”
- 17. S App Development = Skills Development
- 18. Problem-Solving S Questions, questions, questions… S What’s important? S How is it arranged? S Which templates should I use? S How do I get my audience to care? S How do I fix things?
- 19. Using Technology S How are the app’s parameters set? S How does the CMS work? S Which templates are best suited to the development? S Why does the app BEST serve the purpose? S How much time is spent “offline?”
- 20. Working on Teams S What is my role/what are my roles? S What is our system of “checks and balances?” S How do we ensure that every team member is valued?
- 21. Making Connections S How is the app’s content logically interrelated? S What is its connection to my class, school, community, world? S Why is my app relevant?
- 22. Communicating S Am I giving due credit to my sources? S Am I making the information accessible? S Am I using proper form? S Am I effectively communicating with… S My team? S My audience?
- 23. Considerations S Mindset shift S from “Let’s learn coding” to “Want to make something? We can use this to do it!” S Developmental, “structured lack of structure” S built on previous lessons, but driven by students’ ideas S Age appropriate goals S from changing colors to changing the world S Role shift S from instructor to facilitator S Fun work with quick payoff
- 24. Integration Options: Curriculum to Camps S As part of the curriculum S As part of a computer science or technology class S As an elective or exploratory class S As a club or afterschool offering S As part of a weekend “family engagement” event S As a summer camp offering
- 26. What is MAD-Learn? S Mobile App Development Learning S New approach to teaching coding S Two-phase system S Aimed at “the other 98%” S Adaptable program Creators of Technology with MAD-Learn
- 28. MAD-scout Apps A 5th Grade Girl at HTEA 6th Grade Student at Auburn Ryan is a 5th Grader at HTEA 4th Grade Boys at Auburn
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Editor's Notes
- #29: Slide 4 – Students are creating mobile apps These are some sample screens of Student Built app using the MAD-Learn platform Rainbow loom- 5th grade girl in Florida – over 20,000 downloads Auburn State Theatre – Business in Auburn, NE – built by students for advertising. iDesign by Ryan Six Dangerous Animals – 4th grade boys