Sirikt 2015 International Conference

27th – 29th May 2015

Sirikt 2015 International Conference - 27th – 29th May 2015

Students create and teach how to make android applications

Nejc Grošelj, Gimnazija Jurija Vege, Idrija

Nowadays life without the use of smart mobile devices cannot be imagined anymore. Students were therefore excited when they got the chance to create their first android apps along with educational materials for them. Because they had no prior knowledge of programming, I decided to use a simple online tool Appinventor. We have set ourselves the task to present our school in an original and entreating way within the Erasmus+ project AIRNET at the initial exchange in Malaga (from 6th until the 11th of March 2015). In ICT lessons, students created android quizzes in both Spanish and English language. Then they uploaded the apps to Google play store. At our initial exchange presentation we wanted to check with those apps, how much the participants remembered our presentation. After that our students introduced Appinventor and explained step by step how to make the quiz. Students were then divided into heterogeneous groups and produced short educational quizzes on the topic of air. I found out that the program may be used as an excellent teaching tool for the initial phase of learning how to program. At the same time, you can expand the knowledge from different school subjects with made apps. In the 10-minute workshop, you will learn the advantages and disadvantages of Appinventor and learn how to make a simple android application in the form of an educational quiz. Students of our school will share their experience with making and teaching on how to make android apps.