Festival2012/Submit/App Development 101

• Title of session: App Development 101
• Your name and affiliation: Genevieve Smith-Nunes (Dorothy Stringer School & Sussex Downs College)
• Session format: (Learning Lab)

What will your session or activity allow people to make, learn or do?

App development 101 using Appshed.com. this is an online development environment for the creation of free HTML5 (or paid for native apps)

How do you see that working?

An all girl app hack is what I am looking to develop. to engage girls into Computer Science. I will bring several female students with me to delver the learning along side myself.

How will you deal with 5, 15, 50 participants?

Depends on equipment. in pairs to enable support for all learners. anywhere between 12-24 for better understanding and allowing the instructor to help individuals throughout the session.

How long within your session before someone else can teach this?

1:30hour

What do you see as outcomes after the festival?

Engaging more people with mobile technology to enhance their own learning. This can be built into most Keystage 3+ curriculum (UK)