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Rika Suzuki: Japanese University Student Turned Teaching Assistant
Sep 25, 2024
Rika Suzuki is spreading the word about App Inventor in Japan by translating the platform into her native language and teaching at the workshop that first gave her the confidence to code. She writes "I am happy to have had the opportunity to learn about App Inventor and will never forget this wonderful experience. MIT App Inventor inspired me to enroll in the Faculty of Information Technology ..."
MIT RAISE's Day of AI curriculum empowers K-12 students to collaborate on local and global challenges using AI.
Jul 9, 2024
Day of AI invites students to examine the intersection of AI and various disciplines, such as history, civics, computer science, math, and climate change. With the curriculum available year-round, more than 10,000 educators across 114 countries have brought Day of AI activities to their classrooms and homes.
National Winning App: The Journey of Four Seventh Graders from East Flatbush, Brooklyn
May 31, 2024
Four middle schoolers realized their dreams of creating a winning mobile app and earning a trip to the nation’s capital. Jayden Mclean, Jayden Byfield, Tristan Hitchins, and Florentz Macguffie (Left to right) won first place in the 2023 Congressional App Challenge for their app “SurVive.”
Chalk Radio: What’s Worth Making? with Prof. Hal Abelson
May 31, 2024
In this episode, Professor Abelson reminisces about his early experiences in computer science and discusses the importance of computer education for everyone — especially children. Fundamentally, Abelson believes that computer scientists need to confront not only the technical challenges of designing new systems, but also a deeper, humanist question: “What, in fact, is worth making?”
Case Study: Mainstreaming Computational Thinking Education
May 20, 2024
The CoolThink@JC program initiated by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust is a nine-year educational initiative which aims to provide computational thinking education to upper primary school students. Its mission is to nurture students’ proactive use of technologies for social good from a young age, and offer equitable access and mainstream computational thinking education in the formal curriculum.
Code Girls United Uses MIT App Inventor to Teach Girls Coding
May 10, 2024
When Marianne Smith was teaching computer science in 2016 at Flathead Valley Community College, in Kalispell, Mont., the adjunct professor noticed the female students in her class were severely outnumbered. Smith says she believed the disparity was because girls were not being introduced to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in elementary and middle school.
Listen: How AI will Shape the Future of Education with Hal Abelson
Feb 7, 2024
CSAIL Professor Hal Abelson has a long history of looking at the importance of Computer Science education and helping shape its future. Listen as he joins Kara Miller in conversation to discuss how AI will shape education moving forward.
AltruBot: A Pocket-Sized College Essay Advisor
Jan 25, 2024
Daunted by college applications, 17-year-old Angel Nicole V. Iniego turned to ChatGPT to create an accessible and affordable college essay advisor. AltruBot is an app that generates outlines for college essays. Using MIT App Inventor’s drag-and-drop blocks and ChatBot component, she brought the concept to life in the six weeks she was at MIT.
UNESCO: Shaping the Future of AI Education
Nov 9, 2023
From September 4 to 7, 2023, three members of the App Inventor community—Dr. Natalie Lao, Pedro Philippi Araújo, and Daeun Yoo—were invited to share their expertise on AI education at the inaugural UNESCO Digital Learning Week in Paris, France. A reboot of UNESCO’s Mobile Learning Week, Digital Learning Week is touted as the “new annual flagship event on digital learning and the transformation of education.”
2023 Teacher Excellence Awards Winners
Oct 5, 2023
Seven teachers—hailing from Malaysia, Italy, India, Brazil, and China—were recognized for their innovative use of App Inventor in educational settings. Hosted by the App Inventor Foundation, the Teacher Excellence Awards runs in conjunction with the yearly MIT App Inventor Summer Appathon.
Generative AI with App Inventor at Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan
Oct 3, 2023
In the training given by team members David Kim and Angie Zhou, students learned the basics of smartphone application development using the latest built-in components that can utilize generative AI, such as ChatBot and ImageBot, to create apps that talk to people or generate pictures from verbal content and more.
Crafting the Building Blocks of Accessible Code
Sep 6, 2023
What if I told you that my job is to program a programming language that helps other people learn programming? Sounds meta but it’s true! I work as a software engineer on Google’s Blockly project, which is a free, open-source library for creating block-based programming languages.
Education's New Era in AI: Cultivating Young Innovators ft. MIT App Inventor
Jul 19, 2023
The MIT App Inventor is not just a tool; it is a movement that fundamentally disrupts traditional narratives of tech. By offering an intuitive, visual programming environment, it enables everyone—especially children—to develop fully functional apps for smartphones and tablets.
App of the Season Winners Tackle Community Issues with Innovative Apps
May 25, 2023
Winning submissions address drug overdose, human trafficking, and more using cutting-edge technologies like ChatGPT and IoT. The five winning entries of the inaugural App of the Season competition—AI REI, COMBEE, Avid Reader, Found, and Smart Medicine Dispensing System—developed innovative mobile apps to tackle local issues in their communities.
Students Develop Apps to Support Local Community in Hokota, Japan
Apr 12, 2023
High school, university, and graduate students from Hokota, Japan, participated in the first-ever Hokota Wagamama Lab, which challenged participants to create apps using MIT App Inventor to address the needs of their local community.
The Future of Citizen Science is in Apps
Apr 6, 2023
Citizen scientists Marine Voskanyan and Jyoti Prajapati say apps, machine learning, and A.I. are the keys to open science communities. They were among a group of nineteen scientists who participated in the Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Machine Learning in Citizen Science, held in Trieste, Italy last month.
App Inventor Team Leads Citizen Science Workshop in Trieste, Italy
Mar 29, 2023
Robert Parks and Angie Zhou from the Education Team lead a week-long workshop at the Joint ICTP-IAEA Advanced School/Workshop on Machine Learning in Citizen Science at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy.
App Inventor Foundation Presents: Isabela Sanchez Taipe
Mar 22, 2023
“Before App Inventor, I was a user of technology. I accessed it in internet cafes, and that was it. But afterwards, my mindset changed from user to developer.”
App Inventor Foundation News:
Mar 16, 2023
The Creative Destruction of Artificial Intelligence
In September 2022, Mark Friedman represented App Inventor at the International Government Communication Forum (IGCF) in Sharjah, UAE, where he spoke on a panel titled "Creative Destruction…What Did the World Gain?"
App Inventor Foundation News:
Mar 7, 2023
Underprivileged youth in Brazil develop intelligent mobile apps
“Before Pode Crer, I saw technology as something just for fun. But after starting the course, I realized that it could be my professional career, my future.”
App Inventor Foundation Presents: Charleen Wang
Feb 7, 2023
“Learning new things is very uncomfortable. But once you get used to that feeling, you can learn anything.”
Charleen Wang shares her journey from learning MIT App Inventor at a high school hackathon to working as an SRE at Samsara.
New Book by our YR Media friends
Jan 19, 2023
Code for What? Computer Science for Storytelling and Social Justice by Cliff Lee & Lissa Soep
While many of their counterparts were steered toward acquiring digital skills to support the growing tech industry, YR Media youth content creators explored career pathways and the possibility of using code as a justice-driven medium for storytelling.
App Inventor Foundation News:
Jan 9, 2023
App Inventor Foundation leads sustainability workshop for high school girls in Mexico
High school girls in Mexico developed a carbon footprint tracking app through a workshop led by the App Inventor Foundation. Since the girls have some exposure to understanding problems surrounding the global climate crisis, the workshop enabled them to use technology to create solutions in the area.
Student-run App-In Club introduces MIT App Inventor to young people
Nov 30, 2022
App-In Club is a new student-run coding club with peer-to-peer classes and workshops, competitions, and discussion forums for youth. Founders Tianyi Huang and Aaron Li — two high school coders from California — envision the group as a global meeting spot to share ideas and tech skills around the App Inventor platform.
App Inventor Foundation Presents: Anant Bhaskar Garg
Nov 18, 2022
Empowering STEM changemakers in rural India
As a computer science teacher, Anant Bhaskar Garg sees his duty as more than just teaching things like algorithms and data structures. To him, these are merely tools for a larger end goal. His true measure of success is seeing his students become changemakers in their local communities.
MIT App Inventor Director Hal Abelson at MIT News
Sep 19, 2022
“Kids are people too!”
Professor Hal Abelson has dedicated his career to making information technology more accessible to all and empowering people — kids, in particular — through computer science.
App Inventor Foundation Presents: Dr. Gresse von Wangenheim
Sep 15, 2022
How a Brazilian University Prof Became a Leading CS Educator for Students of All Ages
Designing course curricula may seem daunting in the face of such a diverse range of educational backgrounds, but with a passion for active learning and some help from App Inventor, it’s no match for Dr. Gresse von Wangenheim.
2022 Teacher Excellence Awards
Sep 12, 2022
Congratulations to the 2022 winners of Teacher Excellence Awards!
In conjunction with the 2022 MIT App Inventor Summer Appathon, the App Inventor Foundation hosted the first Teacher Excellence Awards to recognize outstanding teachers who have promoted creativity, technological empowerment, and computational action through App Inventor.
MIT App Inventor at MIT’s FutureMakers program
Mar 29, 2022
MIT’s FutureMakers programs help kids get their minds around — and hands on — AI
The FutureMaker's Create-a-Thon had two tracks: an MIT App Inventor & AI track with 30 students, and a Deep Learning track with 45.
Use MIT App Inventor To Create Alexa Skills for Astronauts!
Jan 5, 2022
A fantastic new collaboration between Amazon, National Science Teaching Association (NSTA), Mobile CSP and MIT App Inventor. Alexa for Astronauts lets students become virtual crew members as Alexa heads to the Moon on NASA's Artemis I. Learn how to build Alexa skills in a whole new way. Sign up for the virtual space tour and for the new Alexa in Space curriculum.
Appathon 2021 at MIT News
Oct 1, 2021
Budding coders create apps aimed at real-world impact
MIT App Inventor’s “Appathon” joins programmers from around the world to imagine a better future and start building it one app at a time.
MIT App Inventor among the 2021 EdTech Top 40!
Sep 15, 2021
The EdTech Top 40 represents the edtech products accessed by the most students and educators across the United States via the internet between September 1, 2020 and May 31, 2021. Findings are based on 2m+ students, 250k+ educators, 8600+ edtech products, 2800+ organizations.
App Inventor open job position
Aug 2, 2021
MIT App Inventor has an immediate opening for an additional member of our development team. We’re looking for an experienced developer who can join us in the support and evolution of the App Inventor platform, including our new work in conversational AI. This will be a full-time MIT staff position located at MIT in Cambridge, MA. To apply, see the MIT careers announcement at https://hr.mit.edu/careers, job ID 19940.
Earn an MIT App Inventor certificate from MITx!
Jan 12, 2021
MIT and edX are collaborating to offer official certificates that demonstrate basic proficiency in creating apps with MIT App Inventor. To earn a certificate one must pass a 90-minute online certification exam developed by the MIT App Inventor team. The cost of the exam is $49 USD. Please click here for more information and to register.
App Inventor Gitanjali Rao named TIME's first-ever Kid of the Year
Dec 4, 2020
MIT App Inventor community congratulates Gitanjali Rao for her many achievements and for being named TIME’s first-ever Kid of the Year. We are proud to call you an App Inventor!
Voice of America News Story on MIT App Inventor
Sep 22, 2020
Software engineers used to be the only ones who built applications known as apps for a mobile device. That’s no longer the case. VOA’s Elizabeth Lee shows how the free online site is helping people of all ages around the world to create meaningful apps.
No programming skill - Your dream Android app in PlayStore -Appinventor
Jul 23, 2020
Technovation World Summit Update
May 17, 2020
Will the Technovation World Summit still happen? Yes, the Technovation World Summit will be held online! It will be a 2-day event held on August 13th and 14th, 2020. It will be open to everyone in our community.
Technovation to Host World Summit at MIT August 10-14, 2020
Jan 22, 2020
Technovation World Summit will run in conjunction with the MIT App Inventor Summit, August 10-14, 2020, a gathering of the world-wide App Inventor community hosted by the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL).
MIT students will train young Brazilians as app developers via C6 Bank collaboration
Jan 2, 2020
YR Media and MIT Challenge Teens to Make Apps. Meet the Winners!
Aug 8, 2019
YR Media and MIT Challenge Teens to Make Apps. Meet the Winners!
Hal Abelson on empowering kids through mobile technology
May 31, 2019
Build an app, change your world with Februarys Creative Computing Challenge
Jan 31, 2019
Beginning on Feb. 2 from 10 a.m.-noon, for four weekends. At the see science center in Manchester, NH.
Build an app, change your world with Februarys Creative Computing Challenge
Wellesley Creates encourages students to create an app
Jan 31, 2019
ChickTech workshop brings technology know-how, careers to Missoula-area girls
Dec 13, 2018
ChickTech workshop brings technology know-how, careers to Missoula-area girls
North Dallas students app selected to represent Rep. Pete Sessions district
Dec 13, 2018
North Dallas students app selected to represent Rep. Pete Sessions district
Middle School Teachers Learn About Computer Science
Dec 3, 2018
Afterschool Program In Edison Exposes Students to Tech Skills, Careers
Dec 3, 2018
Afterschool Program In Edison Exposes Students to Tech Skills, Careers
Adopt a Pollinator for a Pet: 10-Year-Old Invents an App to Save Bees
Dec 3, 2018
Adopt a Pollinator for a Pet: 10-Year-Old Invents an App to Save Bees
TeenHack Summer Workshop 2018: 118 Kids & Teenagers Receives A Lifetime Digital Skill & Experience In Abia State
Oct 4, 2018
Amazon expands Alexa Fund Fellowship to 18 universities to support voice technology research
Aug 24, 2018
Amazon expands Alexa Fund Fellowship to 18 universities to support voice technology research
School girls use technology to make apps tackling low self-esteem in peers
Aug 6, 2018
School girls use technology to make apps tackling low self-esteem in peers
Lenovo and NAF Announce 2018 Mobile App Fan Favorite
Aug 6, 2018
Middle School Coders Create App To Help With Memory Loss
Jun 13, 2018
Capital One Coders gives middle school students a look at software development
Jun 12, 2018
Capital One Coders gives middle school students a look at software development
Qatars youngest app developers rewarded at YouthMobile contest
May 17, 2018
Qatars youngest app developers rewarded at YouthMobile contest
Etobicoke Grade 9 girls win Toronto tech award for best health app
May 17, 2018
Etobicoke Grade 9 girls win Toronto tech award for best health app
Students find a common language with computer science
May 1, 2018
Hackathon organization hosts girls-only event
Apr 2, 2018
Dublin High School Student Coders Develop an App for Schools: Taking Stay on Course from Idea to Reality
Apr 2, 2018
Modesto teens develop award-winning app to help homeless population
Feb 14, 2018
Modesto teens develop award-winning app to help homeless population
Over 3,000 students in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa learned programming with IT boards initiative
Feb 4, 2018
Over 3,000 students in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa learned programming with IT boards initiative
UW joins international competition to mentor girls in tech
Feb 4, 2018
William J. Johnston Middle School students develop app
Feb 4, 2018
Kuttikootam: About 30,000 Kerala Children To Get Training In App Building
Dec 18, 2017
About 30,000 school children in Kerala will get expert training in the mobile app building during the upcoming Christmas vacation.
Kuttikootam: About 30,000 Kerala Children To Get Training In App Building
Tech careers in Kentucky: A future emerges after coal
Dec 18, 2017
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Computer Science Education Week: Going Beyond Code
Dec 12, 2017
If you think computer science education is just learning to write code, think again. See how MIT App Inventor is working with people to go beyond code in this great article.
What MIT Researchers And Coal Miners Are Teaching Each Other About The Future Of Work
Dec 6, 2017
A chance encounter at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology between an alum from Kentucky and an MIT researcher has led to a unique partnership. Its focused on the future of the work in a part of the country where the coal industry has been hemorrhaging jobs.
What MIT Researchers And Coal Miners Are Teaching Each Other
Coding Creativity Reigns During Computer Science Education Week
Dec 6, 2017
Computational thinking skills and other STEM creativity mark this celebratory week. "Computer science should not be relegated to just one week per year, either. Educator Steven W. Anderson writes on EdTech that choosing Hour of Code projects that can be continued throughout the year is a great way to allow...
Coding Creativity Reigns During Computer Science Education Week
Esquels journey to digitalisation
Nov 30, 2017
"Making use of App Inventor, an open source software developed by the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), employees at Esquel are trained as app developers. 'We are the first commercial firm to make use of the App Inventor software, a programme initially built to engage school children in coding.' Knowing...
All-girl teams shine at global tech contest with health care apps
Nov 15, 2017
All-girl teams shine at global tech contest with health care apps
DIY Robot Arm Created With MIT App Inventor!
Oct 23, 2017
HCISD students build mobile apps in computer science program
Oct 6, 2017
HCISD students build mobile apps in computer science program
Lenovo Scholar Network Welcomes 68 New Academies Nationwide for the Advancement of STEM Education
Sep 21, 2017
Lenovo Scholar Network Welcomes 68 New Academies Nationwide for the Advancement of STEM Education
MassTLC Distinguished Leadership Award will be presented to the MIT App Inventor team
Aug 22, 2017
MassTLC Distinguished Leadership Award presented to the MIT App Inventor team
Girls on Fire ignites students coding passion
Aug 16, 2017
What happens when girls in one of the worlds largest slums start coding and building apps
Jul 25, 2017
What happens when girls in one of the worlds largest slums start coding and building apps
Lenovo and NAF Announce 2017 Lenovo Scholar Network Mobile App Development Fan Favorite
Jul 12, 2017
Lenovo today announced at the 2017 NAF Next Conference this years 2017 Lenovo Scholar Network Fan Favorite mobile app honoree. Following the top five apps announcement of this years national Lenovo Scholar Network mobile app development competition, Lenovo and NAF invited the winning teams from five NAF academies to showcase...
Girls Who Code Club Basks in Success of Under My Wing App
Jun 19, 2017
SHS girls win second place at U of C Technovation Challenge
Jun 13, 2017
Kiama kids prepare for Tech Girls challenge
Jun 13, 2017
Coding Class Prepares Brownsville Students for World of App Design
May 22, 2017
Coding Class Prepares Brownsville Students for World of App Design
Need to report a pile of litter, or a lost pet? There are apps for that created by Billings girls
May 22, 2017
Need to report a pile of litter, or a lost pet? There are apps for that created by Billings girls
11,000 girls with courage - is a revolution
May 11, 2017
Caldwell-West Caldwell Elementary Students Present Innovative Projects
May 11, 2017
Caldwell-West Caldwell Elementary Students Present Innovative Projects
East Palo Alto grade school girls Super World app aims to solve world problems
Apr 27, 2017
East Palo Alto grade school girls Super World app aims to solve world problems
Wellesley Education Foundation hosts CreateAthon
Apr 12, 2017
An innovation lab by kids, in the middle of a slum
Apr 12, 2017
eDebate app design wins Best of State in Verizons app challenge
Mar 29, 2017
eDebate app design wins Best of State in Verizons app challenge
GHS Girls Who Code Club Honored by BOE for Winning in Verizons App Challenge
Mar 2, 2017
GHS Girls Who Code Club Honored by BOE for Winning in Verizons App Challenge
De Pere Middle School app design wins national competition
Feb 17, 2017
NM high schoolers’ winning app teams them up with MIT to tackle local, national issue
Feb 17, 2017
NM high schoolers’ winning app teams them up with MIT to tackle local, national issue
Verizon names STEM High app team a Best in Nation winner
Feb 17, 2017
Sharon seventh graders win national award for autism app
Feb 17, 2017
Roboter programmieren wie die Profis vom MIT
Feb 15, 2017
Student Working on New App to Access Foxborough HS Info
Feb 7, 2017
Sharon Middle school students create autism app
Jan 27, 2017
Students’ anti-bullying app is finalist in national competition
Jan 26, 2017
Students’ anti-bullying app is finalist in national competition
Capital Ones Jennifer Manry on Girls Finding Their Passion in Tech
Jan 23, 2017
Capital Ones Jennifer Manry on Girls Finding Their Passion in Tech
Innovative Meeteetse middle schoolers win Best in Region
Jan 18, 2017
’’Technovation 2017’’: Orange Tunisie et Technovation Tunisia soutiennent les jeunes lycennes pour le dveloppement dapplications citoyennes
Jan 17, 2017
"Technovation 2017": Orange Tunisia and Technovation Tunisia support young high school students for the development of citizen applications
Paterson students outsmart crime through technology
Jan 17, 2017
Google 2017 CS4HS
Jan 6, 2017
To promote computer talent training, Google 2017 CS4HS project started
To promote computer talent training, Google 2017 CS4HS project started
Now You Can Make Movies of Living Cells With Your Smartphone!
Jan 4, 2017
Now You Can Make Movies of Living Cells With Your Smartphone!
How This 63-Year-Old IIT Alumnus Made It Possible for the Deaf-Blind to Read and Send SMS
Jan 4, 2017
How This 63-Year-Old IIT Alumnus Made It Possible for the Deaf-Blind to Read and Send SMS
Boardman Students wins Congressional App Challenge
Jan 4, 2017
Why Is This Big Bank Helping Train Young Coders?
Dec 22, 2016
Capital Ones C1 Coders Program Creates Excitement and Opportunity for STEM Careers
Dec 20, 2016
Capital Ones C1 Coders Program Creates Excitement and Opportunity for STEM Careers
EHS students take Congressional App Challenge
Dec 20, 2016
Investing in educators to meet the global demand for computer scientists
Dec 13, 2016
Investing in educators to meet the global demand for computer scientists
Camp K12 aims to catch entrepreneurs and innovators young
Dec 5, 2016
Danville teen wins congressional app challenge
Dec 5, 2016
Noida girl’s app for finding book seekers wins Google India’s contest
Dec 5, 2016
Noida girl’s app for finding book seekers wins Google India’s contest
Teaching Hong Kong students to embrace computational thinking
Nov 17, 2016
Teaching Hong Kong students to embrace computational thinking
Peacebuilding and Literacy through Tech Innovation
Oct 24, 2016
Youth-Made Civics App Puts Facts Back Into Politics
Oct 21, 2016
MIT's App Inventor collaborators at the Youth Radio Interactive team have just published a beta verision of Run 4 Prez, an App Inventor-created game for the presidential election season. Run 4 Prez is a race-style game where you compete against an opponent to see who gets to the...
Largest Single Lenovo-Hosted Volunteer STEM Event in U.S
Oct 14, 2016
Sydney primary school students named Tech Girl Superheroes
Oct 6, 2016
The code for success: Campers learn how to program mobile apps at MOHAI
Sep 16, 2016
The code for success: Campers learn how to program mobile apps at MOHAI
OPINION: African ’techpreneurs’ key to development
Sep 14, 2016
Hutchinson goes live with ’Coding Tour’ in Greenwood
Sep 14, 2016
Alunos se preparam para Segunda Mostra de Tecnologia Educacional
Sep 12, 2016
Alunos se preparam para Segunda Mostra de Tecnologia Educacional
My Experience at the MIT App Inventor Summit 2016
Sep 2, 2016
Take it from Longmont middle-schoolers: You can win the national app contest, too
Aug 31, 2016
Take it from Longmont middle-schoolers: You can win the national app contest, too
Taking on gender gaps in health care and technology
Aug 23, 2016
Protecting the environment in Senegal? There’s an app for that
Aug 23, 2016
Protecting the environment in Senegal? There’s an app for that
Tres estudiantes de 15 aos desarrollaron una aplicacin para denunciar acoso callejero
Aug 8, 2016
Three 15 year old students developed an application to denounce street harassment
Tres estudiantes de 15 aos desarrollaron una aplicacin para denunciar acoso callejero
Designing apps without coding using the MIT App Inventor
Aug 8, 2016
Everett students publish apps for turtle conservation and healthy eating
Aug 3, 2016
Everett students publish apps for turtle conservation and healthy eating
Serian Technation introduces app competition for girls
Jul 25, 2016
Teachers back in school, learning how inspire students with high-tech skills
Jul 21, 2016
Teachers back in school, learning how inspire students with high-tech skills
Lenovo and NAF Announce 2016 Mobile App Development Fan Favorites
Jul 21, 2016
Lenovo and NAF Announce 2016 Mobile App Development Fan Favorites
Capital One welcomes child coders to campus
Jul 14, 2016
Chicas en tecnologa ensean a programar un mundo mejor
Jul 1, 2016
El prestigioso MIT designa a un profesor sevillano como mentor para el mundo de habla hispana de una aplicacin educativa
Jul 1, 2016
Los alumnos se apasionan por aprender cuando inventan apps con su mvil
Jun 27, 2016
Los alumnos se apasionan por aprender cuando inventan apps con su mvil
Progetto Nerd, l’informatica roba da ragazze
Jun 27, 2016
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Project Nerd, information technology is the stuff of girls
MIT program gives NH high school teachers a course in coding
Jun 27, 2016
MIT program gives NH high school teachers a course in coding
Newtown Middle School Students Publish An Android App
Jun 27, 2016
Kids get Xtreme learning: Camp inspires students in science, tech
Jun 21, 2016
Kids get Xtreme learning: Camp inspires students in science, tech
Girls further love for science, math at Tech Trek summer camp
Jun 20, 2016
Girls further love for science, math at Tech Trek summer camp
Rochester’s growing options for making your own apps
Jun 10, 2016
THS students show off computer science skills at App Expo
Jun 10, 2016
Tecnologa para el empoderamiento de la mujer
Jun 3, 2016
Technology for women's empowerment
Este es el talento nacional joven que quiere cambiar el pas... con apps
May 27, 2016
This is the young national talent that wants to change the country ... with apps
Este es el talento nacional joven que quiere cambiar el pas... con apps
AppInventor Goes Local: adult students build an app inviting islanders to test their knowledge on the local dialect
May 26, 2016
Lenovo Scholar Network National Competition Winners Announced
May 25, 2016
Lenovo Scholar Network National Competition Winners Announced
High School Student Hopes New App Will Make Hartford Safer
May 25, 2016
Grade Six girls from Nth Vancouver create Hike Safe app
May 13, 2016
The Ross Road elementary students are semifinalists in the $10,000 Technovation Challenge, a competition that asks girls to come up with a mobile app with a business plan for solving a problem in their communities.
App developed by South Fayette students promotes school bus safety
May 12, 2016
App developed by South Fayette students promotes school bus safety
Identify govt school students too for Code to Learn competition: Smriti Irani to Google team
May 12, 2016
Identify govt school students too for Code to Learn competition: Smriti Irani to Google team
McKinley High students connect with business owners to solve real world problems
May 9, 2016
McKinley High students connect with business owners to solve real world problems
Colimenses develop App to report bullying
May 4, 2016
Youngstown girls create app for competition
Apr 26, 2016
Tech girls and the making of the Dharavi code
Apr 13, 2016
Tech company to train girls on mobile app development
Apr 12, 2016
Teenage girl coders from Mumbai slum are building apps to solve their problems
Mar 29, 2016
Teenage girl coders from Mumbai slum are building apps to solve their problems
Feel Like a Kid Again Play With Some Blocks
Mar 23, 2016
Kids across Asia compete in App Jamming Summit to create and code apps of the future
Mar 15, 2016
Kids across Asia compete in App Jamming Summit to create and code apps of the future
BHS students’ app wins first place in 2nd Congressional District Contest
Mar 15, 2016
BHS students’ app wins first place in 2nd Congressional District Contest
Local students take on task of building app for autistic kids
Mar 15, 2016
Local students take on task of building app for autistic kids
Kingsland girls creating app to benefit community
Mar 11, 2016
Stemettes host two-day hack event for International Womens Day
Mar 8, 2016
Stemettes host two-day hack event for International Womens Day
Getting Kids Interested in STEM
Feb 24, 2016
Video with Shinjini Das in which she highlights App Inventor as a great tool for getting kids interested in STEM.
Arksansas Gov. Hutchinson’s Radio Column: Congressional App Challenge
Feb 24, 2016
Arkansas Gov. Hutchinson’s Radio Column: Congressional App Challenge
Telemundo visits Burnett Middle School in the San Jose Unified School District
Feb 11, 2016
Telemundo visits Burnett Middle School in San Jose to see what they are doing with technology. Students show off the apps they have created with App Inventor.
Recognised by MIT and Google, this 10th grader is looking to improve school fleet management
Jan 20, 2016
Recognised by MIT and Google, this 10th grader is looking to improve school fleet management
Smithfield High School team awarded Best in State for Verizon App challenge
Jan 19, 2016
Smithfield High School team awarded Best in State for Verizon App challenge
Review of Learning MIT App Inventor by Walter & Sherrman
Dec 20, 2015
I Programmer Review of Learning MIT App Inventor by Walter & Sherrman
App Developed by 10-year-old for Chennai Flood Relief
Dec 20, 2015
Computer Programming Grows: Technology Grants Fuel Middle School Opportunities
Dec 17, 2015
Computer Programming Grows: Technology Grants Fuel Middle School Opportunities
Stratford School Asks: Too Early to Teach Coding? Never.
Dec 8, 2015
K women show GISMO girls theres no magic to learning computer science
Dec 8, 2015
K women show GISMO girls theres no magic to learning computer science
Warren Easton Engineering Students Learn How to Program Mobile-Phone Apps
Nov 30, 2015
Warren Easton Engineering Students Learn How to Program Mobile-Phone Apps
A Team Of Teen Girls Is Using Code To Change The Way We Think About DUIs
Nov 30, 2015
A Team Of Teen Girls Is Using Code To Change The Way We Think About DUIs
Students bring ingenuity and passion to Glendale Unified’s Invention Convention
Nov 17, 2015
Students bring ingenuity and passion to Glendale Unified’s Invention Convention
Microsoft and Code.org launch Minecraft tutorial to teach kids how to code
Nov 16, 2015
Microsoft and Code.org launch Minecraft tutorial to teach kids how to code
28 Year Old, Black Woman Creates App That Lets You Take Back Text Messages
Nov 16, 2015
28 Year Old, Black Woman Creates App That Lets You Take Back Text Messages
A Team Of Teen Girls Is Using Code To Change The Way We Think About DUIs
Nov 13, 2015
A Team Of Teen Girls Is Using Code To Change The Way We Think About DUIs
Disaster Mesh: Freshman juggles being student, startup CEO, woman in tech
Nov 12, 2015
Disaster Mesh: Freshman juggles being student, startup CEO, woman in tech
MIT Helps Train the Next Generation of App Inventors
Nov 10, 2015
Superheroes Summoned to Engage Girls in Science and Technology
Nov 6, 2015
Superheroes Summoned to Engage Girls in Science and Technology
Tween Girls Launch Hello Navi, an App Designed to Help Their Blind Classmate
Nov 4, 2015
Tween Girls Launch Hello Navi, an App Designed to Help Their Blind Classmate
Local Robotics Team Readies to Participate in Worldwide Challenge
Oct 27, 2015
Local Robotics Team Readies to Participate in Worldwide Challenge
Michigan High School Students Host Computer Programming Workshop for Middle School Girls
Oct 17, 2015
Michigan High School Students Host Computer Programming Workshop for Middle School Girls
Grant gives North Division students tools to build mobile apps
Oct 8, 2015
Grant gives North Division students tools to build mobile apps
High School Students Building Apps with MIT App Inventor
Oct 8, 2015
New Courses Deployed by Verizon and Project Lead The Way
Oct 8, 2015
Coding empowered these bright kids to create apps to make the world a better place.
Sep 20, 2015
Coding empowered these bright kids to create apps to make the world a better place.
Young People Dream of Blending Science and Technology At FIRST
Sep 20, 2015
Young People Dream of Blending Science and Technology At FIRST
Youth Radio Releases California Drought Trivia App
Sep 19, 2015
Village Academy High to Partner with MIT program
Sep 19, 2015
High School Girls Can Learn how to Code & Help Local Non-Profits
Sep 14, 2015
High School Girls Can Learn how to Code & Help Local Non-Profits
Medford Students Create Mobile Apps with MIT App Inventor Tool
Aug 18, 2015
Medford Students Create Mobile Apps with MIT App Inventor Tool
Tyler Technologies Sponsors App Contest to Promote IT Careers for Maines Youth
Aug 18, 2015
Tyler Technologies Sponsors App Contest to Promote IT Careers for Maines Youth
Youth Radio Partners with MIT to Create New App
Aug 10, 2015
STEM Summer Camp at UCSB Puts the Focus on Success for Girls
Jul 27, 2015
STEM Summer Camp at UCSB Puts the Focus on Success for Girls
Rowan Computer Science Teaching Android Apps to Middle School Students
Jul 15, 2015
Rowan Computer Science Teaching Android Apps to Middle School Students
Inside FIRSTs Scheme to Make Android the Heart of STEM Robotics
Jul 15, 2015
Inside FIRSTs Scheme to Make Android the Heart of STEM Robotics
Nigerian Teen Girls’ Waste Disposal App Wins International Development Challenge
Jul 15, 2015
Nigerian Teen Girls’ Waste Disposal App Wins International Development Challenge
App Development Summer School Curriculum at Lewis Central Middle School.
Jul 15, 2015
App Development Summer School Curriculum at Lewis Central Middle School.
MIT App Inventor Honored with MERLOT Information Technology Classics Award
May 2, 2015
The Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching MERLOT (www.merlot.org) Announces the 2015 MERLOT Awards for Exemplary Online Learning Resources This program recognizes and promotes outstanding peer reviewed online resources designed to enhance teaching and learning. The award is granted to honor the authors and developers of these resources...
App Inventor honored with 2015 MERLOT Classics Award
Feb 11, 2015
Its exceedingly gratifying to learn that App Inventor has been honored with a 2015 Classics Award, presented by MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching) Editorial and Professional Development Services. MERLOTs area editorial boards curate and review works that they designate as Exemplary Online Materials. Each board annually...
EPA Chica Squad Gets Shout-out at Google Made With Code Launch
Jul 8, 2014
Technovation Challenge alumnae, the EPA Chica Squad, were selected to be featured “makers” in Google’s Made with Code initiative. The $50M 3-year initiative to encourage creativity and coding by girls was launched in mid-June. The EPA Chica Squad extensively used App Inventor to prototype their mobile...
EPA Chica Squad Gets Shout-out at Google Made With Code Launch
Las Cruces Eighth-Grader Taking Homemade App to MIT Summit
Jun 18, 2014
A Las Cruces eighth-grade student is a home-town hero as his app is accepted into the MIT App Inventor Summit App Contest. Not only is he traveling to the Third Annual MIT App Inventor Summit, but the twelve year old, Mustafa Muhyi, also received some nice coverage in the Las...
Computer App Programming (CAP) Competition Launched in Hong Kong
Jan 31, 2014
Recently, a programming competition for young students called Computer App Programming (CAP) 2014 has been launched in Hong Kong. Using "CAP" as the symbol, CAP 2014 is co-organized by IEEE Hong Kong Section Computer Society Chapter and Hong Kong Association for Computer Education. Its aim is to enhance students' interest...
Two Teams from Alexandria, VA in Running to Win Verizon Innovative App Challenge
Jan 27, 2014
Schools Named as Finalist for Nationwide Competition from Fairfax County Mark Twain Middle School and Thomas Jefferson High School among nationwide schools in the running to win Verizon App Challenge. January 24, 2014 LAUREL, MD Eighty-one teams of creative middle and high school students have earned the title Best in...
UNH’s EPSCoR program recieves NSF grant
Dec 2, 2013
University of New Hampshire -- September 18, 2013
New Hampshire Ecosystem Computing Challenge Receives $750,000 Award from National Science Foundation
To be competitive in the 21st century workplace, high school students today need to acquire strong computational skills and be able to connect and apply academic content to real-world challenges....NSF supports Youth Radio Innovation Lab
Dec 2, 2013
NSF supports collaboration between MIT Center for Mobile Learning and Youth Radio to launch new Innovation Lab
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Youth Radio a $1.7 million grant to launch the Youth Radio Innovation Lab, a three-year project that partners underserved young people with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics...MIT’s app building software aids during disaster
Dec 2, 2013
September 30, 2013 -- MIT News Office
Researchers combine powerful new Web standards with the intuitive, graphical MIT App Inventor to aid relief workers with little programming expertise.
Researchers at MITs Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and the Qatar Computing Research Institute have developed new tools that allow people...
Teens show off App Inventor apps in Technovation World Pitch Competition
May 22, 2013
Technovation Challenge 2013 brought teams of high school girls from all over the world to pitch their app ideas and business plans before a panel of judges. This year's challenge encouraged girls to develop an app using App Inventor to solve a problem in their local community. Visit the
Verizon Announces Innovative App Challenge Winners
Mar 25, 2013
Congratulations to 2013 Verizon Innovative App Challenge Winners! The MIT App Inventor team will be sending trainers out to the ten winning schools to help the students use App Inventor to make their app design concepts fully functional. Full Press Release...
CSEV receives award from the New Media Consortium for unX
Mar 15, 2013
Centro Superior para la Enseanza Virtual (CSEV), our partner in the unX initiative, has been awarded the 2013 NMC Center of Excellence Award. Recognized for developing inventive and interactive models to transmit knowledge on online environments through their unX program. The unX program delivers massively open online courses in an...
unX offers Online App Inventor course in Portuguese
Jan 19, 2013
FIAP in Brazil is offering a free online App Inventor class in Portuguese! The course is made of 14 short videos that cover everything from configuration to the creation of apps with maps, databases, sensors, etc.
UK celebrates release of landmark computer science teaching materials for mobile application design
Dec 19, 2012
The first teaching materials for mobile application design in the UK computer science curriculum were officially launched last week. Jeremy Scott, principal teacher of computing at George Heriots School in Edinburgh, has produced the materials on secondment to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, in partnership with the British Computing Society...
I Will Inspire: Technovation Challenge PSA
Nov 16, 2012
Iridescent has released a captivating new public service announcement called "I Will Inspire". The goal of the ad is to encourage more girls to take part in the 12-week Technovation Challenge program. Enrollment information is online at www.technovationchallenge.org.
UNED Launches Spanish Online Platform for teaching App Inventor + Entrepreneurship
Oct 30, 2012
The Spanish publication El Pas featured this story about the launch of UNX, a new online platform for teaching entrepreneurship through building mobile apps with App Inventor. MIT Center for Mobile Learning is a collaborating partner in this project, along with Spanish partners Universidad Nacional de Educacin a Distancia (UNED),...
NSF Awards Grant for App Inventor Teaching Project
Aug 30, 2012
The National Science Foundation TUES program (Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) has awarded a $565,836 grant to support mobile programming education with App Inventor. The project involves Wellesley College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Massachusetts Lowell, and University of San Francisco. The focus of the...
App Inventor featured on NPR
Aug 10, 2012
In a segment aired on NPR on August 3, 2012 Marketplace Tech featured App Inventor in a story about summer technology camps for students. The teacher interviewed in the segment is Ria Galanos, who has been teaching App Inventor classes in Georgia for the past two years.
Motorola Mobility Foundation Announces Empowerment Grant Recipients
Jul 10, 2012
Motorola Mobility Foundation awarded an Empowerment Grant to the Center for Mobile Learning at the MIT Media Lab. The year-long collaboration between MIT and the Motorola Mobility Foundation will create a signature curriculum based on App Inventor, a simple tool for building Android applications. It will focus on empowering young...
Abelson Honored with ACM Educator Award
Jun 21, 2012
CML co-director Hal Abelson, a driving force behind the development of App Inventor, both at Google and MIT, has been honored by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) with the Karl V. Karlstom Outstanding Educator Award for his contributions to computer science education. Abelson is the Class of 1922 Professor...
App Creation Inspires Student Entrepreneurs
Jun 21, 2012
A recent article in Education Week details how after-school programs geared toward mobile-app development offer appealing ways to academically engage students in technical and entrepreneurial exercises.
UNED, CSEV, Telefnica, Banco Santander and MIT Create the First Ibero-American Community for Digital Entrepreneurship
Jun 21, 2012
June 8, 2012 -- Madrid
UNED, the Center for Virtual Higher Education, Telefonica and Banco Santander Learning Services signed a collaboration agreement with the Media Lab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to establish a massive open online community in Spain and Latin America. Thus was born the first Ibero-American...
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