{"id":24,"date":"2014-05-05T20:22:19","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T20:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrmclaughlin.com\/web\/?p=24"},"modified":"2022-11-21T21:04:12","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T21:04:12","slug":"web-app-builders-05-5-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrmclaughlin.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/05\/web-app-builders-05-5-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Web App Builders 05\/5\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I ask myself and others the question \u201cHow can we get our students to become produces?\u201d \u00a0It was just recently published that we will have a space elevator in 10 years. \u00a0We are on the verge of major advances in all fields of science and technology. \u00a0It is imperative that our students move from consumers to producers to be successful in the future. \u00a0As teachers we need to help our students find the tools to develop those products. \u00a0I believe programming is a great way for students to become produces quickly. \u00a0A tool that I am now experimenting with is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211019215158\/http:\/\/appbuilder.com\/\">AppBuilder<\/a>.\u00a0This developer tool was featured on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211019215158\/http:\/\/new.livestream.com\/DEN\/events\/2471756\">VirtCon: Free &amp; Easy Ways to Wow Your Students &amp; Parents<\/a>\u00a0by Heidi Morgan (about 11 min in) \u00a0This tool is currently only available for iDevices. \u00a0Another tool to use is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211019215158\/http:\/\/www.appypie.com\/\">AppyPie<\/a>\u00a0this tool is available for most platforms. \u00a0Both of these tools can be mimicked using some HTML5 and CSS but that is a jumping point for your students into more advanced programming. Others include\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211019215158\/http:\/\/www.apps-builder.com\/\">Apps-Builde<\/a>r ,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211019215158\/http:\/\/www.appsbar.com\/\">AppsBar<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211019215158\/http:\/\/eachscape.com\/\">EachScape<\/a>. (Some of these cost money to publish but are free to create) These are a new generation of apps called Web Apps. \u00a0These are all browser based and allow for a cross platform experience. \u00a0No app store, no developers licence, no hoops to jump through. \u00a0Students are able to become producers now. \u00a0What apps might they make? \u00a0That is the question for them\u2026.Give them a problem to solve and some tools to solve them. \u00a0For example: \u201cFind a way to communicate with a group of people and guide them on a tour of our home town pointing out all of the natural habitats\u201d \u00a0This could be done with a video, an audio file, a prezi, a Google presentation, or a Web App. \u00a0Limiting them or telling them a tool they have to use might miss the point of the exercise. \u00a0The goal is for the students to become producers of something new. \u00a0Get out and help your students create!!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I ask myself and others the question \u201cHow can we get our students to become produces?\u201d \u00a0It was just recently published that we will have a space elevator in 10 years. \u00a0We are on the verge of major advances in all fields of science and technology. \u00a0It is imperative that our students move from consumers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrmclaughlin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrmclaughlin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrmclaughlin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrmclaughlin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrmclaughlin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrmclaughlin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrmclaughlin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions\/25"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrmclaughlin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrmclaughlin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrmclaughlin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}