It’s been about a year since Google launched its Android App Inventor, its DIY tool for building Android apps. The object of one of the most scathing reviews in the history of tech journalism, App Inventor was nonetheless a much-anticipated tools among educators, many of whom were keen to use App Inventor to help teach programming.
At OSCON today, a panel of educators talked about their experiences using App Inventor in introductory, college-level computer science classes. Eni Mustataraj from Wellesley College, Ralph Morelli from Trinity College, and Dave Wolber from the University of San Francisco talked about the ways in which they had utilized App Inventor in the classroom.
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