tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273607631343595525.post5049224700392735818..comments2023-05-24T05:09:26.087-04:00Comments on Seamless Services?: App Inventor for AndroidSC Spaethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08901506482162183618noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273607631343595525.post-51664874425882683922010-08-25T12:01:48.362-04:002010-08-25T12:01:48.362-04:00One of the reasons I am so excited by this venue i...One of the reasons I am so excited by this venue is that I saw 7th grade students truely engaged in applying ideas from math lessons. They were choosing to do the conceptual math necessary for developing games even when they could have chosen other activities. <br />App Inventor's hooks into the built-in sensors in Android phones (x-, y-, z-axis accelerometers, compass, pitch, roll and yaw, ...) seems like an incredible opportunity to engage and motivate kids in the "hard fun" of connecting academics to something they really want to do.<br />http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/learn/reference/components/sensors.htmlSC Spaethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08901506482162183618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273607631343595525.post-6220713643151314282010-08-22T16:47:40.981-04:002010-08-22T16:47:40.981-04:00Still waiting for an invitation. While I wait for ...Still waiting for an invitation. While I wait for this and Gamestar Mechanic to get out of Beta, I decided to see if I can find a solution for text input. Tried both Swype and Dasher. It will take more time with each to make a vallid evaluation. This in the sentence above refers to the App Inventor.SC Spaethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08901506482162183618noreply@blogger.com