Upper Key Stage 2 Computational Thinking and Creativity

Apps

Start your challenge by becoming an app reviewer. Learn about the basics of app design and come up with your own app development ideas at a creativity business meeting.

Teaching Outcomes:

• To investigate algorithms, review apps, and use a wireframe to design an app and its algorithms.
• To identify features of a healthy lifestyle.

Children will:

• Review a series of apps.
• Play ‘build an app’ game to learn about algorithms.
• Design a healthy lifestyle app using a wireframe.
• Attend a ‘creativity meeting’ and develop some ‘healthy lifestyle’ app ideas.

• Discovering apps, covering: Photo of Tim Berners-Lee; Definition of an app; What makes a successful app?; App-link game; Algorithms; Table for app review; Creativity meeting brief; Healthy lifestyle and wellbeing poster; Designing an app idea: key guidance & Appshed apps and wireframe explanation

• Tablets
• Internet access

An App for learning about the foods you eat and how they help fuel your body for your favourite activities from itunes.apple.com
Android Wear App allows you to start tracking and keep an eye on your personal fitness from play.google.com
An App for healthy grocery shopping and make better food choices, (have food packets with bar codes for this app) from play.google.com
Free images and videos you can use anywhere from pixabay.com

Take part in your very own in-school Appshed training session and learn how to create your own app. Finely tune those ideas so that you are ready for the off.

Teaching Outcomes:

• To create an app using Appshed software.
• To continue to reflect on healthy lifestyle ideas through their app development.

Children will:

• Take part in an Appshed training session.
• Create their own app using Appshed.
• Finely tune their ideas for their app, using their wireframe plan.

• Appshed training and app creation (I), covering: Training agenda and protocol; Appshed Academy video tutorial order & Appshed evaluation form.

• Tablets and internet access
• Appshed log-ins (free)

AppShed registration from appshed.com
Selecting the type of account on Appshed from help.appshed.com
Appshed Twitter feed from twitter.com

Continue your Appshed training and put all of your creative thinking into action by finalising your app. Will it stand up to both technical and content based reviews to help you achieve your App Development Award certificate at your very own ‘app fair’.

Teaching Outcomes:

• To complete Appshed training
• Finalise, publish and ‘market’ their app.
• Review one another’s apps.
• Reflect on the impact apps might have on a healthy lifestyle.

Children will:

• Complete Appshed training.
• Publish their own app using Appshed.
• Review one another’s apps based on technical criteria.
• Review one another’s apps based on content and functionality.

• Appshed training and app creation (II), covering: Appshed training agenda and protocol; Appshed Academy video tutorial order; Guidance on grading; Marketing card samples; ‘Highly Commended’ App Development Awards Stickers & App Development Awards certificates

• Tablets and internet access
• Appshed log ins (free)

AppShed registration: (a free online app-creation tool where users design, create and publish mobile apps) from appshed.com
Selecting the type of account on Appshed from help.appshed.com
Appshed Twitter feed from twitter.com