Making it Appen

An Idiots Guide to creating an MFL App

ICT / Computing in schools

Computer science and programming

becoming more prominent

Language Show Live, October 2012

All GCSE and GCE ICT/Computing Collaborate on MFL/ICT controlled

assessment project

specications have signicant element of digital design and creative programming

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DIY: Programming Developing Coding Distributing Reviewing Upgrading Use a one-stop commercial service DIY with semicommercial service

Apple Developer
Cost Time Ease Support approx $100 per year to register as Developer if you want to distribute Very time consuming to code and update. Complex programming - best left to experts Extensive - if you know what the problem is in the rst place.

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Android Developer / App Inventor

Cost Time Ease Support
$25 one-off fee to publish on play.google.com free to download SDK / Java / App Inventor

Windows Developer
Cost Time Ease Support WD - $99 annual fee with credit card .toolbox - free Depends on complexity! .toolbox - modular courses .toolbox v student friendly. Student zone
Clear advice online for Windows Dev. Good in .toolbox area, especially if setting up a school project for the rst time. Accredited courses.

SDK - time-consuming - involves coding App Inventor - marginally quicker

SDK - tricky coding App Inventor - more visual - building blocks

Lots of online support and manuals

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Blackberry Developer School webdesign companies

Cost Time Ease Support No registration or submission fees. Dependent on complexity but does rely on Java, HTML5, and CC+ See above Extensive online support and analysis

e4education.com empra.co.uk interactiveschools.co.uk schoolappkit.com + various others

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School webdesign companies

Cost Time Ease Support
Variable. Might be included in a school website package.

Online app development services

They do it all for you. Quick turnaround if using a standard design? Very easy - someone else is doing it for you.
They look after it all for you. Can you update with new content yourself?

appmakr.com appfurnace.com appsmakerstore.com applite.co.uk snappii.com + various others

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Online app development services

Cost Time Ease Support
Free to sign up. Subscription fee to host thereafter. Many take cut of your prots.

www.appmakr.com
Cost Time Ease Support
Free to sign up and try out. Need to be Apple Developer ($100 per year) to test and then distribute through AppStore. Other services and platforms at lower but variable cost.

Relatively quick, depending on what you want to do. No coding - blog feeds / cut and paste / insert app elements onto a storyboard.
Extensive - services created for nonexperts.

Quick - use a blog/website feed. Slow - process of tweaking for approval but helpful feedback at every stage.
Easy if you already have a blog. Will make Apple, Android and Windows versions for you. Tweaking for approval might be trickier

Extensive support and ideas for development.

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