This guide was pulled together from a maker party that I held in December 2014 for 6-8 10-year olds who are interested in technology. It is loosely remixed from a number of resources found on Mozilla sites:
- Medium-sized maker party
- Chef Game (what the participants will be building and then extending. Also see the Resources file for other sample games.)
- Side Activity: KUMI paper toy (which are super cute!)
- Side Activity: Make your own t-shirt
Others are welcome to branch and remix as you'd like!
AppMaker is a free tool for creating personal mobile apps, even if you don't know code! Combine individual bricks to create and share custom mobile apps right in your web browser.
You can build:
- an app to chat with your friends
- a music-making app
- a personal goal tracker
- and more!
- 0:00 - 0:30: Arrival, Connecting to Wifi, Pizza lunch
- 0:30 - 1:00: What is AppMaker? How does it work? Sample app demo
- 1:00 - 2:00: Build the Basic Chef Game (PDF Version. See Resources](https://github.com/lpaglione/AppMakerParty/blob/master/Resources.md) section for more versions.)
- 2:00 - 3:00: Extend your app with one of the Chef Game Add-ons OR have a snack OR Make a paper toy OR Make a t-shirt
- 3:00 - 3:30: App finishing touches; scan them onto smartphones; present your app; discussion
- 3:30 - 4:00: Play each other's apps
- Computers (one per participant)
- Printed instruction sheets
- Large monitor (for sharing, demonstrating)
- Flip chart (optional)
- Paper toy printouts
- T-shirts, fabric paint, stencils
- Smartphones (optional)
- Pizza :)