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Alan Ellis

Coding Playground - Lesson 1

Grades: 6th Grade, 5th Grade, 4th Grade
Subjects: Computer Science, Digital Citizenship

Student Instructions

Tap add Your school wants you to design an app. The features are up to you. Let’s see what amazing and imaginative features you can come up with! So what could the app do? Will it have a calendar? Will it have a message service? Will it have school news? Page 1: Personalise the front page with a selfie and your name. photo label Page 2: Write an outline of your idea and answer the questions: What will your app do? What kinds of problems could your school app solve? label Page 3: Use the internet and create a mood board; the mood board is about gathering ideas and visuals that showcase app features, logo inspiration, potential names, colours, and layout ideas. upload Share your work check

Teacher Notes (not visible to students)

What kinds of problems could a school app solve? What features do popular apps have that we could include? How can we make our app fun and useful at the same time? What colours and icons make an app look appealing?

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