Iris gave this presentation during Droidcon 2010 speaking about our experiences with App Inventor for Android and the Apps for Good course

1. Innovation from the fringes

3. 3 pillars
Education Community Tech

4. Young people learn to create apps that
change their world
1: ’Read the world’
2: Research
3: Design4: Do
5: Evaluate
 100 contact hours
 21 app ideas
 2-3 ideas researched
 App Inventor for Android
 Ideas Pitches
 Marketing, funding, UI
 “Dragon’s Den”
 Plug-in

5. Know your rights

6. A test: App Inventor for Android

7. 3 new lessons learnt

8. Plan first - Iterate fast

9. Product
development

11. AFG Expert Community
• Run an AFG course session as visiting expert
• Provide feedback during ideas pitches
• Share your wireframes and content
• Offer AFG students/alumni work experience
• Offer pro bono/discounted development time
• Mentor an AFG student/alumni team

12. http://ideaspitches-
dragonsden.eventbrite.com/