Lesson Plan Android #1: Getting Started. Setup. Topic Description

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  A gmail account
  
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  Registration for an App Inventor Account
  
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  Know the location of the web based tutorial information from HFOSS
  
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  Know the location of the web based tutorial from Google App Inventor team
  
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  If students are going to use phones to run AppInventor software:
  
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  A list of software that they need to download to their phones.
  
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  Completion of phone setup.
  

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  Students should set up gmail and AppInventor accounts in that order.
  
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  Students should research the topics of Open Source Software and AppInventor.
  
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  Students should have a basic understanding of Open Source Software and AppInventor by the end of the class.
  
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  Students should have access to google notes and HFOSS notes on AppInventor Tutorials.
  

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  Setting up accounts
  
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  Research AppInventor and Open Source Software on web and be able to give a reasonable explanation of what both are.
  
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  Have access to the tutorial websites for GOOGLE and HFOSS so they can prep for the next lesson.
  

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  Start the lesson by giving the students a quick overview of AppInventor on the Android phone. Talk about open source software.
  
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  Ask students to briefly look on the web for references to AppInventor and Open Source Software. Have students write group definitions of Open Source Software and a quick writeup of AppInventor in their notebook/journal.
  

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  At the end of this instruction each representative should return to their group and show their team how to set up the accounts.
  
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  Teach reps how to set up a gmail account: (www,gmail.com & create and account.)
  
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  Teach reps how to register for an AppInventor account at
  

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  At the end of this instruction each representative should return to their group and show their
  

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  Hit the home icon to get a list of the applications on the phone. Choose the market
  

keyboard pops up. Search for the following two apps:

- TTS Extended Services (Text to Speech extended service -Eyes-Free Project- Free)

- Barcode Scan (Barcode scanner, ZXIng Team - Free)

The TTS Extended service allows sound

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  Show students how to download the WORKITOUT app using this barcode
  

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  During the last 15 minutes of class go over the two definitions (Open Source) and (App Inventor).
  
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  Homework. Have the students look at the tutorial page for AppInventor and read about Hello Paw.
  

Resources:

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  Each student should have access to a PC and the internet.
  
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  www.mail.google.com/mail (gmail – register for an account)
  
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  http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/about/ (App Inventor website – register, need gmail)
  
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  http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/learn/ (App Inventor tutorial)
  
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  http://notes.hfoss.org/index.php/AppInventor:Tutorials (HFOSS tutorials)
  
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  http://sites.google.com/site/appinventor/home (Googles Appinventor site)
  
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  http://sites.google.com/site/appinventor/app-inventor-text-v0
  

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  https://www.google.com/bookmarks/