CellDevBHS

Programming is the new literacy....PRENSKY [|Programming_TheNewLiteracy.pdf] [] - thoughts on PRENSKY ARTICLE

Purpose: Students programming cell phones

Why: Programming...New Literacy Cell phone adoption v Web-PC adoption 21st Century skills....collaboration, communication, team building, student directed

Platforms -iPhone (Apple)...CLOSED -Android (Google)...OPEN -RIM???

$$$$ Cash prizes from Google and Apple (Kliener Perkins) AppStore- sell! Web - sell Partnership with existing Developer/Organization

People Google - Andy Rubin, Dan Morrill Apple - ?

Tools - FREE iPhone SDK Android SDK...JAVA Web - both!?....Javascript/AJAX School provides iMacs

Questions WHat is best way to get started developing in Java? How can we get physical devices? When? Can Apple help? Can Google help? ANyone else doing this?

Notes Run this like a real project....no fake assignments! Use community entors (physical/virtual)