MAD-learn Summer App Camp

MAD-learn Summer App Camp Grades: K-12 Number of Students: Up to 30 Students Additional Resources: 14-Day Free Trial, CSTA Standards Alignment, CSTA Continued, ISTE Standards, TEKS Standards   Highlights: MAD-learn is a web-based mobile app development tool that gives students in ANY classroom the opportunity to experience the 6-step design thinking process by creating their very own mobile app with or without coding! This innovative web-based learning tool brings Mobile Application Development and programming into the classroom, sparks creativity, and encourages entrepreneurship. MAD stands for Mobile App Development.  Summer App Camp – A 4-day, in-person camp for 30 students, facilitated by the MAD-learn team, guiding students through app ideation, development, and launch while fostering creativity and problem-solving skills.   MAD-learn Main Features: It's Easy Unlike other app development programs, MAD-learn requires no previous coding experience and enables everyone to create effective apps. It's Unique MAD-learn is the only mobile app development platform with the design-thinking process built in. It's Educational MAD-learn uses the design-thinking process to align with national standards across North America. It's Award-Winning MAD-learn has won the Best STEM/STEAM Instructional Solution Award, the Best New Product of the Year, and much more! It's Made for Kids MAD-learn is optimized for students in grades 3-12 and teaches mobile app development in a fun and engaging way.   Curriculum or Lesson Plans: MAD-learn's standards-aligned curriculum, created by educators for educators, offers an overview, activities, and tutorials for each of the design thinking modules to ensure teachers have everything they need.  Alignments Design thinking modules and curriculum are aligned with national and state standards for computer science, STEM, and more. Lesson Plans Engaging and relevant lesson plans are available for each of the six steps of the design thinking process and beyond. Resources Video and slide deck tutorials help guide you through each step of your mobile app development experience.   6-step Design Thinking Process The MAD-learn curriculum is built around a six-step design thinking process. Students learn all of the important elements that are essential to creating a viable product, whether to be used as a unique presentation tool or an app for global consumption. And you don’t have to be a coder or a computer science teacher to teach with MAD-learn! Here are the steps: Ideate: Put all of your great ideas down on the Idea Board. The more ideas you come up with, the better! Plan: Use the Mind Map and lots of research to plan out what you want your app to do and how you want it to function Design: Pour your creative juices into making your app's logo and screen designs Build: Turn your idea, plan, and designs into a real app by building and linking each screen of your app Test: Use the MAD-store app on your computer or mobile device to see and test your app Launch: Request your teacher to publish your app on the MAD-store for the world to see!   Great for Both Young and Older Students Elementary level resources and activities suited for students in grades K-5. Secondary level advanced resources and activities for students in grades 6-12. Modular Each of the six modules contain customizable and downloadable lesson plans, presentations, rubrics, tutorials, activities, videos, and more. Self-Paced Give your students anywhere from a no-code to a heavy-code experience, based on where they are in their coding journey. You have resources for a WYSIWYG drag and drop app building experience or an in-depth HTML, CSS, JavaScript coding experience.    Standard Alignments: MAD-learn's team of educators have developed a set of courses, modules, and resources that are aligned to state and national standards in the US and Canada. ISTE Student Standards Ontario Curriculum Standards New Your Educational Technology Standards Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) EdTech Index CSforALL partner and alignment under the K-12 CS Framework   What's Included: Summer App Camp – A 4-day, in-person camp for 30 students, facilitated by the MAD-learn team, guiding students through app ideation, development, and launch while fostering creativity and problem-solving skills.