{"id":1436,"date":"2023-02-17T05:50:04","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T13:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=1436"},"modified":"2023-02-16T14:17:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T22:17:53","slug":"become-an-app-inventor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/become-an-app-inventor\/","title":{"rendered":"Become an App Inventor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Become an App Inventor: The Official Guide from MIT App Inventor: Your Guide to Designing, Building, and Sharing Apps<\/em>
\nby Karen Lang (Author) and Selim Tezel (Author)
\n@ Amazon<\/a> | Bookshop<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> Have you ever wanted to build your own mobile apps? App Inventor, a free and revolutionary online program from MIT, lets you do just that. With the help of this companion guide, you can create six different apps, including a working piano, a maze game, and even a chat app to communicate with your friends. Then use what you\u2019ve learned to build apps of your own, like the young inventors interviewed in this book. <\/p>\n

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It’s STEM Friday!<\/a> (STEM<\/strong> is S<\/strong>cience, T<\/strong>echnology, E<\/strong>ngineering, and M<\/strong>athematics)<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2023 Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Become an App Inventor: The Official Guide from MIT App Inventor: Your Guide to Designing, Building, and Sharing Apps by Karen Lang (Author) and Selim Tezel (Author) @ Amazon | Bookshop Booktalk: Have you ever wanted to build your own mobile apps? App Inventor, a free and revolutionary online program from MIT, lets you do … <\/p>\n

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