How to have students create apps?

Has anyone created apps with students? I keep hearing about kids creating apps and my students have asked if they can do it. However, I do not understand coding. I tried downloading an older version of xcode on one of our lab macs, but it didn’t work. We don’t have enough newer macs (OS10.7) to download the newer xcode. But, I don’t know if I would know how to do it anyway. Does anyone know of a free program with instructions to make game apps or easy apps?

Tags: android, app, apps, creating, development, ios

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Permalink Reply by C. Joan Seager on April 26, 2013 at 9:12am

I created an app using Magmito. It is minimal in cost and so easy to use. I plan on using it with my students. My uncle, a college professor, has his students use it for assignments in his class. Check it out at either www.didmo.com or www.magmito.com

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Permalink Reply by Kshitij Ahuja on April 27, 2013 at 7:40am

Hi Val,

There are many software you can use to create iOS apps. These are "tools" that aid the development process using simple web-based interface, and not the complex process that involved programming with objective-C and Xcode. But they do have limitations of what features you can develop in an app. Primarily these tools leverage the existing web content and RSS feeds.

Here are some of them: