Welcome Teachers!

Teaching with App Inventor is easy with the following resources

Setting up Your Classroom

The most common way for students to use App Inventor is to establish a connection between a classroom computer and a mobile device over Wi-Fi, as described in our general setup instructions.

In many classrooms, App Inventor works without issues. A good way to test your classroom network is by following one of our introductory Hour of Code tutorials. If a classroom computer and mobile device can connect over Wi-Fi with one of these basic apps, chances are it can connect with any app.

Having trouble with classroom Wi-Fi and App Inventor?

Some schools have security restrictions on Wi-Fi networks that prevent the App Inventor platform from connecting to a mobile device. Teachers can share our Letter for IT Professionals in Schools to answer common technical questions, recommend network settings, and provide alternatives.

Don't have mobile devices for students?

Students can use our Android emulator on their computers to test apps as they code. If your classroom has Chromebooks, students can code and test apps inside the Chromebook operating system.

Computational Thinking Curriculum

Based on the Coolthink@JC curriculum, these ten units comprise approximately 50 hours of content. Students learn to think computationally while making mobile apps with MIT App Inventor. Developed by MIT App Inventor in collaboration with Education University of Hong Kong with support from the Hong Kong Jockey Club, this curriculum is targeted toward middle school grades and up.

Mobile CSP

This high school curriculum is a College Board-endorsed AP Computer Science Principles curriculum and professional development based on the theme of mobile computing. The course engages students, is project-based, and encourages collaboration and creativity.

The Internet of Things:
Data Acquisition and Analysis

An image of the IoT app with labels showing sensor data.

Solving Real-World Problems: The internet of things (IoT) is a way collect and analyze real-world data to solve important problems. Today, almost every electronic device, even tiny ones, can be connected in some way to the Internet. It's critical for students to understand how data can move in and out of those devices! IoT lets us remotely control lights in our homes, monitor our property and make data-informed decisions about our communities, factories, and businesses.

Data Science: Visualizing and Analyzing Data
from a Spreadsheet

An image of a graph showing ice duration data for Spirit Lake in Iowa.

Developing and Using Models: Students create a graph using data from a Google Sheets spreadsheet. They compare datasets found on multiple sheets and, in a final step, add a line of best fit. Today, making sense of data through visualization is a crucial skill for identifying real-world problems in your community and communicating evidence about them to others. This guide provides everything students need to start learning how to create new phone apps with their own datasets.

Community Forum

We encourage everyone to join and participate in discussions on our community site. Go to Groups, and request to be added to the " Teach App Inventor" group. Educators can also share ideas, lesson plans, activities, etc through the community platform.