Coding, AI and Pie: Technovation Girls Workshop at MIT
Apr 1, 2026 selim's Blog
March 14, 2026 — This year we celebrated the Pi Day (3/14) by hosting 20 middle- and high-school students from the greater Boston area participating in the Technovation Challenge 2026.
My Coding Journey at the Navajo Nation @ Chinle, AZ
Sep 5, 2025 selim's Blog
Thanks to a Google grant I had the fortune to travel to Chinle, Arizona in May 2025 and help start a new CS course called "Introduction to Mobile Computing & Artificial Intelligence" at the Chinle High School.
MIT App Inventor Inspires Girls with AI and Data Science at Technovation Challenge Workshop
Apr 9, 2024 selim's Blog
On March 16, 2024, after a prolonged hiatus due to the pandemic, the MIT App Inventor team had the delightful opportunity to host 24 girls participating in the Technovation Challenge 2024.
MIT App Inventor at Maine State Prison
Jan 1, 2024 selim's Blog
Mind, Hand, and Heart: MIT at Its Very Best.
During Spring 2023, App Inventor team offered the Introduction of Mobile Computing and Artificial Intelligence course at Maine State Prison. The project was supported by a grant from the MIT Office of Experiential Learning and a cohort of 18 residents earned their certificates of completion.
MIT App Inventor Coronavirus App Challenge
Apr 10, 2020 selim's Blog
An unprecedented opportunity for Computational Action
We invite our fantastically creative MIT App Inventor community from all ages to put their ingenuity to good use and create socially conscious mobile apps that will help defeat the spread of the disease, aid our local communities and give strength to our fellow world citizens in these difficult times.
MIT App Inventor in Brazil
Mar 20, 2020 selim's Blog
Over January 2020, MIT App Inventor, partnered with C6 Bank, sent a group of six students over to the city of São Paulo to teach App Inventor. Our group consisted of students Murielle Dunand, Diego Escobedo, Tommy Heng, Victor Horta, Talia Pelts, and Viktoriya Tabunshchyk.
MIT App Inventor at Kentucky Middle School
Jan 13, 2020 selim's Blog
...a stellar MIT App Inventor workshop via videoconference to a class of eager eighth graders in Appalachian Kentucky. The middle schoolers had a great opportunity to learn how to create their first mobile app and pose questions to our MIT students about their experiences at MIT.
Black Girls Code visits MIT App Inventor
Oct 28, 2019 selim's Blog
On Saturday October 5th 2019, MIT App Inventor team had the great pleasure of hosting the Boston branch of Black Girls Code at MIT CSAIL. 24 bright-eyed young women beaming with enthusiasm, arrived at the Stata Center eager for an early morning of playful discovery and intense technology immersion.
MIT App Inventor Middle School Curriculum Introduced at NMSI K-12 CS Pathways Summer Institute in Dallas, TX
Aug 15, 2019 selim's Blog
Between July 22-26, 2019 MIT App Inventor collaborated with NMSI (National Math and Science Initiative) and held a five-day workshop for 24 teachers, STEM coaches, curriculum developers from all over the nation.