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Welcome to the Summer Computer Club
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Computer Club Friends Pranav Karthik - Grade 7 Diego Gutierrez - Grade 7 Raghav Khator - Grade 7 Prithvi Kinariwala - Grade 7 Aditya Sai Koneru - Grade 7 Rishabh Krishnan - Grade 7 Ricardo Renner - Grade 8 Abhinay Dommalapati - Grade 9
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Overview of Hardware & Software Hardware – Central Processing Unit (CPU) – Memory (RAM/ROM) – WiFi antenna – Storage chip – Battery – Sound processors – Sensors (accelerometers, compass, light sensors) – Bluetooth chip – GPS receiver – Camera
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Software / Operating System – Kernel – Application layer Functions: -Process Management -Resource Management Examples: - Windows -Macintosh -Linux -Unix
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Android Specifics Developed by Google Linux based OS Mobile OS (Ported to different hardware) OpenSource (Android) Vs Proprietary OS (iOS) Why Android?
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Programming Languages Designed to communicate instructions to a machine Thousands of different languages (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_program ming_languages)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_program ming_languages Java (Developed by Sun, maintained by Oracle) AppInventor based on Java, we will be using as our programming tool
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MIT’s App Inventor Prepare your system http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/content/setu p-mit-app-inventor.html http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/content/setu p-mit-app-inventor.html Note: Use your FCPS Google Account for App Inventor HelloPurr http://beta.appinventor.mit.edu/learn/setup/hell opurr/hellopurremulatorpart1.html http://beta.appinventor.mit.edu/learn/setup/hell opurr/hellopurremulatorpart1.html Magic 8 Ball http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/teach/magic- 8-ball.html http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/teach/magic- 8-ball.html
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Introduction to Games and Animations Canvas Sprites Events http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/teach/modu le-2-1.html
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Homework – Week 1 Bouncing Ball (up and down) (https://sites.google.com/site/middleschoolandroid/home/app- inventor-tutorials/day-1) Tasks: 1.Bouncing up and down the canvas 2.Button to speed up and slow down (HW- Week2) 3.Bouncing off all four sides (HW – Week2) Challenge: (Week 2) Can you add another Ball and make it bounce at the same time as Ball1? Super Challenge: (Week 2) Can you make two balls that bounce off walls AND each other?
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