Enabling Purpose-Driven App Development in Playgrounds

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1001 Dents

Suzanne Lustenhouwer

11 episodes

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Interviews with Apple Distinguished Educators about their impact in the classroom. Apple distinguished educators or ADEs pioneer new ways to engage students and improve learning outcomes through the use of technology. Every ADE gathering starts with the mission statement. "We're here to make a dent in the universe. Why else be here?" in this podcast, we will take a closer look at those dents that these teachers are making. About Suzanne: Suzanne Lustenhouwer is an English and Coding teacher and Apple Distinguished Educator (Class of 2013) based in Amsterdam The Netherlands.

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Enabling Purpose-Driven App Development in Playgrounds

1001 Dents

23 minutes 47 seconds

1 year ago

Enabling Purpose-Driven App Development in Playgrounds

In this episode of 1,001 Dents, we talk to Kristine Østbye and Janne Christensen from Norway about their One Best Thing on purpose-driven app development using Playgrounds.

**Key points discussed:**

- Our original year-long coding project for 15-year-old girls in Oslo

- Challenges and successes of the voluntary after-school program

- Examples of student app ideas like outfit generators and homework planners

- How they adapted the project into a scalable classroom resource

- Using the "About Me" playground as a template for open-ended app creation

- Design choices in their project guide to make coding more approachable

- The importance of offline activities like the spaghetti tower challenge

Link to One Best Thing project:

https://education.apple.com/resource/250013124