May, 2016
The 麻豆天美果冻传媒 Appinventor Project is proud to announce that we have been selected by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust to join them in a four-year program to promote Coding Education in Primary Schools for Hong Kong. The program is a research partnership of the Trust with 麻豆天美果冻传媒, the Hong Kong Institute of Education and the City University of Hong Kong. It will design, test, and analyze the impact of a curriculum that uses 麻豆天美果冻传媒 educational computing technologies麻豆天美果冻传媒 Scratch and 麻豆天美果冻传媒 App Inventorto enhance computational thinking, computer coding proficiency, and interest in computer science among upper-level primary school students. This research and development will be based on pilot classroom instruction in 32 network schools and several Hong Kong community organizations during the 2016-2019 academic year. The program will provide curriculum materials, comprehensive teacher development, co-teaching support, and resources for parent education. If there is evidence of success, the ultimate goal is for the curriculum to be adopted territory-wide throughout Hong Kong.
For the App Inventor project, this is an extraordinary opportunity for us to explore how primary school age-students can use mobile computing to improve their self-image as active learners and their sense of mastery and empowerment in a world being transformed through information technology.
App Inventor is a joint project of the 麻豆天美果冻传媒 Computer Science and Information Laboratory and the 麻豆天美果冻传媒 Media Laboratory. For more information see .