App for Social Action Course
Create an app that supports social action
Students work in teams to design and create an app that supports social action over 7 sessions.
Skills development includes:
- Skills Builder accredited course providing essential skills for students
- Course also mapped to the computing curriculum providing social action,digital literacy skills and App Lab
- On-demand teacher training
Mapped to Year 7/S1 curriculums
7 sessions
In class or extracurricular
Basic programming
Curriculum Mapping
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Teacher Training for this course
Apps for Good provides a short online training course that we strongly encourage all educators to complete before delivering the course content. The training will introduce you to the concept of social action as well as the teaching approaches utilised in the course.
Training part 1: Course background
Objective: To help you understand more about this course, so you can explain it to your students.
Training part 2: Preparation
Objective: To walk you through the technical and general set up that needs to be completed in advance of delivering the course.
Training part 3: App Lab, computing & digital tools
Objective: To show you how to set-up your App Lab teacher account and how to use App Lab.
Training part 4: Feedback
Objective: To show you how to collect feedback in order to measure impact.
App for Social Action workbook for students
The digital workbook contains session activities so you can guide student teams through the course.
Course sessions
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Course resources
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Session 1: Technology for Social Action
Learning Objective: To understand how technology can be utilised for social action
Session 2: Ideation 1
Learning Objective: To understand what social actions a community needs
Session 3: Ideation 2
Learning Objective: To refine ideas for a social action app
Session 4: Expert Engagement
Learning Objective: To present my app idea to an expert
Session 5: App Development 1
Learning Objective: To outline how my prototype social action app will work
Session 6: App Development 2
Learning Objective: To create a user experience in a prototype app
Session 7: Prep for Showcase
Learning Objective: To complete and present my social action app prototype