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After some brief explanation and demonstration, the students jumped right into work, excited.
They were given a template and a guide to complete the task, which was to develop an app to measure
Mobile Apps body mass index (BMI). With Dr. See and Mr. Peh’s help, students managed to develop the app smoothly.

Development Workshop Last but not least, a Q&A session was held. The students’ questions were mainly focused on their

by Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TARUC) academic progression of this special subject at TARUC later when finishing their SPM. There were also
questions on what courses to decide if they are interested in app development. It was a fun-filled as well
On the 25th of June 2022, Kuen Cheng As a start, Dr. See introduced to us operating as fruitful day for all of the participants.
High School’s Academic Department organised systems including Android, Apple, Tizen, and

a hands-on training programme on mobile KaiOS. In rural areas, they mostly use Tizen and
application development. It was a Saturday KaiOS to operate their mobile phones.
Independent Learning event, open for all Senior
Middle Two and Junior Middle Two students. The Next up, there were several programming

main speaker for this workshop is Dr. See Kwee languages like Javascript, CSS, and HTML. They
Teck, while Mr. Peh Guan Soon provided support are widely used in developing apps, though
and assisted the students. most developers use Java or Swift. For non-
programming tools, MIT App Inventor is a great

The aim of this workshop was to have software for creating apps. It does not require much
students learn how to set up and build simple computer programming or skills to function. It is
applications in the MIT App Inventor. The a cross-platform software for general purposes
workshop was held in the School’s Computer Lab which uses block programming. These are what

A situated in Block C. Students were required to makes it easy to use – great for beginners!
bring their own laptop, mobile phone, and USB
cable to the workshop.
Students hands-on

Dr. See Introducing MIT App Inventor
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