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dkf Code is Art Posts: 1 Reg: Jan 30, 2014 MCMINNVILLE, OR 6,260	confirm \| cancel 02/03/14 04:23 PM (10 years ago) buzztouch in CS-2 I teach computer science at a small liberal arts school in Oregon. As part of pushing mobile development down into the first year curriculum I plan to have my students use buzztouch in their second CS/programming course. I am not an expert, but buzztouch is the best resource I have seen for learning mobile development. To practice/learn basic Java - or Python - I strongly recommend http://codingbat.com/ by Nick Parlante. For web development/JavaScript I recommend the following John Resig associated resources: https://www.khanacademy.org/cs, http://processingjs.org/, Learning Advanced JavaScript (http://ejohn.org/apps/learn/), and http://jquery.com/. Title Comments I teach computer science at a small liberal arts school in Oregon. As part of pushing mobile development down into the first year curriculum I plan to have my students use buzztouch in their second CS/programming course. I am not an expert, but buzztouch is the best resource I have seen for learning mobile development. To practice/learn basic Java - or Python - I strongly recommend http://codingbat.com/ by Nick Parlante. For web development/JavaScript I recommend the following John Resig associated resources: https://www.khanacademy.org/cs, http://processingjs.org/, Learning Advanced JavaScript (http://ejohn.org/apps/learn/), and http://jquery.com/.

GoNorthWest buzztouch Evangelist Posts: 8197 Reg: Jun 24, 2011 Oro Valley, AZ 1,000,000	02/03/14 04:50 PM (10 years ago) Hi @dkf, Welcome to Buzztouch! I've been to McMinnville many times...we have family in Eugene and in Portland. Love the area! Thanks for the links. Many of us are constantly trying to learn new things. I think you'll find Buzztouch an amazing platform for your students. It's super easy to learn, but also super powerful as you have all the code at your disposal. As a learning too, it's second to none! Don't hesitate to post if you or your students have any questions. We're all here to help! Mark Comments Hi @dkf, Welcome to Buzztouch! I've been to McMinnville many times...we have family in Eugene and in Portland. Love the area! Thanks for the links. Many of us are constantly trying to learn new things. I think you'll find Buzztouch an amazing platform for your students. It's super easy to learn, but also super powerful as you have all the code at your disposal. As a learning too, it's second to none! Don't hesitate to post if you or your students have any questions. We're all here to help! Mark

Red Dog buzztouch Evangelist Posts: 805 Reg: Jun 16, 2011 Southern Califo... 18,800	02/03/14 05:17 PM (10 years ago) Hi @dkf. Welcome to Buzztouch and be sure to check out one of our developing groups here: http://whitebuffalomobile.com/bted.html Comments Hi @dkf. Welcome to Buzztouch and be sure to check out one of our developing groups here: http://whitebuffalomobile.com/bted.html

nadthevlad Code is Art Posts: 1025 Reg: Jun 07, 2012 Denver 21,850	02/03/14 05:18 PM (10 years ago) Thanks for the links. Working on my JS skills now. Comments Thanks for the links. Working on my JS skills now.

MacApple Apple Fan Posts: 4674 Reg: Oct 25, 2010 USA 61,140	02/03/14 07:02 PM (10 years ago) Superb on the education front, load of people enjoying some success, reward and happiness in that field on here, please to meet you my good man! Please don't ever hesitate to reach out if you have any queries and if you haven't seen this already take a wee peek - http://bit.ly/1nKUY6k - and have a quick read. Good stuff. All the best and welcome to BT my good man. Slainte! MacApple Comments Superb on the education front, load of people enjoying some success, reward and happiness in that field on here, please to meet you my good man! Please don't ever hesitate to reach out if you have any queries and if you haven't seen this already take a wee peek - http://bit.ly/1nKUY6k - and have a quick read. Good stuff. All the best and welcome to BT my good man. Slainte! MacApple

chris1 Code is Art Posts: 3862 Reg: Aug 10, 2012 Austin, TX 50,120	02/04/14 07:15 AM (10 years ago) Welcome - and thanks for the support! I think using Buzztouch to assist a college program makes complete sense. Feel free to ask whatever questions you have, and make any suggestions that come to mind. We're constantly working to make this a better product and better community. Comments Welcome - and thanks for the support! I think using Buzztouch to assist a college program makes complete sense. Feel free to ask whatever questions you have, and make any suggestions that come to mind. We're constantly working to make this a better product and better community.

Susan Metoxen buzztouch Evangelist Posts: 1706 Reg: May 01, 2011 Hopkins, Minnes... 26,260	02/04/14 10:01 AM (10 years ago) This is what I would do if I was teaching a class on Buzztouch. I would set up self-hosting of the Buzztouch Control panel. Within the self-hosted control panel, it is possible for two users to have access to the app at the same time, the Admin and the Owner. I would ask each student to give me a short name for their app, and then I would create an app for each student in my Control Panel. The student would be the Owner of their app, but the teacher would have Admin rights to see all of their work. The reason why I think this would work so well is because if a student is stuck on something, then the teacher will be able to go into the control panel and see what is wrong. In addition, either the student or the teacher will be able to download the app data. I haven't heard of this being done in a classroom setting, but I don't know why it wouldn't work. With this model, only the teacher would need to be a Buzztouch Member. Comments This is what I would do if I was teaching a class on Buzztouch. I would set up self-hosting of the Buzztouch Control panel. Within the self-hosted control panel, it is possible for two users to have access to the app at the same time, the Admin and the Owner. I would ask each student to give me a short name for their app, and then I would create an app for each student in my Control Panel. The student would be the Owner of their app, but the teacher would have Admin rights to see all of their work. The reason why I think this would work so well is because if a student is stuck on something, then the teacher will be able to go into the control panel and see what is wrong. In addition, either the student or the teacher will be able to download the app data. I haven't heard of this being done in a classroom setting, but I don't know why it wouldn't work. With this model, only the teacher would need to be a Buzztouch Member.

Arubaman Aspiring developer Posts: 636 Reg: Oct 20, 2011 Akron 16,910	02/04/14 09:40 PM (10 years ago) Welcome to Buzztouch, and thanks for the links. Comments Welcome to Buzztouch, and thanks for the links.

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