DESCRIPTION App Inventor is a free, user-friendly tool that makes it a snap to create Android apps using Android devices such as phones and tablets-no programming experience needed. Users decide what they want their app to do and then click together the colorful jigsaw-puzzle blocks that make it happen. After the project is finished and tested, App Inventor turns it into a real Android app that can be run on phones, shared with friends, or even sold in the Google Play store. Hello App Inventor! Android programming for kids and the rest of us introduces creative young and not so young readers to the world of mobile programming-no experience required! Featuring more than 30 fun invent-it-yourself projects, this book starts with the building blocks needed to create a few practice apps. Then, it teaches the skills needed to bring app ideas to life. Throughout the book, a special Learning Points feature makes sure readers understand important programming concepts used in any programming language. RETAIL SELLING POINTS A quick and easy guide to making Android apps Create cool apps to share and to sell Use free online user-friendly App Inventor tool AUDIENCE This book is written especially for kids, but it's perfect for educators or anyone who wants to learn a fast, comfortable way to write Android apps. App Inventor is totally graphical; apps can be built without learning a complicated programming language. ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY Android devices such as phones and tablets can be programmed using App Inventor, which lets users design and program an app using their web browser and a free downloadable Java program. Apps can be tested live on an android phone/tablet or on-screen in an android emulator and then packaged up and downloaded to the phone or tablet.

Learning to grow spiritually is a lifelong adventure. The From Disciples to Disciplers series was developed to walk each participant on that journey of personal spiritual growth. Each of the six seasons (books) in the series contains 13 lessons that can be used in small groups, adult Sunday school, or 1-on-1 discipleship. You've been growing. Others know it. And God is honoring it. So whether you see yourself that way or not, God has matured you to the point where you're ready to lead. And we're going to help you get more ready. Season 5: Growing in Leadership focuses on how to stay functional even as you learn how to lead. You'll walk together through the foibles of leadership--communication, conflict resolution, building consensus, learning how to adjust your ministry, and learning to stay focused on God instead of "your ministry."

Learning to grow spiritually is a lifelong adventure. The From Disciples to Disciplers series was developed to walk each participant on that journey of personal spiritual growth. Each of the six seasons (books) in the series contains 13 lessons for small groups, adult Sunday school, or 1-on-1 discipleship. You've developed and deepened your walk with Jesus; you've learned how to actually live it out among those people you most care about; and you've begun to discover how God has uniquely built you. Now: How do you take what God's shown you, and help others walk through the same process? If you're asking those questions, you're ready for Season 4: Growing Others. This study will help you reach out even further, and more deliberately. Call it mentoring, discipling, coaching, or just being a good Christian friend to someone who needs it... after this study, you'll be ready to come alongside anyone who's ready to have a deeper relationship with Jesus. Just like you were, at the beginning of your walk with Jesus.

Jesus told us in John 15:13-14, "No one has greater love than this - that one lays down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you." But how do we do it? This eight-week interactive devotional will help you learn how to surrender and renew your spiritual lives, and launch you on a lifelong journey toward trusting God with every part of your life.

Learning to grow spiritually is a lifelong adventure. The "From Disciples to Disciplers" series was developed to walk each participant on that journey of personal spiritual growth. Each of the six seasons (books) in the series contains 13 lessons that can be used in small groups, adult Sunday school, or 1-on-1 discipleship. As you keep growing in your walk with Jesus, God may well put things on your heart that you'll need to be the one to initiate. That brings us, at last, to Season 6: Growing in Your Mission. God has given you a specific vision for ministry, and now you literally need to make the dream real. We'll help walk you through the issues that come with a God-given vision. Things like, first of all, how do you know it really is God, and not just you? How do you get others on board (and praying--a lot)? And how will you keep growing, even as the vision continues to grow and take shape? Because, no matter where you are, you never stop growing. God will always see to that.

Previously known as Teaching ICT, this second edition has been carefully revised to meet the new demands of computer science as a curriculum subject. With a clear focus on the theory and practice that supports high quality teaching, this textbook provides pragmatic guidance on how to plan, teach, manage and assess computer science teaching. Key coverage includes: * An awareness of the requirements of the 2014 National Curriculum for England * Developing computational thinking and digital literacy in your classroom * Pedagogy for teaching computer programming * Computer science in primary schools and the transition to secondary This is essential reading for secondary computer science student teachers and for those on primary initial teacher education courses seeking a greater understanding of the subject, including school-based (SCITT, School Direct, Teach First), university-based (PGCE, PGDE, BEd, BA QTS) and employment-based routes into teaching, and current teachers updating their practice. Carl Simmons and Claire Hawkins are Senior Lecturers at Edge Hill University.