Euapps4us trainers met in Turkey to be trained by Stucom team on the creation of apps for the project

1. EUapps4us
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23th-27th February 2016
Meeting in Istanbul
23th
Arrival and lodging of participants at AC Hotel Istanbul Macka by Marriott. All the teams from Turkey,
Spain, Lithuania and Norway were meeting at the hotel for an introduction and discussing the agenda for
the meeting
24th
Starting up with the first step of the training. First session started with an introduction of the software and
the layout. The software is called MIT App Inventor 2, and is a free software used to develop apps for
android phones.
What is MIT App Inventor?
MIT App Inventor is an innovative beginner’s introduction to programming and app crea-
tion that transforms the complex language of text-based coding into visual, drag-and-drop
building blocks. The simple graphical interface grants even an inexperienced novice the
ability to create a basic, fully functional app within an hour or less.
http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/about-us.html
To get started we needed a Google account, so the first step is to create and log in to the account. After
this, we were ready to start. Next step is to prepare the content. We already have the content ready in a
power point, so the only thing we had to do is to convert the PPT to images. Then were ready to build the
app.

2. 25th
Continuing the work. Starting with the layout, and placing the images from the PowerPoint in the App In-
ventor. Placing five or six slides per app screen. This was a lot of work and we used almost the whole day
to get all the images in to the app. We also started on the quiz and placing the questions in the app. But
the main work and the interactive functions
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26th
Continuing the work. We needed to program the buttons and the quiz. This is the most complicated part
of the production. It was also very important to get it right so that the app would work perfectly. When
this was completed, we would have a working app. Everyone at the meeting ended up with one app each,
that worked (almost) perfectly.
27th
Summarising the meeting and departure from Istanbul.