Code for Kids

• A Mac or Windows computer
• A Wi-Fi connection

You will make a mobile app, so it’s fun to see it run on a phone or tablet while you build the app (and after!). Some setup is required to run your apps

1. Hello Codi!
2. Talk to me (2 Parts)
3. Ball Bounce
4. Digital Doodle

As part of the Youth Mobile Power series, MIT App Inventor has developed a series of App Building Guides to help you get busy. Here is our list of guides and corresponding experience levels.

1. Mood Ring (Beginner)
2. Translation App (Beginner)
3. Snapchat Remix (Intermediate)
4. Don’t get Faked (Intermediate)
5. Sound Library (Intermediate)
6. My ToDo List (Intermediate)
7. Opinion Poll App (Intermediate)
8. DIY Book Club (Advanced)
9. Map The Movement (Advanced)

MIT is building tools into App Inventor that will enable even beginning students to create original AI applications that would have been advanced research a decade ago. This creates new opportunities for students to explore the possibilities of AI and empowers students as creators of the digital future.

1. Fake Voices: The Ethics of Deepfake (Beginners)
2. Introduction to Machine Learning: Image Classification (Beginners)
3. Alexa Hello World (Beginners)
4. Alexa Calculator (Beginners)
5. Personal Image Classifier: PICaboo (Intermediate)
6. Voice Calculator Tutorial (Intermediate)
7. Therapist Bot Tutorial (Intermediate)
8. Awesome Dancing with AI Tutorial (Intermediate)
9. Facemesh Filter Camera (Intermediate)
10. Simple ChapGPT App (Intermediate)
11. Simple ImagBot App (Intermediate)
12. Alexa Number Guessing Game (Intermediate)
13. ChatGPT App (Advanced)
14. ImageBot App (Advanced)
15. Rock Paper Scissors Tutorial (Advanced)
16. Alexa Messenger (Advanced)

The internet of things (IoT) is a way for students to collect and analyze real-world data to solve important problems. Today, almost every electronic device, even tiny ones, can be connected in some way to the internet. For that reason, it’s critical to understand how data can move in and out of those devices! IoT lets us remotely control lights in our home, monitor our property and make data-informed decisions about our communities, factories, and businesses.

Project 1: Message Me (Four Lessons)

Project 2: Gardening with Data (Three Lessons)