Someone in the class is almost guaranteed to ask to do something different than what's shown in this tutorial.

If you are teaching the class, you should probably be familiar with most of the components and commands. If you are too old to know about these, ask your local school aged kid to help you. After all, this is the same shop that created the Scratch programming environment, and the original LEGO Mindstorms programming app. Most people learn the basic concepts in a matter of minutes. But the best place to learn App Inventor is on their web site and excellent series of tutorials. There are plenty of Instructables about it (some quite advanced). You do need to be familiar with MIT's App Inventor program.

Preferably, a computer with Chrome browser installed.

An old Android phone or tablet (currently 2.3 or later).

If they are happy with the basic app and don't want to program any more, well they can make a custom case for it when they come back to the Maker Group for classes on fabric and sewing, paper and drawing, woodwork and frame-making or even 3d design and printing. But it leads folks to Arduino, which leads to Raspberry Pi, which leads to electronics and soldering.

The project provides a good starting place for programming, but isn't quite enough to really satisfy - it's designed to bring people back for the next class. And they can bring the same thing back to class and keep expanding and improving their projects for several months. They can easily customize it, then add their own craftiness to a covering or case. It uses the free MIT App Inventor, so there's no cost.

FREE!!! Easy to do in one afternoon - NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED (Sunday, Sunday Sunday)Īnyone with an Android device and access to a computer can program a voice controlled application in an hour or two. Turn your old phone or tablet into a voice-controlled mood-light and status board. (And hopefully bring them back for more, or for a related class) So I created this project. The students needed to take home something both functional and fun that they could show their friends, do it in one afternoon - and it had to be free. Something that guaranteed even first-time visitors a definite win and big reward with no muss, no fuss, and no specialized tools or materials. I needed to create a class for our local Maker Group.

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