MAD-learn Summer App Camp

MAD-learn Summer App Camp

• Grades: K-12
• Number of Students: Up to 30 Students
• Additional Resources: 14-Day Free Trial, CSTA Standards Alignment, CSTA Continued, ISTE Standards, TEKS Standards

Highlights:

MAD-learn is a web-based mobile app development tool that gives students in ANY classroom the opportunity to experience the 6-step design thinking process by creating their very own mobile app with or without coding! This innovative web-based learning tool brings Mobile Application Development and programming into the classroom, sparks creativity, and encourages entrepreneurship. MAD stands for Mobile App Development. 

Summer App Camp – A 4-day, in-person camp for 30 students, facilitated by the MAD-learn team, guiding students through app ideation, development, and launch while fostering creativity and problem-solving skills.

MAD-learn Main Features:

It's Easy

• Unlike other app development programs, MAD-learn requires no previous coding experience and enables everyone to create effective apps.

It's Unique

• MAD-learn is the only mobile app development platform with the design-thinking process built in.

It's Educational

• MAD-learn uses the design-thinking process to align with national standards across North America.

It's Award-Winning

• MAD-learn has won the Best STEM/STEAM Instructional Solution Award, the Best New Product of the Year, and much more!

It's Made for Kids

• MAD-learn is optimized for students in grades 3-12 and teaches mobile app development in a fun and engaging way.

Curriculum or Lesson Plans:

MAD-learn's standards-aligned curriculum, created by educators for educators, offers an overview, activities, and tutorials for each of the design thinking modules to ensure teachers have everything they need. 

Alignments

• Design thinking modules and curriculum are aligned with national and state standards for computer science, STEM, and more.

Lesson Plans

• Engaging and relevant lesson plans are available for each of the six steps of the design thinking process and beyond.

Resources

• Video and slide deck tutorials help guide you through each step of your mobile app development experience.

6-step Design Thinking Process

The MAD-learn curriculum is built around a six-step design thinking process. Students learn all of the important elements that are essential to creating a viable product, whether to be used as a unique presentation tool or an app for global consumption. And you don’t have to be a coder or a computer science teacher to teach with MAD-learn! Here are the steps:

1. Ideate: Put all of your great ideas down on the Idea Board. The more ideas you come up with, the better!
2. Plan: Use the Mind Map and lots of research to plan out what you want your app to do and how you want it to function
3. Design: Pour your creative juices into making your app's logo and screen designs
4. Build: Turn your idea, plan, and designs into a real app by building and linking each screen of your app
5. Test: Use the MAD-store app on your computer or mobile device to see and test your app
6. Launch: Request your teacher to publish your app on the MAD-store for the world to see!

Great for Both Young and Older Students

• Elementary level resources and activities suited for students in grades K-5. Secondary level advanced resources and activities for students in grades 6-12.

Modular

• Each of the six modules contain customizable and downloadable lesson plans, presentations, rubrics, tutorials, activities, videos, and more.

Self-Paced

• Give your students anywhere from a no-code to a heavy-code experience, based on where they are in their coding journey. You have resources for a WYSIWYG drag and drop app building experience or an in-depth HTML, CSS, JavaScript coding experience. 

Standard Alignments:

MAD-learn's team of educators have developed a set of courses, modules, and resources that are aligned to state and national standards in the US and Canada.

• ISTE Student Standards
• Ontario Curriculum Standards
• New Your Educational Technology Standards
• Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
• EdTech Index
• CSforALL partner and alignment under the K-12 CS Framework

What's Included:

Summer App Camp – A 4-day, in-person camp for 30 students, facilitated by the MAD-learn team, guiding students through app ideation, development, and launch while fostering creativity and problem-solving skills.