Medford Students Design Apps

MEDFORD, MA - Medford students designed new apps at a recent app design camp.

Fifteen students completed the CS Pathways app design camp held at the McGlynn Middle School from June 27 through July 1. The students developed ten Android apps that were published in the Google Play store. This year, campers used AppVis, a new technology developed by UMass Lowell,which allows App Inventor users to publish data to the web-based iSENSE database, a release said. The apps addressed a range of themes connecting with our community partners, including:

•Parks in Medford, developed by Sam C. and Justin T., which allows users to publish Yelp-style ratings

of 24 different parks in the city.

•Healthy Eating, developed by Butaina D. and Joelle B., which includes advice on healthy foods, an

original game involving an image of a stomach and a set of food icons to be moved into it, and the

Team Medford web site.

•Wind Turbine and Solar Panel, developed by George B., which is an educational app that teaches you

about Medford’s wind turbine and solar energy, and includes a quiz where you can test what you

learned.

All students who participated in the camp week published an app in the Google Play store, a release said. Their apps can be viewed at the Middle School Pathways in Computer Science Google Play developer storefront, a release said.

The camp lead teachers were Damian DeMarco, Jessica Hamerly, Amy Lieberman, and Fred Martin.

UMass Lowell graduate students Farzeen Harunani and Mark Sherman and undergraduates Ashley

Hale and Michael Kusmirek assisted throughout the week. Project staff member Akira Kamiya led

camp logistics and also worked with students throughout the week.

***To access the Apps, go to the MPS Blog at www.mpsadvantage.education