We had a decent turnout for the December Meetup on Saturday at Patapsco High School. We had a few coaches who were able to attend, as well as a few students from APPlied Club teams around the county, and a few prospective coaches and middle school students (even one 4th grader!). We were very pleased with the turnout and hope that next time we have even more participants!
The morning was full of speakers talking to us about a variety of topics related to mobile app development and careers in technology. If you weren’t able to make it, we have some of the highlights from speakers’ talks posted on the blog. During lunch, students had an opportunity to meet and chat with each other, as well as the coaches and speakers who were present. It was great to see all of the different conversations that were occurring and the networking that was taking place. During the afternoon workshop, students and coaches had an opportunity to work with Titanium to get a sneak peek of the School App Project that is coming soon.
Despite having a rough time getting started with Titanium and the setup process, the students and coaches really impressed us with what they were able to accomplish in a short period of time! It was awesome to see students helping coaches and helping each other. When one person figured out something, they were willing to share that with everyone and it made for a really enjoyable workshop. (Our student app developers and their coaches really are the best!)
One student in particular, Terrell from Chesapeake High School, was able to customize the template quite a bit. We wanted to recognize Terrell independently because he was really helpful to the coaches and students around him and when he figured out something, he was very willing to share with anyone who wanted to do the same thing on their template. His app template was very impressive when we finished:
All of the students worked really hard and did a great job with being patient with Titanium, which was new to most of them. They also had impressive projects when we stopped working and you can see some of them in the Meetup Gallery below. We can’t wait to work with more these students on app development in the future!
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- The APPlied Club December Meetup Badge
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- Jean listens in as he prepares to give his talk.
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- Patapsco Digital Rebels give their talk about who they are.
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- Patapsco Digital Rebels talk about one of their favorite elements of APPlied Club, video trailers!
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- The prize table at the meetup.
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- The prize table at the meetup.
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- Mr. Imbriale attends the meetup virtually
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- Andrew Coy Presents his Talk “Today’s Extracurricular are Tomorrow’s Careers”
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- Andrew Coy talks abou the end of the factory model
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- Jean Carlos Cedre talks about moving to the United States
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- Eliot Pearson from AOL Advertising.com provides some impromptu mentoring
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- Socializing During Lunch
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- Eliot Pearson from AOL Advertising.com provides some impromptu mentoring
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- Matt Crisalli of Gush Games talks about how he learned Corona and launched his first game.
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- Terry Kilby of MGH gives his talk on mobile developer jobs you might not have thought of.
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- Students working on the School App Template during the workshop.
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- Students working on the School App Template during the workshop.
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- Matt provides some reverse mentoring.
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- Students working on the School App Template during the workshop.
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- Eliot leads a group of middle school students.
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- Students working on the School App Template during the workshop.
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- Students working on the School App Template during the workshop.
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- Students working on the School App Template during the workshop.
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- Students working on the School App Template during the workshop.
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- Students working on the School App Template during the workshop.
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- A student from Chesapeake High Schol shows off the mobile app he made during the workshop.
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- Patapsco High School student shows off his work on his mobile app.
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- Middle School student Matt shows off his mobile app.
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- A middle school student shows off his mobile app. He won a prize for the most festive app.
The Meetup was a great success and we have even more to share in the coming days. Keep checking back!
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