How to start a high school Java/Android development club for 13-17 year olds
- by PaulHurleyuk
My wife is a high school maths teacher, and is considering starting a programming club for 13-17 years olds who show an interest. Their interest seems to be around Apps and Android which I have little experience of.
The kids would be (presumably) interested in programming, and have a fairly high level of computing knowledge. We would provide them with resources and some knowledge, but hopefully a lot would be self guided. I'm hoping stack overflow'ers can provide some tips or starting points. Specific things I think I'll need are;
A development Environment; Currently I'm looking towards Java and Android, developed in Eclipse, probably installed on donated older hardware
Some initial direction; There seem to be a plethora or 'start android' tutorials, so some recommendations for good ones are valuable, as are recommended paper books
A Target; Some final project they should be shooting for
A Route; This is where I'm most stuck, how to lead them through the required Java concepts and learning they would need
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