Using MIT’s App Inventor, you can create your own app for a mobile device! Creating an App Inventor app begins in your browser where you design how the app will look. Then, like fitting together puzzle pieces, you set your app’s behavior. All the while, through a live connection between your computer and your phone, your app appears on your phone.
Here are some tutorials to get your started
- Get Started
- App Inventor Tutorials
Online Submission*
1. Take a picture or a screen shot of your app, then post your submission
2. Give us a brief description of your app and tell us what your learned.
Destination: MSI -Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives
Get glimpse into the creative and innovative mind of Chicago native Walt Disney!
Have your parent or guardian share a cool picture you took during your visit. Or you can draw your favorite memory on your passport and tell us what you learned about Walt Disney!!!
Online Submission Options
- Share a photo from your visit.
- Tell us something you learned.
Under 13*
- Draw your favorite memory from your visit on your Destination Ticket.
- Tell us about your visit. What did you discover?
Destination;
5700 S. Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60637
Exhibit Location:Main Level, Temporary Exhibit East
This exhibit is suitable for all ages.
This exhibit requires an additional ticket with a specified entry time.
Entry is not included in the museum’s general admission and requires an additional timed-entry ticket, which is $9 for adults and seniors and $7 for children 3-11
Exhibit Page: Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives
Make your voice heard: Tell us what Learning is to you…
What is learning? How do you learn best? Add your quote to this community conversation.
All you have to do is use ONE of the following the sentence stems…
- Learning is…
- I learn best when…
- My favorite place to learn is…
Here are some words that might get you going or inspired
Online Submission info:
- Go Directly to Submission Page to post your Quote
- Write your Quote, provide Source (Your First Name)
- Post your Submission
Under 13 Submission info:
- Go Directly to your destination ticket and write your Quote
- (optional)You can draw a picture with you quote
Notes:
- Keep your quotes bite size.
- Quotes must be your own.
Discover everyday art in your community. Find a mural, an inspiring landmark, or something that you consider to be art or artistic. Snap a photo of what you find and tell us what neighborhood its from. We want to celebrate the diverse art across our city.
For example: See a sample of the Murals in Pilsen
Submission info:
- Snap a photo of your found art.
- Upload your submission
- Tell us about your photo and what neighborhood or side of town is represented.
Under 13
- Draw a picture of what you saw on your destination ticket.
- Tell us about your picture and what neighborhood or side of town is represented.
Requirements: photo must be original and have brief description.
The PBS KIDS Writers Contest is for kids who are in Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade or 3rd Grade. Are you in a K-3 Grade? Great! Here’s what you’ll need to do to submit your entry. Don’t forget to ask for help from an adult here if you need it!
- First, take a peek at the Prizes and Rules page. Make sure you can enter the Contest. And see what you can win!
- Click on the ‘find your station’ tool below to learn how to enter you local contest.
- Review your printed version of the Contest Rules. It has all the information you need to get your story ready to submit!
- If you haven’t already done so, check out the Read Stories section of the site so you have an idea of what other kids have done in the past. You might get some inspiration!
See Here: About the contest
*Parents Submission Options*
1. Post a link to your child’s story: Submit here (Link and Childs First Name)
2. Write PBS KIDS CONTEST on the Destination Ticket under #MAKE
3. Write “posted link on tumblr” in the description.
Chicago has some amazing art museums and galleries. We want you to get out into the community a discover a world of art. Connect with historic works and maybe get inspired to create your own.
Document the museum you visited or an exhibit your visited, or a piece of art that inspired you. Tell us where you were at what you discovered!
See here for Recommended Locations
*Exporation Ticket submission info
1. Draw a picture of where you visited on your Passport
2. Tell us about your day at the museum
*Tumblr Submission info:
1. Shoot a photo of the museum you visited and a piece of art that inspired you
2. Upload your submission
3. Provide a Brief Description of museum and or what you experienced.
Discover Urban Green Spaces
Chicago has some of the most amazing gardens and green spaces in the nation. We want you to get out into the community a DISCOVER some of these urban gems.
Document the garden or green space you visited. Tell us where you were at what you discovered!
*Exploration Ticket submission info
1. Draw a picture of where you visited on your Passport
2. Tell us about your what your discovered.
Online Submission info:
1. Shoot a photo of the garden/greenspace you visited that inspired you.
2. Upload your submission
3. Provide a Brief Description of space and what you experienced there
See below for some Recommended Locations…
In Early 2014 Pharrell Williams teamed with directing duo We Are From L.A. to turn a track from Despicable Me 2 into a cool interactive multimedia experience that we know as HAPPY (The Worlds first 24 Hour Video).
CHICAGO we are encouraging you, your family, and friends to get your HAPPY on!
Go out and shoot your awesome moves, use your neighborhood, your school, and or cool land marks across the city as your backdrop. Upload to your Popcorn project so you and yours can be stars of the video.
No camera? No editing software? No Problem… Remix right from the web with this FREE online video editing tool.
Popcorn Maker is awesome. You can use it to create your own interactive newscasts, video memes, pop-up videos, multimedia reports, fan videos, guided web tours and more.
There’s so much you can do with Popcorn Maker—but you have to start somewhere. Take this tutorial to get started. https://webmaker.org/en-US/projects/get-started-popcorn-maker/
POPCORN VIDEO EDITOR: https://popcorn.webmaker.org/en-US/editor/
Need some inspiration: View and Remix the video above.
Submission Guidelines
- Submit a link to your video, or embed into a post.
- Provide a brief description of your video. (Please provide neighborhood, or places you are celebrating in your remix)
Write a Haiku Poem Inspired by Chicago.
Just starting with poetry, or maybe you’ve never written a haiku.
See here for quick HOW TO
Or see below for sample poem…
Chicago Blue Haiku
The City hears me (5)
Along the Lake shore Water (7)
Remembering Jazz (5)
Note: A Haiku is a poem divided into three lines with a structure of 5/7/5
Line one 5 syllables
Line two 7 syllables
Line three 5 syllables
=17 syllables
Submission info:
1. Go Directly to Submission Page and submit your poem.
*You may add a photo to your submission. (original photo preferred)
2. Post your Submission
You can post as a Text Post, Quote, or Photo (With Haiku as Description)
Required: your poem must be original and follow haiku structure.
Use POPCORN (Mozilla’s FREE Webmaker tool for video remixing) to create a interactive tour of your neighborhood.
Use Google Maps and Wikipedia, Soundcloud and more to explore and highlight the elements of your neighborhood.
Remix the project below to represent the best of your neighborhood.
https://popcorn.webmaker.org/templates/basic/?savedDataUrl=tutorial.json
Submission Guidelines.
1. Upload a link to your video or embed with into a post.
2. Tell us a about your project.
Footage, Captions and Clips must be suitable for all audiences.
Want to be a game developer? Start by creating your own customized version of Pong (one of the first video games created) by adding sound effects and changing the ball that is paddled around. If you successfully complete this activity you will know how to change the objects for most Scratch projects.
To work on this project you will need to create an account on SCRATCH at http://scratch.mit.edu/
Then go to http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/10015916/ to get your starter file.
Remix and make your version of the arcade classic PONG!
Submission Guidelines.
1. Upload a link to your Pong Remix
2. Tell us what makes your game different.
Get inspired. See additional remixes here
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/10015916/remixes/
