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App Inventor: Transforming Tech Consumers into Community Innovators

App Inventor is a free, open-source web platform that empowers people of all ages to create mobile applications and make a meaningful impact on their communities. Built on over 15 years of research and development by MIT and Google, App Inventor helps users become creators–not just consumers–of technology.

Its foundation lies in the principles of constructionism and computational action: the belief that people learn best when actively engaged in building projects that are personally meaningful and useful to themselves and those around them. Through teacher and student education programs…

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