East Lothian Local Authority

by Heather Laine on February 13, 2015 No comments

East Lothian Council has selected LiveCode to be deployed across all secondary schools in the region.

This initiative supports a drive by East Lothian education authority to revolutionise the way computer science is taught in secondary schools by ensuring students gain a practical insight into computer studies. The deployment took place in stages over the course of 2012.

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Mattercat

by Heather Laine on February 12, 2015 No comments

shapeimage_1The Challenge: To create an application that works the way a busy attorney works. An app that works on the most popular platforms available today which include iOS, Android, Mac and Windows. The app must be native to each device and platform. The app must work off-line and synchronize data to the attorney’s office computer, home computer, laptop, and tablet. The app must also share data with all of the staff in the firm.

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Community Outreach in NYC

by Steven Crighton on February 12, 2015 3 comments

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LiveCode in New York

Are you in or around New York for the next month or so? Join the app coding movement when Livecode brings #EveryoneCanCreateApps to communities throughout New York City. Events will be taking place from February 17 through March 9, 2015. The training sessions will include hands-on presentations and discussions about; coding and app development, small-business optimization, entrepreneurship, career-change and the huge job opportunities that remain unfilled for people with the technical coding skill set.

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Gracemount High School

by Heather Laine on February 12, 2015 No comments

Steven Whyte is a Computer Studies Teacher at Gracemount High School in Edinburgh, Scotland. He has been teaching a course using LiveCode to his Standard Grade and Higher students, ages 13 -18, with the course fulfilling all requirements needed to teach programming to exam level.

Students responded so well to LiveCode that for the first time, Steven has multiple classes at higher (senior) levels.

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Eleanor Roosevelt High School

by Heather Laine on February 12, 2015 No comments

Teaching programming with LiveCode to students ages 13-18

My name is Cyril Pruszko and I teach at one of the top science and technology schools in the state of Maryland, USA. Half of the students have to pass a test and compete to get into our school, the other half are comprehensive students from the surrounding area. I wanted to attract more students to the field of computers and introduce them to the joy and the challenges of programming.

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