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Stratford Computer Studies students celebrate Europe Code Week

Creating an app during Europe Code Week 2016 Photo: Ms O'Kelly
NEWS / 21 October 2016

Computer Studies students from 1st Year through to 5th Year got a taste of creating their own apps, using AppLab, during Europe Code Week (17th - 21st October)

To celebrate Europe Code Week 2016, Computer Studies students from 1st Year through to 5th Year got an opportunity to start creating their own apps using code.org's App Lab web software. First students had to look at a demo video to see how you make an app using this software, then they had to try to recreate it, before attempting to design their own.

Ms. O'Kelly 

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