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How Congress Taught Students to Build AI Apps in a Day
In just one afternoon using AI tools, students built working prototypes addressing real-world challenges such as reducing food waste, supporting classroom learning, and monitoring harmful algal blooms.
From Local Communities to the World: Japan Wagamama Awards 2026 Announced
The Japan Wagamama Awards 2026 invites teenagers to take their own or their loved ones’ “hidden wishes” (Wagamama) and transform them into apps and community projects that improve local communities.
Coding a Future of Possibilities
Yashaswini, a ninth-grade student from Hoskote, India, used MIT App Inventor to create the Unified Identity App (UIA)—a tool designed to track school dropouts and support their return to the classroom.
Participants Worldwide Tackle UN SDGs in Second Annual AI Hackathon
Over 1,300 participants from 86 countries and regions used AI tools to develop mobile apps addressing the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals in a six-week virtual event.
Empowering educators and learners to take climate action
“I hope…[MIT App Inventor’s] project empowers students from all backgrounds to use data collection and analysis to better understand real-world issues, including complex challenges like climate change.”
App Inventor Goes to FOSDEM ‘25
The App Inventor team gave a number of talks and workshops at the 25th FOSDEM conference, from teaching young children to use MIT App Inventor to introducing developers to physical computing.
Creating opportunity through computer science education
This CSEdWeek, Google is announcing more than $5 million provided in 2024 to support educators with resources and training, strengthening computer science and AI education for the next generation.
Free MIT resources for pK-12 computer science education and fluency
Empower young learners with skills in programming, app development, AI, and more through MIT Open Learning’s innovative, research-based programs.
App Inventor Foundation Receives $500K Blockly Accessibility Grant
The App Inventor Foundation will use the funding to improve App Inventor’s accessibility features, making block-based programming available to a wider audience.
MIT App Inventor Receives Day of Climate Award
Robert Parks, a curriculum designer on the MIT App Inventor team, received funding from MIT’s Day of Climate award to develop innovative climate change curricula.
Using MicroBlocks with MIT App Inventor
Learn to connect MIT App Inventor apps to the physical world using MicroBlocks!
IRODORI Inc. Partners with App Inventor Foundation to Launch Japan Wagamama Awards
The 2025 Japan Wagamama Awards encourage Japanese teenagers to create apps to solve local issues in collaboration with local municipalities.
Women in AI: A Global Overview of a $200 Billion Innovation Opportunity
As proud partners of TAIFA—the only global alliance working at the intersection of AI and gender—we invite you to explore the findings of this report, which offers a comprehensive analysis of women in technology across 91 countries.
A Year in My Life as a Japanese University Student Turned Teaching Assistant
Rika Suzuki is spreading the word about App Inventor in Japan by translating the platform into her native language and teaching at the workshop that first gave her the confidence to code.
Global AI Hackathon provides outlet for MIT App Inventor enthusiasts to create social impacts
Nearly 1,000 app creators around the world participated in the inaugural hackathon.
First AI and Education Summit Is an International Push for “AI Fluency”
"We really want people to understand, in an appropriate way, how AI works and how to design it responsibly. We want to make sure that people have an informed voice of how AI should be integrated into society."
MIT App Inventor among 2023-2024 Tools Competition winners
"The App Inventor Mobile Data Science Toolkit...empowers learners to visualize and analyze sensor and public data using apps that they build, and offers in-app generative AI capabilities for context and analysis."
“They can see themselves shaping the world they live in”
Developed by MIT RAISE, the Day of AI curriculum empowers K-12 students to collaborate on local and global challenges using AI.
Blockly Summit 2024 Recap
“Every leader in technology today was one a child, and today’s kids will be tomorrow’s technology leaders if given the right tools.”
How Coding Can Support Language Learning
Focusing on future-ready skills—like computer science and app development—helps English language learners become better critical thinkers and more fluent speakers.