Summary: Jeff sits down with Torsten Stauch from AppShed to discuss how school districts and classrooms can create amazing mobile apps for their communities.<br> About<br> Mobile App Building<br> AppShed allows people to become creators of technology, not just consumers.<br> AppShed is a free online app-creation tool where users design, create and publish mobile apps. Everyone gains a huge sense of achievement, having been able to produce something tangible they can share with others. The app-building environment is intuitive and adaptable to your needs. Apps can be tested in real-time either on a mobile device or in a browser.<br> Creative Apps Generation<br> Using AppShed anyone (with no technical knowledge) can generate their own smartphone apps. Advanced students can take it much further using web technologies (JavaScript, HTML, CSS) or programming (PHP) to create fully interactive high-level apps.<br> We are all part of the “creative apps generation”. AppShed is delighted to be equipping people for an exciting future in our digital world.<br> AppShed Academy<br> AppShed Academy is a versatile and comprehensive online tool to facilitate student development of apps in education. Intuitive, step-by-step learning allows teachers to include app development in the ICT curriculum without the need for an in-depth understanding of the app creation.<br> This exciting technology allows students to express their creativity through a powerful app building tool which can be tied in with school projects and assignments as well as extra-curricular activities like sports teams.<br> Featured Links<br> <br> * <a href="http://appshed.com/" target="_blank">AppShed Homepage</a><br> * <a href="http://www.twitter.com/appshed" target="_blank">AppShed on Twitter</a><br> * <a href="http://youtube.com/AppShed" target="_blank">AppShed on YouTube</a><br> <br> <br> Featured Guest<br> <br> Torsten built his first computer game at age 12 and has gone on to start 3 companies and build a wide variety of software products. He is a popular speaker in the ed-tech sector with a strong focus on creativity and entrepreneurship.<br> Torsten is the CEO of AppShed. AppShed was started in 2009 as a content management system for native apps, targeting the SME market. It pivoted during 2011 to become an ed-tech company focusing on the use of app development as an education tool.<br> Torsten has helped grow AppShed to almost 100,000 users and thousands of schools & colleges, both in the UK and abroad. AppShed is the most versatile free tool available for students to create mobile apps. Students can easily create using a wide range of tools and then deploy their projects as web-apps in a matter of minutes.<br> The next hot product is AppShed Academy – an in-line learning environment to facilitate student development of apps. Intuitive, step-by-step learning allows teachers to include app development in the classroom without the need for an in-depth understanding of app development. Teachers have the ability to create their own e-learning content and distribute it across all mobile and desktop platforms.<br> Torsten is also a founder and technical director of Red C, a 12-year-old digital consultancy based in London’s Tech City. Red C boasts many large corporate clients including Thames Water, The Independent, Mitsubishi Securities, Société Générale & Fabergé. Torsten oversees the technical solutions and product development with a primary focus on the financial services sector.<br> As a developer Torsten built a variety of web and app products including “Plug and Play CMS” (a web-content management system) and Bus Guru which provides 100k+ London bus users with real- time bus information.<br> <br>
