I also knew that App Inventor used a similar blocks language to that of Scratch, which had proven successful not only with kids but as an initial module in a university course [11]. Though App Inventor was only partially complete at the initial summer workshop, Hal Abelson, the co-director of the project, stood and said, “Trust us, it’s Google.” I took Hal’s advice and redesigned my course. I figured my students wouldn’t be too displeased if the “Robot” in my course title was an Android phone