Testimonials

Everyone gets something different from the course, and no journey through Apps for Good is the same.  Here’s what some of our alumni and staff at our partner schools have to say about their experiences with Apps for Good.

Teachers

• “Apps for Good offers a journey for our students that many other courses simply do not. It is current, allows students to contextualise the design process in an exciting and meaningful way and quite honestly is the kind of programme that engages our young people and inspires them to think BIG.” Kirsty Tonks, Director of e-Learning at Collegiate Academy Trust

• “Apps for Good unleashes students’ creativity, by placing students and their interest on centre stage, and at the same time teach solid programming, problem solving and entrepreneurial skills.” Patrick Dawkins, ICT Teacher at Featherstone High School

Students

• “Not many things would make teenagers willingly give up 5 hours a week of their free time and spend it in school but the Apps for Good course is definitely one of them.”
• “It really made us feel proud that something we had done was being taken seriously and that our ideas mattered.”
• “Before the course, I was mainly thinking about myself, but now I’m more focused on trying to benefit society.”
• “AFG wasn’t a traditional course where you don’t get anything out of it except a qualification.  I’ve developed quite a lot of skills – especially my problem solving skills and my presenting and networking skills.”
• “There’s no such thing as a “typical day” on this course and this is one of the best things about it. We get so many opportunities to express ourselves and meet successful people we never dreamed of meeting.”
• “Being placed in a random group with students of different ages improved my social skills a lot. I realise that going outside your own social group can be beneficial as you see things in different ways.”

Read the case study of a student at Central Foundation Girls School.. (click on the expand button on the lower right hand corner)