Amrita Saigal

Bio: Amrita Saigal is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Software deployment & Deployment environment. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 1 citations.

Saathimobile and the rapid deployment of prototypes to build applications for social enterprise in the developing world

Abstract: This paper describes a sales, marketing, and inventory management application, SaathiMobile, for the distribution of low-cost sanitary napkins, made out of waste banana fiber, to women in rural areas. It is being pilot tested in Hubli, Karnataka. This product has the potential to have great impact on the health and economic welfare of women in these areas. The product was developed using App Inventor, a rapid prototype deployment environment for Android.

MIT App Inventor como Ambiente de Ensino de Algoritmos e Programação

Abstract: Ambientes computacionais usados para ensinar algoritmos possuem interfaces de console e linguagens simbólicas que não ajudam no processo de aprendizagem. Este artigo apresenta a utilização do ambiente MIT App Inventor para desenvolvimento de uma disciplina de algoritmos para iniciantes. Para tanto, os conteúdos básicos de algoritmos foram mapeados para estruturas no App Inventor. A metodologia foi aplicada a quatro turmas de ingressantes no ensino superior com bom aproveitamento e observações otimistas.