Alex
3rd grade
Phoenix, AZ

Alex is a 3rd grade “small business owner” on a roll. He has three apps in the Google Play store.

Tell us about your apps.
I got started when I got introduced to App Inventor in class. “Draw” is an app that you can draw things and change colors, take a picture from your gallery, make it the background for your drawing. I thought you might want to make a moustache on your friend. Or you might want to save your work so you could show your friend. The two others are for my Vikings report from social studies.

What do you think computer science will achieve by the time you grow up?
We’ll get things by clicking on an app or phone. Be able to change things at your house without even being at your house. I don’t think flying cars will happen – I mean, it would be cool, but do you really need that?

What are your favorite inventions that use software?
I like MiniClip.com and Minecraft. For learning to code, I like the farmer levels onCode.org, Scratch, and App Inventor 2.

What do you like about computer science?
Computer science has made everything easier. My favorite thing about coding is I can make something on a device that two months ago, I couldn’t. I can make an app do whatever I want it to do!