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The first Apple Developer Academy opened in Brazil in 2013, with the goal of providing the tools and training for aspiring entrepreneurs, developers, and designers to find and create jobs in the thriving iOS app economy. Since then, the company has opened more than a dozen academies across the world with two more on the way: one in Korea, and one in Detroit, Michigan, the first-ever US location. The program has empowered students around the world with app development and entrepreneurial training, many of whom have gone on to start their own businesses, create and sell apps on the App Store, and give back to their communities. With the expansion plans underway, thousands more students worldwide will now have access to these opportunities each year.

The new academy programs in Detroit and Korea will join more than a dozen other sites in Brazil, Indonesia, and Italy. Across the world, whether students are in Naples, Italy, or Jakarta, Indonesia, academy participants learn the fundamentals of coding as well as core professional competencies, design, and marketing, ensuring graduates have the full suite of skills needed to contribute to their local business communities. The curriculum also incorporates Apple’s values throughout the coursework, encouraging students to design inclusively and make a positive impact in the world.

Apple offers two distinct training programs as part of the Apple Developer Academy: 30-day foundations courses that cover specific topic areas, including an introductory course for those considering app development as a career path, and a more intensive 10- to 12-month academy program that dives deeper into coding and professional skills.
Applications for the first academy cohort in Detroit — Apple’s first Developer Academy in the US — open this week. The academy, part of Apple’s Racial Equity and Justice Initiative, is scheduled to open in October in a newly redesigned space in downtown Detroit. All Michigan residents 18 and over are welcomed to apply, regardless of prior coding experience, at developeracademy.msu.edu/students.

Antonio Chiappetta, 25, was part of the very first Apple Developer Academy cohort in Naples, Italy, in 2016. A computer engineer by training, Chiappetta was inspired by the hands-on learning opportunities and close collaboration with mentors he met at the academy. His experience reinforced computer engineering as a career path, and he ultimately found success as an iOS developer at Elevate Labs in Paris, where he works on Elevate, the award-winning brain training app. Antonio credits his time at the academy with helping him gain the skills and confidence that power his career today: “The Apple Developer Academy is not just about learning to code. It’s about breaking barriers and empowering students, and has infused me with the enthusiasm and curiosity that drive me today.”

For many academy graduates, the community aspect is as important as the hard skills they learn through their coursework. Students have the opportunity to learn from new colleagues from different personal and professional backgrounds, each of whom brings new ideas and life experiences to their app designs and business plans. For some, those new friends go on to become co-workers and business partners.

Arthur Motelevicz, 36, met his future business partner at the Apple Developer Academy in Curitiba, Brazil, in 2013 — and now counts 11 academy graduates among his 25 employees. Formerly the lead singer and guitarist of a band, Arthur knows first hand how the academy encourages creativity and collaboration, skills that are as important in business as they are in music. After graduating from the academy, Motelevicz decided to quit his full-time job to dedicate himself to entrepreneurship in pursuit of a new way to mix coding with music. Super Pads, a fun and easy-to-use DJ app, was born out of that dream. “I love being able to work with amazing people, learn every day, and experiment with combining coding and music,” said Motelevicz. “The Apple Developer Academy gave me the strength to pursue and implement my ideas into something that I will spend my life working on.”

The Apple Developer Academy is one of a broad suite of resources Apple provides to support the global developer community.

For Aisyah Widya Nur Shadrina, 23, her experience at the Developer Academy in Jakarta, Indonesia, introduced her to those resources. At the academy, Shadrina and her all-women team used the front-facing camera and machine learning on iPhone to create Hearo, an app that can translate sign language into voice and text, providing a more seamless way to communicate with friends who are deaf. The team was subsequently selected for Apple Entrepreneur Camp in 2020, where they received code-level guidance from Apple experts and engineers, facilitating significant improvement to in-app navigation and user experience. This year, Shadrina and her team will attend Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference virtually. She says she looks forward to learning more about new Apple technologies, frameworks, and tools that can help developers build more innovative and inclusive apps.

Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will take place June 7 through 11, in an all-online format. WWDC will feature hundreds of sessions for developers of all ages and backgrounds — including hundreds of current and former Apple Developer Academy students — to learn about the new technologies, tools, and frameworks they rely on to build innovative and platform-differentiating apps and games.

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Marilyn mengaku sudah tertarik dengan dunia teknologi sejak usia belia. Karena itu pula dia memutuskan untuk ikut ekstrakurikuler teknik elektro saat SMP.

“Waktu itu aku cewek sendiri, yang lainnya cowok,” kata Marilyn saat berbincang dengan detikINET.

Dia pun kemudian berkuliah di jurusan Teknik Elektro di Universitas Atma Jaya. Karena perempuan kelahiran Salatiga ini bercita-cita ingin membuat robot. Hanya saja impian untuk mengejar gelar master robotik kandas di tengah jalan. Alam semesta seolah tidak mendukungnya kala itu.

“Diterima (S2) di Belanda, tapi kebetulan saya tidak bisa pergi. Kondisi keluarga tidak memungkinkan, beasiswa juga sudah tutup, jadi saya lepas,” kenang Merilyn.

Cobaan tidak selesai di situ, kendati sudah mengantongi gelar sarjana teknik, mimpi bekerja di perusahaan teknologi usai lulus kuliah tidak pula terwujud. Banyak lamaran yang dijajaki, tapi tidak satupun yang nyantol. Masalah gender jadi batu sandungan. Semua lowongan mencari kandidat pria. Dan ketika Marilyn di tahap akhir seleksi, selalu kandidat laki-laki yang diterima.

“Saya sempat jadi dua orang terakhir yang dipilih, saya dan satu lagi kandidat cowok. Perusahaan itu memilih kandidat cowok karena alasannya saya seorang cewek,” ujarnya.

Kondisi anaknya begitu, sang ibu pun berpesan agar Marilyn tidak perlu idealis mencari kerja sesuai bidangnya. Dia disarankan untuk mencari pekerjaan apapun, meski bukan di bidang teknologi. Perempuan yang hobi nyanyi ini manut pesan ibunya. Marilyn pun menjajal melamar di bidang lain. Akhirnya diterima di bagian kredit dan marketing sebuah bank.

“Saya sempat pusing saat pertama kali masuk, hampir menyerah, orang otaknya bukan ekonomi. Tapi saya coba eh kok sampai delapan tahun di bank,” ujarnya sembari tertawa.

Kendati delapan tahun menjalani karier di bank, keinginan untuk bergelut di bidang teknologi rupanya tidak padam. Akhirnya Marilyn memutuskan berhenti dari pekerjaannya dan mengambil gelar master di University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. Tak tanggung-tanggung dua gelar yang diambilnya. Ada Master of Business Administration (MBA) di jurusan Technology Management dan Master of Engineering (MEng) di jurusan Engineering Management. Tapi dua gelar yang didapat malah jadi bumerang bagi dirinya. Marilyn kembali ditolak oleh sejumlah perusahaan teknologi di Indonesia saat dirinya hendak bergabung.

“Karena tahun saya sempat kerja di Australia, perusahaan di sini mengaku tidak bisa membayar gaji saya, kegedean kalau kata mereka. Ada juga yang ngira saya bakal bentar di Indonesia dan bakal balik lagi ke Australia,” tutur Marilyn.

Karena tidak dapat kerja, dia akhirnya membuka usaha bersama temannya bikin aplikasi dropshipping dan berjualan makanan di kantin kantor. Nah dari kantin kantor inilah Marilyn tahu soal Apple Developer Academy.

“Ada kakaknya teman tahu saya suka sekali teknologi dan ingin balik ke dunia teknologi, dia bilang kalau Apple Developer akan buka dan menganjurkan saya untuk mencoba daftar,” ujarnya.

‘Murtad’ dari Android ke iOS

Merilyn mengaku awalnya ragu mengikuti Apple Developer Academy lantaran usia yang tak lagi muda. Tapi ternyata untuk mengikuti program tersebut tidak ada batasan umur, seketika itu pula semangatnya membara.

Dia pun segera mendaftar, sayangnya karena telat Marilyn hanya masuk daftar waiting list. Pihak keluarga yang tahu soal itu kembali menganjurkannya untuk mencari kerja dan tidak mengikuti gelombang kedua.

Ibarat masuk kuping kiri keluar kuping kanan, Merilyn yang mengaku keras kelapa tidak mengubris hal tersebut. Dia mecoba lagi Apple Developer Academy tahun kedua. Tak disangka dia berhasil lolos.

“Aku nggak nyangka keterima. Karena sudah lama tidak menyentuh teknologi lagi, coding kayak apa gitu nggak pernah ngerti meski kemarin sempat bikin website, selain itu saya adalah pengguna Android. Tapi saya terjang dulu aja, siapa tahu (ini jalannya),” kata Marilyn.

Pengetahuan soal Apple menjadi salah satu topik ujian. Marilyn mengaku kesulitan menjawab karena dia bukanlah Apple Fanboy melainkan pecinta Android.

“Saya dari dulu bukan pecinta Apple, tapi penggemar produk Android. Makanya pas tes agak-agak nggak ngerti. Tapi saya ternyata bisa lolos,” tuturnya.

Saat tes wawancara yang diingatnya paling seru. Karena dia sempat berdebat soal Android vs iOS. Marilyn yang mengaku ngotot kalau Android lebih unggul, padahal dia belum pernah menggunakan perangkat Apple. Karena itu setelah tes tersebut dia pesimis berhasil.

“Saya bilang ke adik kalau nggak bakal keterima karena sempat berdebat soal Android dan iOS. Eh ternyata dapet,” ujar Marilyn.

Tak kenal maka tak sayang, demikian yang terjadi pada perempuan yang doyan menari ini. Dibekali perangkat Apple terkini dan belajar bahasa pemrograman iOS membuat Marilyn jatuh hati pada ekosistem milik raksasa teknologi asal Cupertino itu.

“Dari situ saya mulai berpindah hati, ternyata Apple lebih enak. Harus kenal dulu baru tahu,” katanya sembari ngakak.

Belajar Coding dari Nol

Marilyn sempat belajar coding saat kuliah. Tapi karena itu sudah bertahun-tahun lalu, dia belajar dari nol lagi saat di Apple Developer Academy.

Tapi alih-alih minder, dia begitu semangat memenuhi tantangan mentor untuk coding. Ternyata dia berhasil menaklukannya. Tidak berpuas diri, Marilyn pun men-challenge dirinya ke tingkat lanjutan dengan membuat aplikasi augmented reality (AR) dan machine learning, dan kembali berhasil.

“Ini jadi achievement saya. Meski tidak sempurna, tetapi (aplikasi itu) jalan dan bisa digunakan,” tuturnya.

Keberhasilan itu, menurut Marilyn, tidak lepas dari lingkungan di Apple Developer Academy. Di sini semua orang dibebaskan untuk mencoba apapun dan begitu mentolerir kesalahan.

“Nggak ada yang marahin kalau berbuat salah saat meng-coding. Jadi tempat yang aman untuk mencoba segala sesuatu. Dan orang-orangnya saling membantu,” ungkapnya.

Selain coding, Marilyn mempelajari soal produk manager dan riset. Dari sinilah kemudian dia bersama teman satu kelompoknya membuat aplikasi Leastric.

Tak diduga aplikasi yang tadinya adalah proyek tugas akhir di Apple Developer Academy menjadi sebuah startup yang siap membantu masyarakat Indonesia lebih hemat dalam menggunakan listrik.

Nah seperti apa aplikasi Leastric yang sempat mencuri perhatian Apple dan bagaimana Marilyn membangun perusahaannya di tengah pandemi COVID-19? Simak di artikel selanjutnya.

Source: inet.detik

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Hearo

23-year-old Shadrina and her all-women team used the front-facing camera and machine learning on iPhone to create Hearo.

The iOS app is capable of translating sign language into voice and text, providing a more seamless way to communicate with friends who are deaf.

“We were inspired after we met people with hearing impairment. At that time we had difficulty communicating with them, because they preferred to communicate using sign language, but none of my team members understood sign language. So the only thing we could do to communicate with them was to write down what we wanted to say, and this took a long time,” Shadrina told Mashable Southeast Asia.

Her team realized that it was important to create a tool that could help those hearing impaired to communicate with people who have the ability to hear, and help to build a more inclusive communication.

Shadrina did a lot of research to figure out the best technology that could detect sign language.

“We finally got the solution to use object detection for our first version and later we would implement vision framework in order to make it more accurate in detecting sign language,” the Jakarta-born said.

Due to this, Shadrina said the hearing Impaired community has been really supportive towards the Hearo app.

“They helped us to share the app even without us asking them. The community also share their thoughts about Hearo, and they said that the app is really useful and hope that the Hearo team can improve the accuracy of sign language detection.”

Teman Netra

Savitri Nurhayati, on the other hand, founded Teman Netra, an app that fosters independence for the Indonesian visually-impaired community.

It does that by using the iPhone camera and machine learning to help scan and read text on letters, food labels, restaurant menus and currency.

“Teman Netra was greatly inspired by how the visually impaired struggle to do daily chores that include reading. There was a particular interviewee who shared a funny yet sad experience while doing grocery shopping. He bought what he thought was a shampoo refill, only to find out at home that it was a floor cleaning soap. The packaging of the two items were exactly the same,” Nurhayati said to Mashable Southeast Asia.

“Had he been able to read, he would not have gotten the wrong item. Incidents like this are common, because a lot of products have similar packaging, and the only way to differentiate the products are by reading the labels.”

Nurhayati said the interviewee was trying to shop independently because he did not want to burden anyone to keep him company.

“But as you can see, it is almost impossible for the visually impaired to do so without asking for help. This motivated us to empower those with visual impairment with the ability to read texts through our app so they can do most readings independently.”

The major challenge for her team was to design the optimal UX for their users.

“As sighted individuals, we could only assume what UX flow would be best for our target users. When we presented our first few prototypes to our visually impaired users during user testing, most of them found the app hard to navigate and use.”

Through their feedback and insights, the Teman Netra team managed to improve their UX gradually. After countless sessions of User Testing, their app underwent many iterations until they finally had the ideal UX flow that most users were comfortable with.

“User testing itself was a challenge to us at first because our users could not see the app, hence we had to conduct the user testing differently than if we were to design an app for sighted users. We had to instruct them to scan texts and money without guiding them too much.”

The team came up with the idea to use a scoring rubric for each step so they could analyze which part of the flow needed improvement.

“We encouraged our users to think out loud, saying what was on their minds so we could understand their perspectives. We also recorded every user testing session so we could reflect back and redesign a certain flow.”

Helping developers bring meaning to the world

Turns out, there are thousands more developers that Apple is assisting to produce apps that are beneficial to the society and impacted community groups.

The first Apple Developer Academy opened in Brazil in 2013, with the goal of providing the tools and training for aspiring entrepreneurs, developers, and designers to find and create jobs in the thriving iOS app economy. Since then, the company has opened more than a dozen academies across the world with two more on the way: one in Korea, and one in Detroit, Michigan, the first-ever U.S. location.

The new academy programs in Detroit and Korea will join more than a dozen other sites in Brazil, Indonesia, and Italy where participants will learn the fundamentals of coding as well as core professional competencies, design, and marketing, ensuring graduates have the full suite of skills needed to contribute to their local business communities.

“The program has empowered students around the world with app development and entrepreneurial training, many of whom have gone on to start their own businesses, create and sell apps on the App Store, and give back to their communities,” the press statement from Apple reads.

Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will take place June 7 through 11, in an all-online format. It will feature hundreds of sessions for developers of all ages and backgrounds — including hundreds of current and former Apple Developer Academy students — to learn about the new technologies, tools, and frameworks they rely on to build innovative and platform-differentiating apps and games.

Source: sea.mashable

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Apple Developer Academy meluluskan 194 developer binaannya pada hari ini, Selasa (14/1/2020). Kelulusan ini tidak hanya disambut gembira oleh para siswa tapi juga oleh Menteri Riset dan Teknologi, Bambang Brodjonegoro.

Bambang pun hadir langsung untuk memberikan ucapan selamat bagi para lulusan. Menurutnya pencapaian yang diraih siswa Apple Developer Academy ini merupakan sesuatu yang unik.

“Siswa Apple Academy di Indonesia harus bisa menunjukkan hal dan kebutuhan mendasar tentang orang Indonesia. Kita baru saja melihat lima presentasi yang merefleksikan kebutuhan orang Indonesia,” kata Bambang saat memberikan pidato di acara kelulusan Apple Developer Academy di BSD City, Tangerang.

Mengingat pentingnya pengembangan sumber daya manusia untuk mengisi kebutuhan revolusi industri 4.0, Bambang pun menaruh dua harapan besar untuk para lulusan.

Pertama, ia ingin para lulusan untuk mengembangkan ekonomi digital Indonesia melalui riset dan pengembangan. Kontribusi ini bisa dilakukan lulusan dengan bergabung di startup atau perusahaan digital yang telah ada.

Kedua, ia ingin agar para developer dan aplikasi yang telah mereka kembangkan bisa menjadi startup atau sebuah entrepreneurship yang mandiri. Adanya entrepreneur berbakat seperti ini, menurut Bambang bisa mendorong Indonesia menjadi negara maju pada 2045.

“Kita bisa berharap di masa depan para lulusan bisa mengembangkan diri mereka untuk menjadi startup yang lebih besar dan menjadi perushaan besar yang dirintis sendiri,” ucap Bambang.

“Kami berharap di 5-10 tahun lagi kita bisa lihat unicorn baru lahir dari lulusan Apple Academy ini. Itu harus jadi mimpi terbesar kalian,” pungkasnya.

Source: inet.detik.com

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194 wisudawan yang telah mengikuti program beasiswa selama sepuluh bulan dari April 2019 hingga Januari 2020. Apple Developer Academy merupakan wadah pengembangan talenta digital yang dibangun oleh Apple Inc. dan didukung oleh Sinar Mas Land. Di samping itu, sekolah coding ini membekali para siswanya dengan tiga kemampuan utama yakni teknikal, bisnis dan desain.

Sinar Mas Land saat ini tengah menggarap “Digital Hub” sebuah area yang ditujukan untuk Komunitas Digital mulai dari startup company, institusi pendidikan yang bergerak di bidang IT hingga perusahaan multinasional berbasis teknologi. Digital Hub memiliki area seluas 25,86 hektare dan terletak di bagian selatan Green Office Park, BSD City. Berikut berita foto lintas ekonomi dan bisnis selengkapnya.

Source: republika.co.id

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Pria yang kerap disapa Rizal ini harus merayakan Idul Fitri di California, AS lantaran dia harus menghadiri ajang Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) 2019 setelah menerima beasiswa Apple.

“Sedih sih, kayak ada yang kurang. Maaf-maafan lewat telepon dengan keluarga di kampung,” kata Rizal yang dihubungi detikINET.

Idul Fitri di AS sendiri jatuh pada 4 Juni. Rizal beserta 8 orang rombongan WWDC dari Tanah Air melaksanakan sholat Ied dan berlebaran di Wisma Indonesia KJRI San Fransisco.

“Ketemu banyak orang Indonesia, salah satunya pak Fauzi Bowo. Habis halal bihalal ada makan-makan Indonesia, ada rendang sama ketupat,” cerita Rizal.

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Pemuda berusia 21 tahun ini sempat menuturkan pengalamannya saat mengikuti WWDC 2019. Dia merasa sangat beruntung bisa hadir dalam ajang tahunan yang digelar Apple ini.

“Banyak banget pengalaman luar biasa. Hari pertama kita dapat hadiah jaket, kaos, dan badges pin gitu. Terus siangnya ada kaya party opening gitu, kami bisa ngobrol langsung sama Apple engineer, ketemu orang-orang Apple-nya, kenalan sama teman-teman baru,” tutur Rizal.

Kekagumannya pun berlanjut saat mengikuti sesi keynote WWDC 2019. Selain bisa melihat langsung Tim Cook beserta para petinggi Apple lainnya di atas panggung, Rizal pun dibuat terkesan dengan inovasi-inovasi yang ditampilkan perusahaan pembuat iPhone itu.

“Yang paling saya suka itu ARKit 3, MLKit 3, Voice controll buat disabilitas, AppKit sama SwiftUI,” ujar Rizal.

Alumni SMK Informatika Al Irsyad, Cirebon, Jawa Barat ini masih menyimpan harapan dapat bertemu dan foto bareng dengan Tim Cook di hari-hari terakhir WWDC. Pasalnya CEO Apple itu menjadi salah satu tokoh yang diidolakannya.

Source: detik.com

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“What I can say regarding the apps introduced by the graduates of the Apple Developer Academy is pride,” said Airlangga in Tangerang, Banten, on Tuesday.

According to Antara, the minister said he was optimistic that the 166 students who were at the graduation ceremony would contribute to the development of the electronic and telematics industry in Indonesia.

Apple’s vice president of environment, policy and social initiatives, Lisa Jackson, said the applications presented by the students were very inspiring. She added the students at the academy, which is in Jakarta, really inspired her.

The two selected apps are called Helian and Khairan.

Helian is a shareable medical record app designed for giving care at retirement homes. It will help caregivers track daily activities, set reminders and share patients’ important statuses with fellow caregivers when needed.

Meanwhile, Khairan is an app to help the community of visually impaired Muslims to identify kiblah when they are going to pray.

During the occasion, the students also introduced other apps, such as Koda, for instance, that helps jobseekers practice interviews in Indonesian. The app will give feedback on the speed of speech, eye contacts and sound.

There is also an app named Nadi that helps to find a matching blood donor in emergency situations.

Meanwhile, Talo connects travelers with limited time to experts at the destination for unusual cultural experiences and other adventures.

Last but not least, an app named Ainun helps the visually impaired to identify rupiah bills, and it is developed to become an app for everyone to identify fake money using additional UV light.

Source: www.thejakartapost.com

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The training center, which has been opened in collaboration with BINUS University, is aimed at inspiring and training the next generation of iOS apps developers.

This year, 75 students have joined a one-year training course at the center, studying the Objective- C and Swift curriculum. The latter is recognized as Apple’s powerful and intuitive programming language created to build apps for iOS, Apple TV and Apple Watch.

In the Apple Developer Academy, Apple-trained instructors will conduct daily classes to help students realize their app ideas and bring them to market on the App Store.

Apple’s vice president of environment, policy and social initiatives Lisa Jackson said in a statement, “We’re thrilled to be opening the Apple Developer Academy in Jakarta to help provide the next generation of developers the skills they need to develop iOS apps and join the fast growing app economy.”

“Our creative developer community has helped make the App Store the best app platform in the world and there are unlimited opportunities for people of all ages in Indonesia to create great new apps for customers around the world to enjoy,” she added.

The iOS developer community in Indonesia reportedly grew by over 50 percent in the last two years. Those who want to join the program should check out the website.

Source : TheJakartaPost.com

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