Using Open APIs In Mobile Apps Activity

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Title	Using Open APIs in Mobile Application Development
Overview	In this activity students will learn about Open APIs, how does it relate to open source and how to use in building a mobile application.
Prerequisite Knowledge	CS2 using Java and basics of Android development
Learning Objectives	To understand what an Open API is. To understand how open APIs relate to open source. To be able to use open APIs in mobile application development To specifically use the wheelsmap API to build a simple Android accessibility application.

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