Question

What things should I consider to start my own social educational app for a network like facebook?

Answer 1

Hi Ten2zen,

When you say a "social educational" app, what is the intended purpose of the app? The core purpose will help you determine the most important functionality. If the purpose is purely social (i.e. connecting with other students) the interaction features would be key, whereas an app designed to help people share resources specific to health careers might focus more on the visual interface - think anatomy diagrams for A&P. You might also want to read up just a bit on interface design. If people don't like interacting with the app they won't use it!

Here are some sites you might find useful to get started:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/how-to/software/how-to-make-your-own-apps

http://developers.facebook.com/docs/guides/canvas/

Hope this helps

Answer 2

Thank you for your answer, it really helps! This app will be mostly social, but with some options, where people might share some news like changes in educational system, some sort of their own publications and of course interactions like student-student and student-teacher.

Answer 3

Ok, more specific question. How should I promote that kind of application?