Middle School Students from Mouse & DIIT Design League @ MS 358Q
About this Project:
This app is created to support students with mental and physical disabilities such as selective mutism, mute, and depression. Although, it can also be used as a communication device and/or an app that can assist you with your school work. As a communication service we offer an option to record your voice and send it as an alternative to typing. People who are visually impaired and have trouble locating the letters on the keyboard can just say something and send it. We also offer an option where you just have to click a button and can hover over any text on the website so you can hear it instead of reading it, this also supports visually impaired people because if they can’t read text they can just hear it.
The target group of our app are students from 7-17 years or students from grade 2 to grade 11. The projected social impact is that we want students with intellectual disabilities such as depression or selective mutism to feel comfortable to talk with others and to know that they are not alone. We also want to help students with physical disabilities such as blindness or mute people talk with others since it could be hard to communicate in real life.
2U Inc. — Director of Instructional Design, 2U Boot Camps
About
Kate is the Director of Instructional Design in the Boot Camps division of online education provider, 2U. She oversees the development of intensive short courses that teach adults in-demand technology skills. She's worked at the intersection of media, tech and education for over 15 years and obsesses over the ways those things influence our culture--and how we can harness them for good! Before working at 2U, Kate was lucky enough to geek out on this stuff with fellow nerds at Mouse, the San Francisco Film Society and the Jacob Burns Film Center.
👏 Director of Instructional Design, 2U Boot Camps at 2U Inc. — Emoti-Con Judge
Great work! I love how you all designed something to help your fellow students feel safer and better understood. That is so important, especially during this last crazy year where people were more isolated and anxious. I thought it was really interesting to see your design process and all the thoughtful questions you posed when brainstorming your ideas. One piece of feedback I have is that your target audience has quite a large age range! In future versions of your app, I'd love to see how the app might work differently for a 7 year old than it does for a 17 year old. I hope you keep working on this awesome project!
Maddy Barr
IBM — Visual and UX Designer
About
Maddy is a Visual Designer at IBM CIO. As a designer, she works on visual design, user experience, and motion projects that aim to make work better for IBMers. Before IBM, she worked at a digital marketing agency and has experience in branding, web design, and social media marketing. She loves that projects that let her experiment and is currently exploring how designers can work better on cross-functional teams.
👏 Visual and UX Designer at IBM — Emoti-Con Judge
Great work! I love how you thought to make the app more accessible to the visually impaired and found ways to make that happen! You are also tackling this issue in a very unique way and providing a space for people who may struggle to communicate find other people in the same boat. Great job thinking outside of the box with this project!
Stephen Marshall
Oakman Aerospace (A Redwire company) — Front Developer/Software Engineer
About
Stephen Marshall is a Software Developer located in Denver, Colorado, and works in the Aerospace Industry. Originally born in France, Stephen's mother is North African from Algeria. Raised in the DC area, he moved to Colorado in 2007, and taught himself to build his first website in 2010. He has worked in a number of different industries, both as a salesperson and teacher/educator before completing training at the University in Denver for both Full Stack Developer and Data Analytics programs. Stephen continues to help others learn and grow as a teacher assistant for DU coding programs.
👏 Front Developer/Software Engineer at Oakman Aerospace (A Redwire company) — Emoti-Con Judge
I learned a lot from your well-put-together presentation. Love the design concept, and I'm even more excited about how this app gives a voice to so many people. I think the idea has huge potential to be incorporated into the schools, where students may not feel comfortable expressing themselves, or may not be able to for a number of reasons that you have carefully considered throughout your design process. How might you connect an app like this to the increasingly digital classroom of the future? Can't wait to see where you go with this project!
Maggie Muldoon
Mouse — Director of Learning Design
What I do all day at work?
I design content and programs that teach young people and educators about computer science, UX/UI design, and all kinds of creative technology. I also helped organize this event - Emoti-con!
About
Outside of my work at Mouse, I am also an artist, illustrator and creative technologist. I love making things with art tools and technology. I got a degree in Creative Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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Types of work that I do
AI & Machine Learning, Visual Art & Design, VR/AR
I am passionate about doing work that relates to
Community Advocacy, Education/Schools, Resource Sharing
The best piece of career advice I've ever received
Don't be afraid to try new things, and don't think you can't pursue something just because you aren't good at it right away!
👏 Director of Learning Design at Mouse — Emoti-Con Judge
WOW! You have done an incredibly good job documenting your design process and showcasing your product! I am very impressed with your Figma - you've clearly done a lot of great work thinking through different user pathways and app functionalities. I also love that this app really considers the different needs of your users. I can see this app helping a lot of people. Great work!
Feedback from the Community:
👏 a High School Student
I really like how you considered people with disabilities in the app, such as making important buttons bigger for those who are vision-impaired.
👏 a Middle School Student from Ms.358q
I think this is great and a amazing idea but what happens if someone under or older the age of 7-17 needs help?
👏 a Middle School Student
This project would be great to have if where created and I think it will change a lot of lives
👏 a Middle School Student
This project would be great to have if where created and I think it will change a lot of lives
👏 a Middle School Student
I really like your design and your layout. I also love the color scheme and that it looks very simplified for better use and I feel you have designed this app for a great cause.
👏 a Middle School Student
This app will be a great help fo people that need help with work in school
👏 a Middle School Student
This app will be a great help fo people that need help with work in school
Mohammed 👏 a Middle School Student
Hi,
This is Mohammed your project is Amazing! The designs were pretty cool and the ideas are so good and they are so helpful.
Sky 👏 a Middle School Student
Amazing I love the colors.
Alexandra 👏 a Middle School Student
li really like the way every thing was designed and how it was to help the kids in need.
Zara 👏 a Middle School Student from ms358
I love the color scheme, theme, idea, format, and layout. I think it all looks really good and fits well.
👏 a Middle School Student
I like your logo and how you have a communication section because then you can talking to the people who are using your app.
Anosh 👏 a Middle School Student
I really really like your logo and how you can call diffrent people to help you
👏 a Middle School Student
I really like everything that they did it was really interesting :D
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