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“Activism”

Creators: Liliana, Dania, and Keylin
Middle School Students from Mouse Design League (DIIT) @ I.S. 145 Joseph Pulitzer Magnet School of Innovation and Applied Learning
Type of Project:
  • Product Development,
  • UX/UI Design,
  • Visual Art & Design
Themes of Project:
  • Community Advocacy,
  • Education/Schools,
  • Physical Health
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About this Project:

Designing an app to promote movement in classrooms and prevent teen obesity is a noble and important goal that we tried to reach. As middle schoolers, we had to face some challenges and issues during the design process. Here are a few challenges we had to encounter and how we were able to address them:

Understanding the problem: While we may have personal experiences and observations regarding the lack of movement in classrooms, we believe it is important to gather more comprehensive data. We conducted thorough research by collecting information from a variety of sources, such as surveys, interviews, and studies on the impact of physical activity on learning and health. This helped us gain a better understanding of the problem and design to find a more effective solution.

Collaboration and expertise: Developing an app requires a range of skills, including design, coding, and project management. As 14-year-olds, we did not have the expertise in all these areas. We decided to collaborate with classmates, teachers who brought different skills to the table. We formed a team and sought guidance from mentors who have experience in app development and physical education. To create an app that resonated with our targeted audience, we involved our peers and other individuals in the design process. We did this by conducting surveys, interviews, and focus groups with teachers, students, and parents to understand their needs and preferences.. We got feedback on our ideas and prototypes, and the app evolved based on the input we received. By involving the end-users throughout the process, we created a more relevant and engaging app.

Project Media

Images

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Slides

Video

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Community Feedback:

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Feedback from the Judges:

👏 Product Manager at IBM — Emoti-Con Judge
I am impressed by the thoroughness of your concept, including detailed slides, a narrated video, and UX mockups. Your focus on tackling the critical issue of obesity and promoting better health practices among children is truly commendable. The level of detail in your app mockups shows great commitment to your idea.

One area where your mockups could potentially be improved is by reducing the amount of text on some screens. Breaking up the text with more interactive content, such as images, videos, and graphics, could make your app more engaging and user-friendly.

I love your idea of including a contest within the app to gamify the experience and increase user engagement. It's a thoughtful way of keeping users motivated and involved.

As you continue to refine your concept, consider providing more details on your market research. You mention that you've conducted extensive research through various methods, but providing specific data points in your submission would strengthen your pitch.

Also, consider expanding on your user research, competitive analysis, and user feedback. The health and wellness app market is competitive, so understanding your position within it will be crucial. Looking forward to your next steps.

👏 Digital Sales Graduate at Hewlett Packard Enterprise — Emoti-Con Judge
Great concept and demo. Very thoughtful cause and it will be great to see where you guys go with this.

Feedback from the Community:

👏 a Teacher and/or Educator
Great idea. I love how you were able to integrate activity into the school day. If I had money I would invest.
Marcus 👏 a Middle School Student
Wow this app is really good, and helpful. The parents will love this idea!
👏 a Middle School Student
It was very interesting and good to look at.
Alisson 👏 a Middle School Student
This app is great because you can track your heart rate and you can know if something is wrong with you body and its also helpful because you can exercise.
👏 a Middle School Student
I like how you made it so advanced and can help track of your movement.
👏 a Middle School Student
i think this is good and i think this can help kids
👏 a Middle School Student
i like this because it is very well made and good and funn
Brenda 👏 a Parent and/or Guardian from Bolivia
I'm impressed you guys were able to design this app. I like how the whole class and school can be involved. Great gob guys!!
Ms. Klapman 👏 a Teacher and/or Educator from I.S. 145Q
Bravo ladies. You did the research and found a fun way to incorporate movement in young peoples lives while in school. Wow I didn't realize obesity had risen 17% since Covid-19. I love the look and the design. Competition is something that can drive students and you did that with the leaderboard. Wish I had money to invest and see this become an app. Great job.
👏 a Middle School Student from Queens NY
This app is very helpful for the students and I love the background story to this app
Hi 👏 a Middle School Student from New York
Really like how it tracks childrens health progress as well as some games to make the childrens mindset grow,excellent job!
Daniel 👏 a Middle School Student from Queens
It help people track their heart rate and speed and more
👏 a Middle School Student
I love this app
👏 a Middle School Student
Good job buddies
👏 a Middle School Student from Mexico
I loved the app, I believe that this is going to be helpful in the future.
Alex F 👏 a Middle School Student from Puebla, Mexico
Its super fun and innovate towards the future generation that will use this app
👏 a Middle School Student
I believe that your app is very well put together, and I absolutely love how you guys thought of ways to make your app fun, but it also has elements that help out with problems in today's world.
Bob 👏 a Middle School Student from Cuba
I liked this app and I think that it is a great idea!
Harry 👏 a Middle School Student from England
I love the app! Great design. Very interactive and fun.
lumi 👏 a Middle School Student from I.S.145Q - Jackson Heights
Greetings, Liliana, Dania, and Keylin. I really love the concept for the app and I can see the effort that was input into this project. However, I have a few questions. How accurate would the child's health statistics be? How would it be accurately tracked?
Maria 👏 a Middle School Student
I love this idea, keep up the good work!
👏 a Teacher and/or Educator
I loved this app and I really see this working in the future.
KAT 👏 a Teacher and/or Educator from Queens
Awesome app! As a former physical education teacher, I would of loved for all my students and staff have this app.
👏 a Middle School Student
Amazing job. Very helpful for students
Robert 👏 a Middle School Student
This app can help people get better health
Dany 👏 a Middle School Student
I think that this can help students and is a good app
👏 a Middle School Student
To me, this app is both helpful and has a great design. It's helpful for the people who want/need to exercise, and has a great design because of the many details it has.
👏 a Middle School Student
this is good
👏 a Community Member
This was such a nice app :)👍🏻
Kat 👏 a Teacher and/or Educator from QUEENS,NY
Great app! I am a former Physical Education teacher and would of loved an app like this for both students and staff.
👏 a Middle School Student from Mexico
This app is giving I love it I am overweight so it will help with my excersize!!!.
grannum 👏 a Middle School Student from i like it
it was help ful
Janelly 👏 a Middle School Student from New york
This is a very interesting app love the app logo such a wonderful app
Riley 👏 a Middle School Student from Peru/American
Love the app its great
Raul 👏 a Middle School Student
This will help people for the app
alice 👏 a Middle School Student
this app can be helpful for some people
Emmanuel 👏 a Middle School Student from It was very interesting
like the idea
Mrs Urrego 👏 a Community Member from Flushing, NY
Im so proud!! Is a fantastic app. Good job!!
👏 a Middle School Student
this is very useful for learning!!!
👏 a Middle School Student
I like how you made it so advanced and can help track of your movement I find this app helpful.
👏 a Middle School Student
Very creative and fun app, that sure was thoughtful, love the designs.
Joseph 👏 a Middle School Student from New York
This could be helpful to most of the students I really love the concept of it.
Ashley 👏 a Middle School Student
I like this app because it can help when your bored!
👏 a Middle School Student from NYC
I love the slides and concept of this app idea.
👏 a Middle School Student from mexico
it has something that helps
Nicole 👏 a Middle School Student
This is amazing!!!!
Yong 👏 a Middle School Student
Great design love the idea
Ms. Mingos 👏 a Teacher and/or Educator from IS145
Great design, research and application.👏
👏 a Middle School Student
Great job, your app seems to have a lot of research behind it and seems to be an app that will go a long way.
O'brian 👏 a Middle School Student from Mexico
I really love the idea of this app and I hope it is successful in winning!
Thomas 👏 a Middle School Student from Australia
I love the idea and I am hoping that it's successful.
Louis 👏 a High School Student from England
Amazing idea! Hope it wins!
Dylan 👏 a High School Student from America
I believe that this app is going to do well in this competition!
Liam 👏 a Technology Professional from England
I think that this is a very great idea, I would recommend working on a financial plan to introduce so that people won't get confused when they learn about this app.
Scarlett 👏 a Middle School Student from Russia
Love the concept.

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