“Silent, NO MORE”

👏 Design lead at IBM — Emoti-Con Judge

I really liked the game you all built! It was fun and the character was really cute. I had some trouble getting the full picture of your solution since some of the links didn't work. But I would really love to see how the advice and the game connect together. Are they for the same user? Because I can see the game being an educational tool for everyone! Overall, I would make sure you have something clearly showing how the experiences connect together and I would think about how (if it's the same user) easily moves from one aspect of the experience to the other seamlessly. I would also think about what advice helped you with cyber bullying and talk to others to see what helped them and integrate that into the experience and story to make it even more powerful. Overall good job and keep up the good work!

👏 Digital Strategy Specialist at HP Inc. — Emoti-Con Judge

Hi, Adrian, Jelani, Arianna!
What an important topic and great display of empathy towards individuals suffering from cyberbullying! When you infuse your digital solutions with passion, all users can feel it! XX-Bullying is a critical issue globally, and digital solutions like 'Silent, NO MORE' are greatly needed. Such solutions help to bring attention to and encourage conversations around a problem that no one is immune to.
Congratulations on presenting your project and the remarkable job you've done as a team. Fantastic! This is the essence of a customer-centric product definition and human centered design! You are designing and creating solutions tailored to what the customer or user needs. You should be proud of the learning and growth you've achieved through this experience. 😉👏🏼📲
It's amazing - you are CODERS! I thoroughly enjoyed playing the game and I can't wait to play more! 💻
You are change-makers, and society is going to thank you for addressing a global social issue using digital tools, apps, and community-building initiatives.
I encourage you to continue developing your idea using the resource that MIT provides for building Artificial Intelligence with MIT App Inventor (https://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/ai-with-mit-app-inventor). You are familiar with the MIT resources because you have used SCRATCH for creating the game! Please, continue training your coding skills for creating digital solutions from the Ideation to the Programming! I would like to see 'AI That Gives Personalized Advice' in your app! 💙
It would also be beneficial if you prepared some social media materials. I recommend watching some pitch videos on YouTube to learn how to prepare a pitch video. Your pitch is a powerful tool for branding and marketing your solution. For reference, consider the following pitch structure:
The Hook (10 seconds)
Introduce the Problem (30 seconds)
Problem In-depth (1 minute)
Your Technology (1 minute)
Feedback and Future (1 minute)
Wrap-up (30 seconds).
I would kindly request that you review the links you've shared with us, as some of them appear to be broken and are not working. It's possible I'm missing out on enjoying some of your materials!
Lastly, I'd like to extend my heartfelt congratulations once again. Be proud of being the creators of 'Silent, NO MORE'! Thanks! Keep up the excellent work and continue shaping the digital future for solving social problems. Your creativity and drive are truly inspiring. 😉👏🏼👏🏼📲

👏 Associate Professor at Cornell Tech — Emoti-Con Judge

Adrian, Jelani, and Arianna: I really appreciate your using this challenge as an opportunity to address an important and timely problem, cyberbullying. I think the informational approach can be important--a lot of digital and online tools are new, and we might not really understand what the right way is to behave in these new environments. I appreciate the exploration of different ways to address the issue. One thing I think would have been helpful or enlightening is to help people notice, identify or respond to cyberbullying. What are some common things that happen that people should learn are cyberbullying? What are concrete ways to help? I think the platforms you've developed could work well to help deliver this kind of content.