Student Space-Maker
Creators: Andrew, Taiko, Tyler, Jeremiah, Stanley, Vincent, Gerber & Henry
School: High School Students from P721Q John F. Kennedy Jr. School @ Information Tech HS
Location: Queens, NY
Project Themes: Education
About this Project
Students have different needs and preferences that need to be met in school so they can be comfortable working and playing. Our app helps to figure out the bets spaces for you to work and the type of work that best suits you. It will help school staff understand their students needs and preferences even better!
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Professional Feedback
Your project shows a strong and meaningful focus on improving student well-being and communication in school environments. The idea of helping students express their needs through a visual checklist combined with an AI chatbot (“Space-Maker”) is thoughtful and addresses a real challenge, especially for students who may struggle to verbalize their preferences.
Strengths:
Clear and important mission: supporting diverse student needs, comfort, and learning environments.
Strong connection to real experiences in your school community, which makes the project authentic and relevant.
Effective use of AI as a support tool, especially to organize student responses and provide suggestions.
The combination of a visual checklist + chatbot is a smart way to make the system more accessible.
Good reflection on iteration, showing that you improved the project after challenges with the first prototype.
Suggestions for Improvement:
Clarify how the AI actually generates recommendations (e.g., what data it uses and how it avoids incorrect suggestions).
Provide more detail on what kinds of spaces or strategies the app recommends (quiet rooms, group work areas, sensory-friendly spaces, etc.).
Improve the structure and wording of the presentation to make it easier to follow—some ideas are repeated or slightly unclear.
Consider adding examples or a sample user journey (e.g., “A student completes the checklist, then receives X recommendation”).
Think about how privacy and student data will be handled, especially since the app collects personal preferences.
Overall:
This is a thoughtful and socially meaningful project with strong potential. It shows empathy, creativity, and a real effort to use technology (including AI) to improve student experiences. With further refinement in clarity, workflow detail, and system design, the Space-Maker app could become a powerful tool for supporting inclusive and student-centered learning environments.
Strengths:
Clear and important mission: supporting diverse student needs, comfort, and learning environments.
Strong connection to real experiences in your school community, which makes the project authentic and relevant.
Effective use of AI as a support tool, especially to organize student responses and provide suggestions.
The combination of a visual checklist + chatbot is a smart way to make the system more accessible.
Good reflection on iteration, showing that you improved the project after challenges with the first prototype.
Suggestions for Improvement:
Clarify how the AI actually generates recommendations (e.g., what data it uses and how it avoids incorrect suggestions).
Provide more detail on what kinds of spaces or strategies the app recommends (quiet rooms, group work areas, sensory-friendly spaces, etc.).
Improve the structure and wording of the presentation to make it easier to follow—some ideas are repeated or slightly unclear.
Consider adding examples or a sample user journey (e.g., “A student completes the checklist, then receives X recommendation”).
Think about how privacy and student data will be handled, especially since the app collects personal preferences.
Overall:
This is a thoughtful and socially meaningful project with strong potential. It shows empathy, creativity, and a real effort to use technology (including AI) to improve student experiences. With further refinement in clarity, workflow detail, and system design, the Space-Maker app could become a powerful tool for supporting inclusive and student-centered learning environments.
