good morning!

Friday, March 9, 2012

Hello everyone! Way way back when we all gave our previous presentations, I had set for myself a set of goals, along with a pretty determined idea of what I wanted to have as nal artifacts for this degree project.

the question

In what ways can design be used to educate parents and prepare their children (ages 4-5) for entering kindergarten at a public school?

Friday, March 9, 2012

This is the question that I had posed to myself. In what ways can design be used to educate parents and prepare their children (ages 4-5) for entering kindergarten at a public school?

the research

Friday, March 9, 2012

Back over the winter, I had collected a lot of research to fuel my project with. The rst obstacle I had to overcome was my own stubbornness to cram all of this really good, juicy information into my project.

the research

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I sorted through everything, categorized it, and then began to transcribe it all.

the book

Friday, March 9, 2012

Into a book. Here are a couple quick screen grabs of example spreads of the book that I started to make. May it rest in peace. Because, this is where the book ended. During a small group crit a good point was brought up that, well, this was a lot to cover in the amount of time we have. Especially if the book was only HALF of what I wanted to do.

goodbye, for now!

Friday, March 9, 2012

So, the content of the book and all of the raw information Ive been pulling from will nd its new home in the pages of my process book, the one were already required to make. Duh. So with a couple weeks, not lost, but denitely misspent on that project, I moved on to the second part of my original plan.

site mappin

Friday, March 9, 2012

Which was developing an application that served several different functions. Which I have made into a tidy little site map. this might not be everything, this might be more than there is. Ive developed this site map in conjunction with a set of 3 scenarios which I have already roughly scripted out. One thing that I noticed while working on a similar project in MX last semester was, I made all of these screens to go along with the site map, but then didnt end up using nearly all of them for the scenarios. For times sake, I would like to try and avoid that by guring out which screens I need by using the scenarios sort of as scripts.

scenario

Please keep this in mind for the sake of getting useful feedback in the time that I have. Wireframes = content, not form. Thanks!

Friday, March 9, 2012

Right now I have one scenario translated digitally. This is a wireframe. It is not designed. So please, give me feedback on the content and not the form. Also, there is a lot of tapping, which, for the sake of time I am going to BLAST through. I know its fast.

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Scenario one: Setting up the app through a quick assessment of your childs skills. Lets begin! (Click)

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Friday, March 9, 2012

Scenario one: Setting up the app through a quick assessment of your childs skills. Lets begin! (Click)

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This test it meant to be taken with your child present. First is color identication. Which colors can Mrs. Lilly Hendersons child Casey recognize? (Click) (Click)

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Friday, March 9, 2012

This test it meant to be taken with your child present. First is color identication. Which colors can Mrs. Lilly Hendersons child Casey recognize? (Click) (Click)

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Friday, March 9, 2012

This test it meant to be taken with your child present. First is color identication. Which colors can Mrs. Lilly Hendersons child Casey recognize? (Click) (Click)

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After the colors, its time to check little caseys knowledge of letters. While holding up the screen, Lily lets little Casey read each letter she knows. (Click) (Click)

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After the colors, its time to check little caseys knowledge of letters. While holding up the screen, Lily lets little Casey read each letter she knows. (Click) (Click)

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Friday, March 9, 2012

After the colors, its time to check little caseys knowledge of letters. While holding up the screen, Lily lets little Casey read each letter she knows. (Click) (Click)

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lower case letters are also a necessity. Notice there are more letters? thats because it is also important for children to recognize letters in a variety of styles, like the letter a and the letter g. (Click) (Click)

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Friday, March 9, 2012

lower case letters are also a necessity. Notice there are more letters? thats because it is also important for children to recognize letters in a variety of styles, like the letter a and the letter g. (Click) (Click)

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Friday, March 9, 2012

lower case letters are also a necessity. Notice there are more letters? thats because it is also important for children to recognize letters in a variety of styles, like the letter a and the letter g. (Click) (Click)

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Lily lets her daughter use the ipad stylus to write her own name. (Click)

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While casey writes, Lilly pays attention and marks (Click) how rmly and in what hand Casey holds the pen. (Click) (Click)

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Friday, March 9, 2012

While casey writes, Lilly pays attention and marks (Click) how rmly and in what hand Casey holds the pen. (Click) (Click)

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Friday, March 9, 2012

While casey writes, Lilly pays attention and marks (Click) how rmly and in what hand Casey holds the pen. (Click) (Click)

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Now Lilly and Casey work on the number recognition page. Its a little hard for her daughter to know her numbers when they are out of order.

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Friday, March 9, 2012

Now Lilly and Casey work on the number recognition page. Its a little hard for her daughter to know her numbers when they are out of order.

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Friday, March 9, 2012

Now Lilly and Casey work on the number recognition page. Its a little hard for her daughter to know her numbers when they are out of order.

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After her daughter counts, in order, this time, Lilly records the number. (Click) (Click)

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Friday, March 9, 2012

After her daughter counts, in order, this time, Lilly records the number. (Click) (Click)

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Friday, March 9, 2012

After her daughter counts, in order, this time, Lilly records the number. (Click) (Click)

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shape identication. (Click) (Click)

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shape identication. (Click) (Click)

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shape identication. (Click) (Click)

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These are questions for the parent, with no interaction for the child. Lilly checks questions relating to books and understanding lines of text. (Click) (Click)

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Friday, March 9, 2012

These are questions for the parent, with no interaction for the child. Lilly checks questions relating to books and understanding lines of text. (Click) (Click)

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Friday, March 9, 2012

These are questions for the parent, with no interaction for the child. Lilly checks questions relating to books and understanding lines of text. (Click) (Click)

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Friday, March 9, 2012

a couple more questions, this time about her daughters conversation habits (Click) (Click)

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Friday, March 9, 2012

a couple more questions, this time about her daughters conversation habits (Click) (Click)

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Friday, March 9, 2012

a couple more questions, this time about her daughters conversation habits (Click) (Click)

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After the test is complete, she has a rough assessment of where little Casey stands in regards to her kindergarten readiness. Shes in a good spot but could use some help in a couple areas. By clicking the corner of each subject (Click) (Click)

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After the test is complete, she has a rough assessment of where little Casey stands in regards to her kindergarten readiness. Shes in a good spot but could use some help in a couple areas. By clicking the corner of each subject (Click) (Click)

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she can go through the informational page to get a better understanding of whats what. These pages also have a few of the more popular activities that work on the subject. (Click) (Click)

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Friday, March 9, 2012

she can go through the informational page to get a better understanding of whats what. These pages also have a few of the more popular activities that work on the subject. (Click) (Click)

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Friday, March 9, 2012

she can go through the informational page to get a better understanding of whats what. These pages also have a few of the more popular activities that work on the subject. (Click) (Click)

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she can go back and look at the other subjects

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she can go back and look at the other subjects

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and then begin to get into the rest of the app. And thats the end of the digital wireframes.

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Friday, March 9, 2012

and then begin to get into the rest of the app. And thats the end of the digital wireframes.

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These are still in sketch mode, so Ill go through them pretty quickly. Not a lot of are. In this scenario, the user explores the local tools within this app. The start the app, and click the prole tab. (click) they turn on the location tab in their settings, so the app can determine where they are and whats around them. They tab the activities button

scenario

Friday, March 9, 2012

These are still in sketch mode, so Ill go through them pretty quickly. Not a lot of are. In this scenario, the user explores the local tools within this app. The start the app, and click the prole tab. (click) they turn on the location tab in their settings, so the app can determine where they are and whats around them. They tab the activities button

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The can search, check their local opportunities, or see what the people theyre following have saved. They choose local. (click) Here they can choose organised events, or outdoor or indoor activities. they click outdoor.

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Friday, March 9, 2012

The can search, check their local opportunities, or see what the people theyre following have saved. They choose local. (click) Here they can choose organised events, or outdoor or indoor activities. they click outdoor.

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There, theres a list of different activities and their dates. (click) by tapping one, the use can see detailed information on the event, the date and time, and the location. they can also see what areas of development this activity works on. They can also save the location or save the date in their iCal, which this user decides to do.

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Friday, March 9, 2012

There, theres a list of different activities and their dates. (click) by tapping one, the use can see detailed information on the event, the date and time, and the location. they can also see what areas of development this activity works on. They can also save the location or save the date in their iCal, which this user decides to do.

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it enters ical, saves it (click) and then they return to the app (click)

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it enters ical, saves it (click) and then they return to the app (click)

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They go back a couple pages, and then look through the indoor activities. These are things like library readings, play centers, eh, (click) the can save the location, which this user does for this event. The end. Ill make these all smoother moving forward of course.

scenario

Friday, March 9, 2012

They go back a couple pages, and then look through the indoor activities. These are things like library readings, play centers, eh, (click) the can save the location, which this user does for this event. The end. Ill make these all smoother moving forward of course.

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In scenario 3, the usur explores the online community area of the app. The can look through questions, or ask their own. (click) search by keyword.... (click)

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Friday, March 9, 2012

In scenario 3, the usur explores the online community area of the app. The can look through questions, or ask their own. (click) search by keyword.... (click)

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They search pencil grip (click) thinking....I guess I didnt really need this frame, sorry (click)

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Friday, March 9, 2012

They search pencil grip (click) thinking....I guess I didnt really need this frame, sorry (click)

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Oh no, there was nothing found with the keywords pencil grips (click) so they write out a new question, and wait for it to be answered.

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Oh no, there was nothing found with the keywords pencil grips (click) so they write out a new question, and wait for it to be answered.

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Well, they go back a couple pages and choose to connect to one of the social medias to see if they have any friends who use this app. Even if they do not have children 4-5 years now, if they used the app when their children were younger, it is stored. (click) friends! (click)

scenario

Friday, March 9, 2012

Well, they go back a couple pages and choose to connect to one of the social medias to see if they have any friends who use this app. Even if they do not have children 4-5 years now, if they used the app when their children were younger, it is stored. (click) friends! (click)

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The user can look at activities their friend saved, as well as see any local activities that they have saved in their calendar. They can also send a request for a play date! Now, here, I skipped a couple screens on accident. They were supposed to go back a couple pages, to the initial community page. (click) and they selected the zoned school button

scenario

Friday, March 9, 2012

The user can look at activities their friend saved, as well as see any local activities that they have saved in their calendar. They can also send a request for a play date! Now, here, I skipped a couple screens on accident. They were supposed to go back a couple pages, to the initial community page. (click) and they selected the zoned school button

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The app checks their current location, and determines what school they are zoned for. There could be some error with this, so theres the option to edit the location. (click) clicking the schools name will subscribe the user the the information and updates that the school provides. Again, the user can add important dates, like the registration date, to their calendar.

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Friday, March 9, 2012

The app checks their current location, and determines what school they are zoned for. There could be some error with this, so theres the option to edit the location. (click) clicking the schools name will subscribe the user the the information and updates that the school provides. Again, the user can add important dates, like the registration date, to their calendar.

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le fin

Friday, March 9, 2012

done! that was a lot. thats where I am at! Over the spring break I will be translating these to be digital, as well as developing several visual directions to choose from. Thanks