A3 – SPIRITED MINDS: A Mental Health Application
For my forecasting project, A3, I decided to explore wearable technologies. Specifically, I described a fictional future technology that does not currently exist. It is a mobile mental health application, called SPIRITED MINDS. This application requires the use of a smartwatch device. Its main purpose is to aid the self-regulation process by providing therapeutic activities […]
A3-Mixed Reality for Career Education
Hello everyone, for my A3 assignment, I decided to explore a possible solution to the problem of career education that we have been struggling with for years. And mixed reality technology could be a good way to explore different options. My website can be found here.
Mobile Annotation
Inspired by a need to mark up some of my beautiful cookbooks with recipe adaptations (and at the same time not really wanting to wreck their pristine nature), I decided to look at creating digital annotations for physical books. Within my presentation, a Weebly site, I explored some of the current options out there and […]
A3 – QuoteLovers a Language Learning App
For this forecasting project, I chose to describe a FICTIONAL app that does not exist now. The app is presented on a website where the product page mimics the app description on Apple’s App Store to introduce key terminologies and concepts of Mobility, so it is a parody of a real app on the App […]
Mobile-First Design
Switching to responsive, mobile-first designs that put mobile prioritization at the heart of the design process is listed as one of the 2020 WEB DESIGN TRENDS. This article was an interesting read to me, and I think that it is closely related to this week’s topic: usability. I didn’t know that Google predominantly uses the […]
New COVID-19 notification app
Saw the news today and thought you might be interested in taking a look. Would you use the app? Do you think it is a threat to privacy or a good means to public safety? https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/covid-pandemic-app-ontario-1.5670239
A3 – Has School Taken Too Much Control
Immerse yourself in the future with this news article highlighting yet another time where technology moves so quickly that it develops controversy. This new app, the Geo-Untethered Classroom, gives teachers control over students’ devices. Great for class control, distance education, and monitoring BUT is it an overstep of privacy? Has school taken too much control […]
A3: EduSpace App for Education
Hello! In this forecasting assignment, I thought I would delve into the future of education and the 4th Industrial Revolution. I propose a universal mobile app called EduSpace that will be an all encompassing app to assist both teachers and students in providing a more personalized learning experience. Follow the link for information on EduSpace […]
A3 – Be Mindful; Play a Game!
Hi everyone, After A1, I was left with more questions. I concluded that to practice mindfulness, the students do not need an app that can be easily removed, deleted or ignored. Further research found that video games promoted mindfulness more than the specific mindfulness apps. I wanted to explore the idea of creating a video […]
A3 – The Future of Education with AI and Indoor Positioning Analytics
Greg Patton and I worked together on our A3 to forecast an app for our school (New Westminster Secondary School) that utilizes the power of Artificial Intelligence and Indoor Positioning Analytics. As we are at the cusp of moving into a new, modern, 21st century building, this app prototype is timely to highlight the potential […]