Friday, 23 February 2018

OUGD505: Crit and Feedback

Success of Ideas


  • The app is needed, there is a gap in the market for it.
  • Good name
  • Kids use devices too much, you always see families at meals on ipads etc, therefore the app is needed and will be useful.
  • The colours match with the idea and target audience well. 
  • Good idea to personalise it.
  • A social element works well. 
  • Good friendly tone and personalisation. 
  • Good how the parents don't have too much control of it.
  • Good colours, they are very playful and childish.
  • Grey colour can be changed.


Improvements

  • Parents can enter a reward system/
  • Design the interface.
  • Brighter colours. 
  • Typeface, simple or childlike. 
  • Need to find a way to get kids interested. 
  • Kid's love rewards.
  • Kids may struggle to set up a simplistic routine, maybe allow adults to choose certain things that are on the app, not put in their own. 
  • Think of how to promote the software is it for worldwide or just in the UK.
  • Think about how to get kids attracted. 
  • A time limit would be good.
  • Makes colours brighter.
  • Needs photos or illustrations. 
  • Maybe the parents phones could be linked so they know what's going on.
  • Have a feature which tells kids when their friends are online and suggest the go and play together. 
  • Could add a feature where the child can plan their timetable with things they love to do and things that are compulsory.
  • Digital assistant for kids.
  • Research ethical UX design for kids, what is friendly design.
  • Research kid's psychology. 

General Comments/Ideas

  • Look at the aspect of connectivity.
  • Embracing technology. 
  • Research and think about what children will respond to.
  • Will they respond to a challenge?
  • What will children engage with?
  • Things to collect and show people.
  • Parents can create rewards, reward systems.
  • Children can show their parents what they've done.
  • Look at Siri, analyse it and how it can be made more appropriate for children. 
  • Digital assistants for kids.
  • How to re appropriate Siri, or the idea of Siri for kids
  • Idea of collecting photos, going outside. 
  • How children can engage them with the space around them.
  • Using brighter colours. 
  • Idea of linking phones, with either friends or parents.
  • Parent/child login.
  • Who/what is wonder.
  • How do you get kids to listen and to trust wonder.
  • Ethics of children speaking to someone/something, speaking to strangers.
  • Can children speak to wonder or does wonder just speak to them.
  • Talking Tom app.
  • Making children physically do something. 
Conclusion

  • Bring in a social element to the software.
  • Research into Siri and how it can be re appropriated for children.
  • Try out a reward system within the software.
  • Using brighter colours.
  • Looking at how to get kids interested and wanting to use the app and interact with it.
  • To what extent can children interact with the app, can they speak to it, can wonder talk back. 
  • Think whether the app will be distributed worldwide or just in the UK.
  • Looking at how children can plan their own time, doing things they love and also compulsory things. 
  • Look into the ethics of kid's UX design and the ethics of digital assistants. 
  • The idea of a challenge that makes children engage with the space around them and making children physically do something. 

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