PYTHAGORAS
THE CHALLENGE
Did you do your homework?
When is the math test?
How was school?
These questions are asked in majority of households in Israel that have school-aged children. Isn't it strange that nowadays we find most information fast and available to us, but still these questions are asked?
Parents, being parents want to know about homework, exams, friends and other school and social related issues. They want to get reminders and information from a reliable source.
Children, being children are sometimes forgetful or embarrassed and tend to deliver information partially, late or not at all.
Most parents communicate directly with the teacher only once or twice a year at the scheduled parents meeting, which makes real-time problem solving difficult.
From my research, I was surprised to discover that:
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Academic scores and achievements are less important for parents than behavioral feedback.
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Parents expressed a need to be informed by teachers about their child's positive behavior and not just the “red flags”.
The research helped me define 3 guiding principles that will be reflected both in characterization and design:
Feel connected, updated and relevant
It was important to me to create a simple, user-friendly system, that provides an up-to-date, relevant, clean and clear picture of children’s school life.
THE OUTCOME
The app is currently shown
from the parent's side
FEED
What are they learning now?
What's going on in school ?
CHRONOLOGICAL
REMINDERS
Teacher's FEEDBACK
positive & negative
RELEVANT messages +
Digital signature permissions
HOMEWORK sorted by due date
Full menu
Get to KNOW the teacher
Design: Hadassakrov
