I attended a storytelling session earlier in the week to document how storytellers interact with children. The purpose was to gather information about how storytelling can be used to promote physical activity among families. This work was done to assist with Herman's storytelling research project.
Thursday we held the final session of the Youth Advocacy project. Earlier in the week we analyzed the data gathered from previous sessions to present our findings to the students. This is a step in the participatory design process, to show participants what we believe they desire based on the information collected. That way we can ensure a product is produced that meets their needs. From the analysis we determined that youth prefer a SNA with entertaining features that allows them to relate to topics in their communities. The application should also make them feel comfortable with balancing peer pressure from fellow youth. After presenting our prelimnary findings to the participants, they agreed implementing features to support those needs are necessary for youth to successfully advocate health issues.
While working with the students from BAHEC, I gained a lot of insightful info about what's preferred by adolescents in the social networking world. They were a fun, intelligent group of students that I believe can have a positive effect on their communities now and in the future.
Thursday we held the final session of the Youth Advocacy project. Earlier in the week we analyzed the data gathered from previous sessions to present our findings to the students. This is a step in the participatory design process, to show participants what we believe they desire based on the information collected. That way we can ensure a product is produced that meets their needs. From the analysis we determined that youth prefer a SNA with entertaining features that allows them to relate to topics in their communities. The application should also make them feel comfortable with balancing peer pressure from fellow youth. After presenting our prelimnary findings to the participants, they agreed implementing features to support those needs are necessary for youth to successfully advocate health issues.
While working with the students from BAHEC, I gained a lot of insightful info about what's preferred by adolescents in the social networking world. They were a fun, intelligent group of students that I believe can have a positive effect on their communities now and in the future.