FEEDBACK: Hi Sarah, I like the passion you bring to your venture and its concept. Certainly, there is a lot of success with giving kids the freedom to create then the ability to showcase their creation. I think about Minecraft and how many users spend hours visiting other people’s worlds. I think about Reddit as well! I think you should tighten the venture concept thought, because having too much freedom creates confusion. What kinds of projects are you envisioning students to upload? I know they have to be STEM related, but the options are so vast, even within the categories that you have shown in your video. Will there be some sort of quality control to ensure that no malicious ideas are ever posted? I think parents might be concerned that some child, or adult pretending to be a child, will post a virus. Perhaps the site can host semi-annual competitions where it gives everyone a theme or goal and the submissions have to be related to that?
3 Aug
Thank you for the constructive feedback, Ying. I was concerned that High School STEM would be too vague because that is really broad. This is why I think it's important that I find a lead costumer, a High School that believes in what I am doing, to pilot and/or beta test my product before full implementation. This way I will have some good examples of knowledge creations to show and inspire others. I love your idea for a semi-annual theme. That would be another great way to help inspire users on an ongoing basis. Maybe even a monthly competition? There will me a moderation team and pre-screening technology to make sure the environment remains safe and appropriate for kids, similar to what other kids platforms like Scratch and Creatubbles do.Thanks again for the very helpful feedback!
