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Project Summary

Bridging Linguistic Divides and Improving Health Literacy through App Development.

Tech for a Healthier Community. Aspire. App. Achieve.

Project Timeline

Week 1:

September 16, 2014
Welcome and Overview
Google Drive Set-Up and General Pre-Program Assessment
Introduction to App Development Workshop

September 18, 2014
Account assignments, Team Assignments, Pre-Program Tech Assessment
GigBridge Overview
Obesity Panel
Individual Language Proficiency Assessment by Lead Language Instructor
Team Debrief: Concept Map, Identifying focus area for App in teams

Week 2:
September 23, 2014
Intro-to-App Development Presentation
Appy-Pie Demo

September 25, 2014
Scheme and Design Activity
Content Research overview

Week 3:
September 30, 2014
Focus Area Identification
Online Research Investigations

October 3, 2014
Focus Identification Worksheet- Online Investigation with Mentor, Electronic Completion on Google Drive
Content Research

Week 4:
October 16, 2014
Health Care Consult
App Development

Week 5:
October 21, 2014
App design and development

October 23, 2014
Review of Appy Pie
App development

Week 6:
October 28, 2014
App development

October 30, 2014
App development

Week 7:
November 4, 2014
App development

November 6, 2014
Presentation workshop
Begin presentation creation- Google Slides

Week 8:
November 11, 2014
Presentation development
Enrichment activity- Lightbot.com

November 13, 2014
Post Assessment
Presentation practice

November 14, 2014
Judging of apps and presentations
Awards Ceremony

Project Partners

The success of the project was contingent on the collaboration of several institutions. First and foremost, Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy and East Lake Academy welcomed the program into their after-school activities, enabling us to speak to groups during school hours to recruit participants. Faculty and students at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Girls Preparatory School along with employees at Tennessee Valley Authority served as IT and language mentors for the students. The Advanced Center for Sleep Disorders and the UT College of Nutrition and Dietetics worked with Global Excel to provide obesity education. Lastly, local developers volunteered their time to evaluate the students applications and presentations.

Metrics and Outcomes

Technical Outcomes

What innovations are you creating? Where is your pilot taking place? What do you hope to get out of the pilot? How will it advance your project technically?

Learning Outcomes

By participating in the pilot, X number of people will learning the following...

We will measure these learning outcomes by X, Y, and Z, methods.

Community Outcomes

What, if any, are the impacts of this project on the broader community? What are you producing that can be shared, remixed, and/or scaled?

Visuals

GigBridge Gigabit Fund Pitch Video

Learn More

Our project progress will be documented via weekly updates on our GigBridge blog.