Procrastinever
Procrastinever
Attention is currency!
Our app mainly targets teenagers, since they are the ones most prone to procrastination. In fact, about 95% percent of teenagers report procrastinating on a regular basis (National Library of Medicine). Fixing issues with procrastination fits into the SDG 3 of health and well-being since procrastination in the long term greatly affects people's stress levels, sleep quality, and ultimately their immune systems. We decided to combine motivational features that keeps users engaged and time management features together into an app, and thus, Procrastinever was made.
Technical Elements
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Learning Journey
Learning Journey
Through the trials of Technovation, we put our creativity to the test and overcame our fear of coding. Since we don't come from a coding backround, using the blocks did not come naturally to us so it was very difficult to translate our ideas into reality. We figured it out eventually by watching youtube tutorials, and by doing our own research and experimentations. It took us some time to figure out a problem that we could feasibly address with an app. Eventually, we figured it out by discussing with our mentors and our peers to finally settle on procrastination.
Information Legitimacy Description
We believe that our information is legitimate, because they come from reliable sources such as books, therapist quotes and college websites. For exemple, we have collected facts from a psychology book called The Procrastination Equation by Piers Steel, a recognized Canadian psychologist. We've discovered other details on Rhodes college's website, which is legitimate since it is the duty of colleges to provide objective and unbiased information. Additionally, we did an internal survey among our peers, whose results we took into consideration while creating the app.
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We carefully considered ethics both in Procrastinever's mission and design. As its first designers and users, we designed the app with sincere intentions and a sense of responsibility.
Procrastinever's mission is ethical since it helps users improve their daily habits, encourages self‑autonomy, and reduces the mental load that many students experience. We were also mindful of data privacy and user well‑being. Our app does not collect unnecessary personal information, nor does it capitalize on user data. We avoided design choices that could make users mentally dependent on the app. Finally, to ensure inclusivity and fairness, we relied on user feedback through surveys distributed specifically to our target demographic. This approach helped us reduce bias and take diverse preferences into account when making design decisions.
