Project In The Moment

Part 1: Drawing key lessons

• The team did well to identify multiple causes of procrastination through brainstorming and ideation.

• The app was well designed to tackle the root of problems by incentivising students to study.

Some areas the project can be improved:

• If the app was designed to be used on the phone, it seems counter-intuitive to have reasons for students to use the app itself. (i.e. pet function)

• The team could have designed a function where picking up the phone during a pomodoro session removes points from their account.

• This could have sidestepped the lengthy process of creating the prototype box to lock phones and also discouraging students from reaching for their phone.

Part 2: Exploring Possibilities

• It could have been interesting to see how the children from disadvantaged families procrastinate.

• Children from those communities likely procrastinate with different activities and the project's approach could have been very different.

• The team could explore with planning interactions within the app in a way to discourage students from using their phone.