AlertU/Remind101

I started school already and I am still getting use to it, like the schedule, homework, people, campus etc. Although I haven't been doing as much as I have been doing over summer on the project I've still been thinking about during the day and while I'm sleeping. The reason that I wanted to post something up today is because while I was heading to my first class on Monday I saw a flyer on the wall and it was a notification system for students to send in a text message and receive alerts from the school in case of an emergency. This is great because almost every college student has a phone, which they use in or outside the classroom. After class I went on my computer and went to the website AlertU. I explored through their website to see what they were doing and I was impressed of the product. So this got me thinking about what I want to create and then I also remembered that Remind101 just launched so having these two products is really useful to compare. In a way from the video demo of Remind101, their product is similar to AlertU. Same process in users texting a code to subscribe and other features that are similar, but there is one key feature no one has mastered yet. I'm still planning on doing this and make it available for schools/parents.

There's more to add but I have a class to attend.

By the way the new Blogger interface is nice. I love the simplicity and colors. 

Pause

Summer is almost at it's end for me and that means that I'll soon start college. I've enjoyed this summer for many reasons, like going to Google once or twice a week, meeting amazing people and maybe most importantly eating delicious food. I'll miss walking down Shoreline Blvd in the mornings to meet with Suz. The crazy things that happen at Google like flash mobs etc. (If you've visited Google you know what I mean)

When I was not at Google I was home, in my room on the computer. Well not all the time I would go out and do thing a normal teen age boy would do. Like, record video and take photos when Leticia and Maureen would invite me to their Design Thinking workshops, which are always fun to be at. Road trips with the family and exploring places that we have never visited before.

I enjoyed my summer project, but this is not the end of it. Once I'm settled I'll continue with this application. This is something that I feel educators should have and be available as soon as possible. The title of the Blog is called Summer App Project, but that will soon change.

I want to Thank You!, if you have been following me through this journey and don't forget about this because I will soon be back. Enjoy the rest of your summer and talk to you soon!

Recipe

Google Voice, Google Translate, Gmail and Google+ Circles. Putting all these into one pot will make this mockup/application that I am creating. The layout is simple just like Google Voice it has a thread of all the messages from the same person, which keeps it all located in one place to look when reading from one parent to teacher. On the left column there's a circles sections that shows all the groups/circles that the teacher has and if it clicked on it will display all the parents/students that are in the circles. Each circle is for each class the teacher has. This will allow the teacher to send one notification to the entire circle which will send a text message to all the parents within that circle. While sending it will be translated in to the default language that the parent set as.