Tech Fair criteria A

Strand 1

What is the problem?

For this tech fair, the issue that we are trying to solve is that many children learn and receive knowledge in a late age due to how it us hard for them.Some times certain children find it difficult to learn certain things like number sand alphabet while the parents are not able to help them due to how there are not too many resources available that are made to help kids in that age to learn things like that.

Whose problem is it? (Identify the client/target market.)

This problem is faced by a certain age group which is from the age of around 2 to 4 due to how that is the age where they are needed to learn things like nursery rhymes, basic numbers and the alphabet while doe the rest of the ages it doesn't really reviewer or relate to them.For this issue the main target would not only be for people in that age but also mainly people that are about to strata school or already go to a nursery.

Where is the problem occurring? (Identify the situation.)

This issue is mostly own ares like nurseries or regular homes however it is quite general in terms of its location due to how it is mainly focused on a certain audience and not location however, they are mainly incomes and nurseries due to how theses are the ares where the target audience are mostly found.

What is the cause of the problem?

One of the causes for this issue is that there are not too many resources that are made just for children that they can find easily like finding it online as something that can be a resource that children  can find.For nurseries the main cause is also maybe due to how if there are resources they are a little too difficult for the children to learn form them.

What effect is it having?

This then makes the child unable to learn basic knowledge like numbers and letters and nursery rhymes at an early age which may then also result in them entering school in a late age due to how they couldn't learn abaci knowledge like that at an early age.They might enter school at late age due to how maybe by not being able to know basic knowledge when they are the average age to go to school they might not be able to complete the assessment to enter school successfully for them to enter school at that age.

Strand 2 

	Are there a lot of educational resources for toddlers ?	Are there resources that they could find enjoyable ?	The sources that are enjoyable do they find them beneficial ?
Yes	II	IIIII	I
No	IIIIIII	IIIII	IIIIIIIII

For my secondary research I reviewed different websites to see opinions of different articles and also some parents and teachers.Here are some points to summarize my secondary research from multiple websites and articles.

• The first point that I have received from my research is that around 90% of 2 year olds use tablets or smartphones.This shows that toddlers are quite capable of using it however, how do we guarantee that they are not being badly influenced from it and also how do we know that they might be educated by it while there is a lack of resources for educational benefit.

• A second point that I have received form my research is that around 10% of children that use electronics use it for educational uses showing that around 90 percent of children are not using it for educational uses showing lack of interest in education which could be a main result of  not having interesting educational resources available to the children to us online.

• A third point that I have also received form my secondary research is that around 50% of all two to four years olds have all played video games.This shows that the interest to games is high and that they find it entertaining which is why they do it while when it comes to educational resources they neglect due to how they lack but also how they are not amusing 

To conclude after I have done my primary and secondary research it has been shown that very little toddlers use their opportunity of using electronic devices towards education and instead a very large amount of toddlers rather play video games and use electronic devices for leisure and enjoyment.

References:

SoundCloud. 2018. PIXELATED MUSIQ | Free Listening on SoundCloud. [ONLINE] Available at: https://soundcloud.com/pixelated-nyc. [Accessed 11 January 2018].

Language development: children 0-8 years | Raising Children Network . 2018. Language development: children 0-8 years | Raising Children Network . [ONLINE] Available at: http://raisingchildren.net.au/articles/language_development.html/context/1148. [Accessed 11 January 2018].

Kevin Watkins. 2018. Too Little Access, Not Enough Learning: Africa’s Twin Deficit in Education. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/too-little-access-not-enough-learning-africas-twin-deficit-in-education/. [Accessed 11 January 2018].

www.cbc.ca. 2018. 'A lot of kids' needs are not being met': Lots of labels, lack of resources for students with special needs - Canada - CBC News. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/special-ed-iep-support-1.3751522. [Accessed 11 January 2018].


Strand 3

	Strengths	Weaknesses	Opportunities	Targets
Yo Gabba Gabba	It is very enjoyable and looks very colorful, also it uses characters with colorful characters making it attractive to the kids.	It is not very educational and doesn't teach anything academic like alphabets and numbers etc.	Maybe we can try to encourage children to more academic learning rather than only entertainment.	Must not only focus on entertaining them with teaching anything they could benefit form academically.
Simple Kids Crafts	It is very attractive looking and includes a lot of colors, it teaches how to make crafts at home which is teaching creativity.	It is not really fir the age of toddlers and more for people aged 8 and above due to how toddlers wouldn't be able to create such projects.	Maybe we can try to make it a little more for toddlers and make the projects a little easier so it can fit more ages.	Make projects little easier so that toddlers could also benefit from it and learn from it too.
PBS	It is very entertaining and includes tv shows which are made for toddlers for leisure and amusement.	It doesn't include  anything to teach to children nothing creative, nothing for them to learn as a moral or even academic.	Maybe we can try to teach nursery rhymes along with the tv shows that they show from their channel.	Include soothing else in the videos other than tv shows that are shown on the television for the toddlers and include something else like nursery rhymes or educational songs.

Strand 4

What is it:


This project that I am creating with my fellow partner is going to be a video.We will be creating the video to be pixelated which means that it will have pixelated content.The video will be made to teach the basic knowledge like the numerals from 1 to 10 and the whole alphabet.We will present these in the video as pixelated content.We will be using a pixellating software to create the pixelated content for the video but to the create the video and out the internet together we will be using iMovie to then create the video and upload it on to youtube.

Who is it for :

This project will be having a target audience.The audience that we will be targeting will be children that are mainly ages of three to four.The reason we will be choosing these as our target audience os that it by creating this it will make them more exposed to education before entering school which will then help them enter school at an average and normal age rather than entering at a late each to lack of basic knowledge.


Why are we making this?

The reason that we are making this s that from secondary and primary research that we have received from websites and from a survey that we performed we saw that there are not enough educational resources for children to use that they could find amusing but also help them learn basic knowledge before entering school. By getting them exposed to education earlier they could enter the school knowing knowledge which could help their chance of getting into school rise.


To conclude, the project we are creating is a video that will represent pixelated content making it amusing for the target audience and allowing them to also learn through it and we are creating it for children from the ages of 3 to 4.

The presentation: