Inspiration
Recently, I started volunteering at a nonprofit to teach elementary students American Sign Language via zoom. Ever since I became a teacher, I have learned so much more about the deaf community. Working directly with these kid I was inspired to create this app.
What it does
It spreads disability awareness, teaches ASL, and encourages people to donate.
How I built it
I built it on Xcode using Swift.
Challenges I ran into
I had a few errors that came up, but there was one error that was really challenging. It had to do with one of my buttons, but it gave no clear error message. I had to debug it by undoing bits of my project to find out the source of my error, and I watched a lot of tutorials to figure it out. It was really frustrating, but in the end it worked out.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Some accomplishments that I am proud of were in my design of the app. I worked hard on designing fun colors and fonts to make it more appealing which surprisingly took a long time. I not only coded but also used apps like GIMP to make better quality images because I knew they would be a big theme in Make The Future. I am also proud of figuring out the errors that challenged me and using online resources to learn along the way.
What I learned
I learned a lot about working hands-on with the UI interface, creating segues, and debugging.
What's next for Make The Future
The next step for Make The Future would probably be figuring out different teaching methods to teach ASL. Right now, I use images, but with time, I will advance my project by coding teaching exercises, games, test with time limits, etc. After that, I plan to find more ways to encourage people to donate. I have a few ideas about collaborating with charities and selling products to generate more revenue to donate.
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