Inspiration
Our inspiration for this project came from the idea that when people want to learn something new, they don't know where to begin, or when they need help on something, they don't know where to go. So, we built a website for high school students, but it can be used by anyone, to come and learn new things and get aid on areas they are struggling at for school.
What it does
Brainstorm is a platform meant for high school students to come and get help on their school subjects. They watch videos explaining something they don't understand. If they have a question, they can ask the community, which consists of many experts from many different industries, who can answer their question. To assure the correct answer is given, there is an upvote/downvote system that brings the best answers to the front of the page. Finally, there is a stay up to date part of the website, where researchers and scientists can post all their latest findings and ideas for the entire Brainstorm community to know what's going on their fields.
How we built it
The website was built using wix.
Challenges we ran into
One challenge we faced was communication among our teammates, not everybody was online at the same time you were and it became difficult to know who was doing what and what their progress was. Wix also only allows one person to edit at a time, so we really had to plan out everything before we got started.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Something we are really proud of is our power point presentation. Originally it was extremely wordy and didn't have many pictures. Fortunately, we learned a lot about how to make a good pitch from the Sheridan Edge workshop and from a lot of the mentors. Our power point ended up becoming much more simpler and to the point.
What we learned
One major thing we learned was marketing and how to make a good pitch. We went from reading off a crowded and wordy power point to a more appealing a to the point presentation. There was so much more to presenting an idea that we didn't know before the hackathon and we are all really glad we participated in it.
What's next for Brainstorm
One idea we were unable to add to Brainstorm was a tool for kinesthetic learners, a visual reality classroom using echoar. One where learners can interact with 3D models to better understand how mechanisms and other things work, since they can't see them in person due to covid.
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