Evan's Sketches

Design 1  - Teacher-Parent Mailbox

This solution would physically store information. The mailbox would be placed at the entrance of the school so that both Busy Brenda and Tammy Teacher would have access to it.

• Brenda, could express her concerns by writing a note and putting it into Tammy’s slot.
• Tammy, could reply but writing another note and leaving it in Brenda’s slot.
• By writing daily notes, Teacher Tammy could update Brenda of Sarah’s progress, share educational resources, and tell her about upcoming important assignments This non-computer interface is very simple and extremely efficient. It doesn’t require any schedule commitment; Busy Brenda could pass by the school any time she is free and deliver or collect messages.
  

Design 2  - Observation Tablet

The interface is designed to be ultra-efficient. The teacher can take fast notes of anything she observes, and communicate all these observations to Busy Brenda. Busy Brenda cancheck her mail daily and stay updated on Sarah’s progress.
The main screen has the name of each student.

• When Teacher Tammy checked Sarah successfully did her homework, click on Sarah's name, type a message on the textbox and save it. Her comment would be saved in Sarah's page.
• At the end of the day, after taking several notes about Sarah’s progress, Tammy would click into Sarah’s profile, and send all her comments to Sarah’s mom.
• The second picture shows how Sarah’s profile would look like.Tammy would be able to see the messages she has already sent and the messages she wrote that day. 
• It Tammy sent that day's comments about Sarah to her mom, Brenda would receive an email containing Tammy's comments. This would allow Brenda to stay up to date with her daughter's progress at school.