MAD about Mattering App Finals
Students pitch their ideas to the world (& some sharks!)
Vote on Your Favorite Now!
- No Excuse for Abuse - Animal Abuse 775-278-758
- Overty - Anti-Poverty 925-168-917
- Stop Sex Trafficking - 219-413-839
- Suicide Prevention App 049-983-312
- Uncut - Self Harm 356-189-777
Final MAD about Mattering App Presentations with Edtech "Sharks"
Tuesday, May 10, 2016, 03:45 PM
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How Can I See the Apps?
Download the MAD-Store app on , Google or in the online MAD-Store. Use the codes listed by each app. See the MAD about Mattering Judging Process.
Global Problems. Student-created solutions.
Students at Westwood Schools will join their collaborative partners from Flowery Branch High School (Georgia), Driver Middle School (Indiana), Ron Clark Academy (Georgia), and Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy (Florida) to present their apps to the judges in the finals of the MAD about Mattering Project.
Who is judging? Executives from Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and the US Department of Education as well as global voting will determine which app goes live on the app stores from this project. Learn more about judging. Five apps will make it to the finals and each have five minutes to make their case.
13 apps. 5 finalists. 1 prize.
Student Created Apps
App Trailers
App Websites
Listed alphabetically by last name.
Rohit Agarwal
Lindsay Bayne
Jaime Casap
Website: http://www.jcasap.com
Twitter: @jcasap
Joseph South
Twitter: @southjoseph
Choose to Matter
App Code: 269-775-793
Enough
In Special Shoes
App Code: 491-687-169
No excuse for abuse
App Code: 775-278-758
Overty
Quit the Addict
Stop Sex Trafficking
Stress Less
Suicide Prevention
Texting and Driving App
We Cancervive
Uncut
What Did Students Do on this Project? Project Overview
Wikis and Videos
Heartbreak Mapping
Green light, red light, yellow light process
Logo development
Cutting edge software development workflow
Feedback from other students
Judging
Phase 1 Meta Judges
Nathan Stevens
Website: http://teachwithyouripad.wikispaces.com/
Twitter: @nathan_stevens
Phase 1 Judges
Alice Barr
Website: http://alicebarr.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @alicebarr
Rick Burkett
Website: http://tsdtechguy.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @RickB1
Dr. Lee Graham
Website: https://akedtech.com/
Twitter: @ak_leeg
Dr. Tim Greene
Website: http://theedtechdoctor.com/
Twitter: @theedtechdoctor
Dr. Cyndi Kuhn
Website: http://theedtechplace.info/CDKs_ED_Tech_Place/Home.html
Twitter: @cyndidannerkuhn
Jennifer Nicholas
Dr. Elaine Roberts
Website: https://about.me/elainejroberts
Twitter: @elainej
Bron Stuckey
Website: https://about.me/bronstuckey
Twitter: @BronSt
Dr. Mark Weston
Website: https://shiftparadigm2011.wordpress.com/
Twitter: @ShiftParadigm
What is MAD about Mattering?
About the Creators
- To use compassion driven innovation & collaborative teamwork to develop an app that matters to the world
- To facilitate collaborative social entrepreneurial teams using leading computer science technology to create apps that tackle important problems to the students
- To develop a network of supporters and investors to help fund & develop student apps and take them to market.
- To document & demonstrate the next generation of global collaboration harnessing the power of collaborative technology, social media, and emerging partnerships of organizations wanting to help students pursue their passions and become excellent collaborators in the world today.
- To create a duplicable model of quad-engineering where four classrooms work together to solve important global problems and release that model as an open education resource (OER)for teachers around the world to use and adapt.
- To ensure that students are not just consumers of technology, but also creators of it
Email: vicki@coolcatteacher.com
Website: http://www.madaboutmattering.com
Teachers and Schools
Susan Bearden
www.htacademy.org
Melbourne, Florida
Website: www.susanmbearden.com
Twitter: @s_bearden
Junior Bernadin
Atlanta, Georgia
Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jbernadin
Twitter: @jbernadin
Vicki Davis
Camilla, Georgia
Website: www.coolcatteacher.com
Twitter: @coolcatteacher
Dawn Madden
Flowery Branch, Georgia
Website: http://teacherpages.hallco.org/webpages/dawnmadden/
Twitter: @coachdawnmadden
Natalie McKalip
Lee L. Driver Middle School
Winchester, Indiana
Website: http://transformingartedtech.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @NatalieMcKalip