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16/8 Creating the target Audience(spin off)

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16/8 Creating the target Audience(spin off)

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In this task, me and my partner worked together to create the ideal target audience for our spin off task. this is a great way to test my critical and creative thinking skills. by working with another person, this also improves my critical and creative thinking skills. this is because thinking quickly and to use both realistic and non realistic solutions would benefit it. this will help out with our spin off task to allowing us to be more aware of our target audience. There were still minor conflicts between our group member, this was due to dissagreements and our difference in beliefs, even I was even part of the conflict. in the future, to make this a more comfortable experience for both my and my peers, I would make up a plan and empathise with those who are talking as we are all different and try my best to dd-escalate any potential fights .

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through various research I have done in multiple lessons, I have had a brief understanding of what already exist and what I can invent for this task. I could combine ideas line the automatic spoon feeder product and a blender, which both of them already exist, and have been proven successful. this could result in a satisfying product that meets my partner's needs.

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After receiving the feedback, what changes would you make to your solution?

my partner mentioned that I just simply read out the pitch instead of actually trying to sell it to him. one solution i will implement was to improve my pitch and add more of a tone to it. I would also use ethos pathos logos to increase the likelihood of selling it. I would add credible sources such as Joe Biden or any other well known individuals that could advertise our product. I would use phrases like " would like you this to happen again" to be a good pathos for the pitch

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I used this for inspriation and research on what I could achieve.

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with peer and partners, we practiced our ideation process why collaborating and communicating with each other to generate and refine our ideas. we gave each other multiple feedback and suggestions, futher improving out ideation skills.

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In a group of 3 we brainstormed and communicated about possible circular object that could be drawn into the circle. The especially highlighted our communication and collaboration skills. Afterwards, we pitch this to the class.

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23/7 How to shave a monkey and how to paint an elephant

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23/7 How to shave a monkey and how to paint an elephant

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these two activities allow us to learn more about our peers and partners. this activity greatly highlight our critical and creative thinking skills as well as our collaboration and communication.

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23/7  Pitch a product (with the red, white, blue cards)

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23/7  Pitch a product (with the red, white, blue cards)

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we partner up with peers from across the room we first met. our collaboration skills greatly benefit from this task, allowing us to work with others that we do not know outside of class. a good critical and creative thinking skills are required for this task, as we need to thanks fast an cratively to create and pitch our product.

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our critical and creative thinking skills are vital to this task. where we had to create a product and sketch it as well as pitching it to the class. this allowed for us to think outside of the box, and be more creative.

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30/7 - 6/8 Re-design your partner’s lunch experience

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30/7 - 6/8 Re-design your partner’s lunch experience

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this task requires me to communicate and collaborate with my partner to find out how their lunchtime was, with pros and cons. to show my collaboration, I have to work well with my partner, talk to them and discuss deadlines and much more. We then produce ideas and invent a product of solution to the problem. the product was then pitched to the partner and reflected with their given feedback

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I got a total of 26 problems have picked out the top three problems. They are climate change, poverty and inequality and limited access to education. there really got main brain thinking by testing my quick and my critical and creative thinking skills. Me and a partner chose to research more about limited access to clean water and research for solutions that could potentially solve the problem.

Everything I listed:

Climate change

Deforestation

Pollution (air, water, land)

Biodiversity loss

Overfishing

Ocean acidification

Waste management

Plastic pollution

Desertification

Natural disasters

Poverty and inequality

Hunger and malnutrition

Access to clean water and sanitation

Healthcare accessibility

Education inequality

No access to education

Gender inequality

Child labor

Human trafficking

Terrorism

Conflict and war

Refugees and displacement

Mental health

Aging population

Urbanization

Unemployment

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So far, during our lessons, what are the concepts you have learnt (or further developed) and how are they influencing  the way that you approach problems.

I have learnt through a lot of work done in AP that our 5C will be incredibly necessary. especially our communiction and collaboration skills. There would be multiple time in life where your are required to worik with people you do and don't know. By learning in AP it would greatly benefit those skills and with benefit me in the long run.

What do you think your biggest challenges are going to be in AP?

the biggest challenges in my opinion are going to be development of my 5C skills. the 5C skills are much needed for AP as well as in the outside world or in any other class. I think improving my 5C skills in difficult because I would need to get out of my social bubble to talk to others.

What are you most excited about in AP?

i am excited to do the final assignment where me and a group would work together to create a product and a pitch at the end of the semester. i am excited for this because the task would greatly benefit all of my 5C skills.

Reflecting on the Divergent and Convergent thinking activities from Tuesday- what did you find challenging? Did you find it easier the more you practiced or working solo vs group? Add photo evidence from the activity.

doing the task as a group makes it alot easier than doing it solo. wokring in a group allowed for us to giove each other critical feedback and help when needed. having another brain can help you see problems that you won't see before

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I listed a total of 26 problems with some of the most important ones being climate change and deforrestation. these problem over time will get larger and larger, affecting both the human and the nature. this task got me to think outside of the box and test my critical and creative thinking skills to think of up to 50 problems in a short amount of time.

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15/8 Researching for our Spin Off project

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15/8 Researching for our Spin Off project

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This was a start in our spin off project. The group I amm working with was not the group I was working with before, so i had to get out of my comfort zone to communicate and collaborate with them. we would need to do so to be able to suceed in this task. we did 2 pages of reasearch, which will definitely be useful when it comes to the latter of our spin off task.

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What tools, skills or activities did you find most useful in the redesign your partner’s summer activity?

I find that activities where you get to comunicate and talk to your partner is the most crucial to succeed in this task. Your partner is someone you would interview and piitch your product to at the end. you will also recieve feedback from them. so building that early relationship with each other allowed for more relaxed and less stressful interactions in the future. All of the 5C are very important in this task, as it allows for use to communication and collaborate with each other for a sucessful assignment. my critical and creative thinking were shown during the creation of our video. I had to creatively think of how I can make the video entertaining and full of information and still critically thinking of the correct topic that was chosen by our group member.

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What did you find most difficult during the activity? How will you overcome this in the future?

The most difficult thing during this task was the creating a solution and pitching it to my partner. this was because i would have to think of something both creative yet useful and improve my communication skills for my pitching to the partner. I would have tried my best to pursuade to my partner and make him want to purchase the product. In the future, i would be more prepared and practice my communication skills before hand. I would spend time doing homework and spend time researching and mentally preparing before class.

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What are our initial thoughts about our Spin Off Topic?

We haven't discussed a specific problem yet, so our We haven’t discussed any specific problem in detail yet, so we are just brainstorming on some ideas of what a spin-off might be able to help with.

In proposing any solution, we must account for the target audience and its size in the market.

To create a product for this problem, we need to look at whether it’s feasible to do so regarding technology employed, costs incurred as well as how it would be manufactured among others.

What do we still need to know or find out?

Specific problem.

Target market.

Existing solutions.

Market demand.

Technical feasibility.

Manufacturing and distribution.

How can we find this information? Person, survey, internet, experts etc

Market research.

Industry experts.

Competitor analysis

asking peers

surveys

What is most intriguing about this topic?

Innovation. prototyping our product will be very exciting.

Problem-solving. overcoming problems on the way.

Entrepreneurship.

What am I most concerned about (either this topic or Spin Off in general).

Product viability.

Competition.

Time and resources.

Risk.

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How did you use or develop or grow your 5 C’s? (Collaboration, Communication, Critical and Creative Thinking, Citizenship, Character (Strengths))

my most used 'C' in this task was definitely my communcation and collaboration. this was shown through the long talks me and my partner had and how we collaborated with each other through email and through class talks despite some of us not being able to come to class. this resulted in a very sucessful completion of the redesign partner lunch experience task. my critical and creative thinking skills as well as our citizenship and character have greatly been benefited through this task. i have to critically and creatively think and have good time management as there are very limited time. i would have to communicate with my partner to create deadlines and solutions for our problem. I have built and improved some traits such as patience and understanding.

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Where did our group do really well in the Spinoff task?

our group got together multiple times to discuss plans and deadlines for when our work should be finished. our communcation and collaboratino skills have improved significantly throughout the task due to this. we divided each other with our own responsibility, ensuring that we all have the same work load. This proactive approach heavily contributed to the overall success of our task.

What improvements would we make if we had the opportunity to do the task again?

there are definitely much more improvements that could be made if I were to redo this task. while our group have made the decisions collectively, thinking more creatively and considering different perspective could have led to a more innovative solution. we have had many conflict situations, where we had argued over possible solutions and what potential problems we are choosing. this has really messed up our 5c's with each at the start of the project, which really hindered our progress early on. Luckily, we have resolved this by appologising to each other. in the future to avoid conflicts like this, I would develope strategies for proactively adressing disagreements or conflicts with my group, this will strengthen the bond of our group group, leading to a more confortable communication and collaboration with each other, resulting to a more sucessful task completion.

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i find that repetition was the most helpful. as it continuosly stated the main information. since the time frame was so short, this was a effective technique to ensure that the viewer would remember the main point and take action.

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What presentation techniques where most effective?

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What presentation techniques where most effective?

using visual such as photos or statistic would really help as it would keep the reader interested. the main thing that was the most important was the ethos pathos logos.

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we collaborated with other members from our class that is outside of our friendgroup. this allowed for good practice of all the 5c's. practicing our collaboration and collaboration skills by working with new people and practicing our critical and creative thinking by working together with them to critically think about the root cause of all the problems.

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This website is one of the sources our group have used to complete our spin off task. using online sources provides a lot of benefits:

gives us inspiration

look at other people's products

look at pros and cons

learn how we can implement the pros and minimise the cons

look at customer review to see how sucessful their product is

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Inside Quantum Technology - Inside Quantum Technology is the first company to be dedicated to meeting the strategic information and analysis needs of the emerging quantum technology sector.

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Inside Quantum Technology’s Inside Scoop: Quantum and the Automotive Industry - Inside Quantum Technology

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“The automotive world is about to be disrupted by a relatively new set of technologies: quantum,” explains Brian Lenahan, head of the Quantum Strategy Institute in a recent newsletter. Already the automotive industry is pushing ahead with quantum technology through partnerships. These partnerships include D-Wave Systems and Volkswagen; Zapata Computing and Bosch; and even IBM

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Upper 5 strengths:

Gratitude

curiousity

kindness

honesty

hope

lesser 5 strengths:

social interligence

teamwork

forgiveness

perserverance

love

Thinking about your upper and lesser VIA Character Strengths, what do you think will help or challenge you in AP?

my kindness, gratitude and my curioscity would very much assist me in AP. where they would all really shine to group task and communication with people I don't know.

Are there any particular strengths you would like to develop this semester?

I particularly would like to improve my teamwork. outside of class and in the real world, good teamwork skills will allow for an increased opportunities and a higher rate of success when put in the outside world.

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What is our current problem that we are focusing on?

Our current focus is on developing a device that can effectively help individuals manage stress and anxiety related to situations beyond their control. We aim to create a product that offers practical tools and strategies to promote emotional resilience and mental well-being.

How is the use of the empathy map evolving our idea? What new ideas or insights have you uncovered from this process?

The empathy map has been invaluable in gaining deeper insights into the user experience. We've identified key pain points such as:

Feelings of helplessness and frustration when faced with uncontrollable situations.

Difficulty in managing negative emotions like anxiety and worry.

Lack of effective coping mechanisms to navigate challenging circumstances.

the planning was proven effective as it allows me and my groupmates to get to know each other as we are working toghether for the next week. this allows us to comfortably communcate with each other and most importantly collbaorate with each other. due to the dicussions of all of our problems, we implement our critical and creative thinking to question, analyse, interpret, evaluate and make a judgement about what we read, hear, say, or write. Thanks to this, we have developes some solutions for our app including:

Interactive exercises and challenges to build resilience and problem-solving skills.

Real-time feedback and progress tracking to motivate and encourage users.

Personalized guidance and support based on individual needs and preferences.

How is our group collaborating? What can I do to improve collaboration within my team? (contribution level- inclusivity, listening to others?)

Our group collaboration has been positive and productive. We've established effective communication channels and are actively sharing ideas and feedback. To further enhance collaboration, consider the following:

Active Listening: Pay full attention to others' perspectives and avoid interrupting.

Inclusive Participation: Encourage everyone to contribute their ideas and opinions.

Constructive Feedback: Offer feedback in a positive and supportive manner.

Open-Mindedness: Be receptive to different viewpoints and willing to compromise.

if all of this was successfully taken in to account that would allwo our group to collaborate and communcate with each other and combine our critical and creative thinking that would allow us to suceed and excell in this task.

What barriers are we currently experiencing?

Some potential barriers we may encounter include:

Technical Challenges: Developing a device that accurately tracks user emotions and provides tailored support.

User Acceptance: Persuading potential users to adopt a new technology for mental health.

Aside from these, we are doing very well.

What are our next steps?

1. Further develop the device's features and functionalities based on user insights.

2. Gather feedback from potential users to validate the product's effectiveness.

3. Create a physical or digital prototype to demonstrate the device's capabilities.

4. Collaborate with mental health professionals and technology experts to enhance the product.

5. Identify potential investors or funding sources to support development and marketing.

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What Elements of Collaboration were successful?

there werer multiple sucessful elements of collaboration evident through our spin-off task. These includes:

Open Communication: our grorp have had multiple open communication sessions both in class and outside of class via email. these conversations are very honest and constructive, of us communicating with each other our problems in our work while offering solution to help solve it. for example, this one time, in class i dicussed with my gorup member to do homework together at 6pm that night. due to that, it quickly helped us boost our confidence to completet the task,

Respect for Diverse Perspectives and active listening: we are all different, and by respecting each other opinions, we can have a more diverse and satifying solution to our problem.

Shared Commitment: we all share very equal workload, dicussed with each other for our individual parts in class.

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What improvements could have been made in terms of Collaboration?

Conflict Resolution Training: The way in which members of the team understood and minimized their disagreements would probably have been more effective if they learnt and put into action different procedures for solving them.

Regular Check-ins: Increased frequency of check-ins might have helped the group in identifying and addressing potential problems promptly.

Diverse Roles: One main aspect we are missing from our collaboratino was to assign task to our group members with task that are more of their strengths from the group. Assigning individual roles by considering the strengths and weaknesses of each team member might have made their group contributions more efficient. this will greatly benefit the the quality as well as the time needed to complete the task as we are all in our specialties.

What Persuasive Techniques did we use? How effective were these? What evidence do I have of this?

Persuasive techniques are reliable since they appeal to logic through providing rational arguments as well as evidence; they appeal to emotion by showing how beneficial their suggestions could be while at the same time; they establish their credibility on the basis of their competence and experience. Our group displays their ability to use such techniques by securing approval for projects, making successful presentations and getting good feedbacks peers and teachers. the example below is an example of ethos. where we used a real life scientist as a trustable source to build credibility. the text bubble saying "The International Energy Agency (IEA) projects that quantum-powered technology could reduce transportation emissions by 40% by 2035" was also one of the logos of the presentation. being able to pursuade viewers with the statistic combined with the credible source of Dr Jennifer Wilcox, a doctor.

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My brainstorming for our problem in INNOV8

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My brainstorming for our problem in INNOV8

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this is a great start in finding a problem that me and my group all agreed and on and developing our solution. our communication and critcal and creative thinking skills are very important in this task as we would need to talk and communcation with each other as well as creatively and critically think about how the product can limit or solve the problem

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After the presentation to the class INNOV8

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After the presentation to the class INNOV8

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after the innitial presentation to the class, i have noticed multiple improves both me and my groupmates to make. we also recieved feedback from Ms Fern that our research and price for our product was too inneffiecient. where it would cost way too much money to produce while costing very little to sell an make profit. to fix this, me and my group members decided to talk it out and discuss taht we should change our product a little bit to an app instead of a device. this would greatly benefit us in the long run as it would make the product/service much cheaper to produce and sell.

i also believed that personally i could also improve my body language to show and assert that i am confident of our product instead of just standing in the corner

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I started designing my app's home screen

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I started designing my app's home screen

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this is my initial design of the home screen. this really triggers and test my creative thinking skills, in allowing me to thinking creatively as well as critically to attract customer's eyes to our product and poster. this is especially important as without attracting the viewer's attention, they would never even be interested in our product in the first place. I then changed the photo to a middle aged man afterwards as it is more appropriate and greater matches the theme.

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What aspects did you see in other groups presentations that were really strong?

Most of the group had very engaging Visuals that really draws the attention from the viewers. The Confident presenters who spoke clearly and maintained eye contact were more persuasive. One of my favourite aspects of other's presentation was their use of humour. Humor can be a powerful tool to break the ice and keep the audience engaged.

What aspects did you see in other groups presentations that were less successful?

Presentation skills

Communication and persuasive techniques used

Some presentations were unclear about the product's core benefits and target market which was a huge turn off as they were not confident in their own product.

Some group had some overreliance on Slides: Reading directly from slides can make the presentation boring and unappealing.

Some of the better presentations had great use of ethos, pathos and logos as well as a clear speaker and great eye contact. they also had great body language, great use of vary tone and volume from their voice and an amazing use of pauses.

What were the really great ideas?

There were multiple great ideas including Obi AI and SunBurn Protector that I personally like. it was very evident the Sun Burn Protector did various research, as they were able to prove all of their claims by providing quotes from famous real life doctors and researchers. They provided a solution to Sun Burn as an alternative from sunscreen, and the backed it up with research to prove that it would be more sucessful. the presentation had clear speakers, great eye contact and a very apealing slide show.

What feedback have you received from staff and students about your own INNOV8 Pitches? This can include self reflection for improvement.

Our initial presentation was a bit lack luster, as we did not speak with great confidence and our research would need more work. Ms Fern gave us some feedback that we shuold make some changes to our product. our initial product was a device, which wouhd cost too much to produce and give too little profit. I believe that when presenting, I made very minimal eye contact, which in the EXPO i whoudl improve at.

Which of the 5C’s do you feel you and your group struggled with the most? Why is this and what could you do differently?

our group definitly struggled the most with critical and creative thinking. where our ideas are not refined as we had a lack of research. all of the downsides during our presentations could siply be avoided and minimised if we were to do more research on our product. In the future, I would research about the cost during the making of our product and seek more feedback on improvements

What improvements, changes and tweaks do you need to make before INNOV8 EXPO on Tuesday 19th November?

Before the INNOV8 EXPO, I would discuss with my gourp mates and decide on new tweaks and changes to our product. We would definitely change from a device to an app on a phone, this would allow us to spend less money to create the product while allowing the customers with a product that is more affordable. I would also practice my eye contact and communication in front of a mirror at home.

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Collaboration

Using the Collaboration rubric- identify all of the behaviours (3 columns on the right) that you used in the activity.

Being repectful

Engaging in Partnership

Outcome Greater than Individual parts

Choose one element/behaviour that you felt confident or showed effective Collaboration. What evidence do you have that you engaged in?

Outcome Greater than Individual parts: I actively sought opportunities to collaborate and communicate with my partners. whether it is in person or via email. This is evident in the evenly distributed workload and the mutual support we provided throughout the project.

Choose an element/behaviour that you feel less confident in. How could you become more effective in this element of communication? Discuss one strategy that you could use.

I am less confident in engaging in conversations. despite collaborating well with each other, I am more of a talk less and listen more type of person, where i could not fully express my thoughts. Next time, i would force myself to participate in convesations, as I learn very well from repetition

Citizenship

Using the Citizenship rubric- identify all of the behaviours (3 columns on the right) that you used in the activity.

Belonging to Community

Acting with Independence

Commiting to Purpose

Choose one element/behaviour that you felt confident or showed Citizenship. What evidence do you have that you engaged in?

Committing to Purpose. I remained focused on the team's goals and worked diligently to achieve them. this resulted in the sucessful completion of this task.

Choose an element/behaviour that you feel less confident in. How could you become more effective in this element of communication? Discuss one strategy that you could use.

Acting with integrity. I am not really an upstander adn would alwasy follow and listen to my partner instead of expressing my own ideas. One strategy I would use is to take the innitiative whihle working at my job, as it would give my the experience to get used to doing it in class.

Critical and Creative Thinking

Using the Critical & Creative Thinking rubric- identify all of the behaviours (3 columns on the right) that you used in the activity.

Being Reflective

Being Open Minded

Reasoning and Analysing

Choose one behaviour that you demonstrated in the activity. Explain why you acted in that way for this activity. What factors contributed to you demonstrating this behaviour

Being Open-Minded. I was receptive to different perspectives and willing to consider alternative approaches. I know that not everyone is perfect and try my hardest to repsect everyone's opinion as well as considering them. most of the time I would implement this into my own opinion to make a joined one where veryone would be happy. This allowed us to explore a wider range of solutions and ultimately arrive at a more creative and effective outcome. I did this because I knew that this could bring out the best of abilites from all of our group member, allowing us to recieve a grade of satisfaction.

Communcation

Using the Communication rubric- identify all of the behaviours (3 columns on the right) that you used in the activity.

Being Inclusive

Persenting Information

Seeking and using feedback

Choose one element/behaviour that you felt confident  or showed effective communication. What evidence do you have to back this up?

Presenting Information. I effectively communicated my ideas and findings to my team members through clear and concise presentations. Every time I found a new information that is worth checking our, i would paste the website link onto a shared document and check it our together with my group mates. This was shown by the shared knowledge the whole team had.

Choose an element/behaviour that you feel less confident in. How could you become more effective in this element of communication? Discuss one strategy that you could use.

Seeking and Using Feeback. I am very strong when given feedback from someone as I can reflect and act upon it. But I very rarely take the initiative and ask for feedback myslef. Next time, I would ask my groups mates or some friends to give us feedback, either through listen to our presentation or reading through out slides.

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Need to find a more affordable form of therapy

Have a busy schedule

Feel more comfortable communicating via text

Have a disability that makes face-to-face therapy less accessible

However, mental health apps aren't for everyone. Mental health apps should generally not be used by people in active distress. A mental health app also might not be the best choice for you if you've been diagnosed with a severe mood disorder or schizophrenia or if you are experiencing psychosis.

What If I'm Having Thoughts of Harming Myself?

If you or someone you know is in extreme distress, having thoughts of self-harm, or thinking about harming someone else, seek emergency medical help by calling 911 or 988 from anywhere in the U.S.

If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, here are some other resources that may help:

Frequently Asked Questions

Can Mental Health Apps Be a Substitute for In-Person Therapy?

In some cases, a therapy app may be used as a substitute for in-person therapy. Some studies suggest that online talk therapy with an accredited therapist is just as effective as face-to-face therapy in treating conditions like depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, mental health apps that don't provide direct therapy-such as mindfulness-based and stress relief apps-should not be used as a substitute for therapy. Instead, they are most effective when used as a supplement to counseling.

How Much Do Mental Health Apps Cost?

Some simple mental health apps, such as sobriety counter apps and apps that teach deep breathing techniques, are free to use. However, many apps offer a free basic version as well as a premium version with many additional features. A monthly subscription to a premium version of a mental health app often ranges from about $8.99 to $14.99 per month. For an app that offers talk therapy with a licensed therapist, typical subscription prices may range anywhere from $200 to $600 a month.

How Do Mental Health Apps Work?

Mental health apps vary greatly in terms of function, design, purpose, and features. There are six main types of mental health apps, each aimed at helping in a particular area of mental wellness. These areas include:

Social support and community

Tracking symptoms of a mental health condition

Life skills training

Self-care

Improving thinking patterns

Collecting data about mood and other aspects of mental health

Some mental health apps also offer online mental health care (such as talk therapy or psychiatric care) directly.

Are Mental Health Apps Effective?

Research suggests that mental health apps are effective in treating the symptoms of certain conditions. For example, one 2022 systematic review found that using Headspace improved symptoms among people with depression in 75% of studies. However, the research on mental health apps is ongoing, and findings are mixed. About 40% of studies found that Calm and Headspace could help with concerns like anxiety, sleep, and stress.

Methodology

To find the best mental health apps, our reviewers researched more than 50 apps for alleviating and managing mental health-related issues, including gathering and assessing internally collected user survey data. The apps were assessed based on whether they were developed via research-based programs and experts, were stable and regularly updated, offered live talk or text therapies, cost, the number of positive reviews on the Apple and Google Play app stores, cost, and any extra resources or activities offered.

Verywell Mind uses only high-quality sources, including peer-reviewed studies, to support the facts within our articles. Read our editorial process to learn more about how we fact-check and keep our content accurate, reliable, and trustworthy.

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2. Greenwood H, Krzyzaniak N, Peiris R, et al. Telehealth versus face-to-face psychotherapy for less common mental health conditions: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. JMIR Ment Health. 2022;9(3):e31780. doi:10.2196/31780

3. Chandrashekar P. Do mental health mobile apps work: evidence and recommendations for designing high-efficacy mental health mobile apps. mHealth. 2018;4:6-6. doi:10.21037/mhealth.2018.03.02

4. O'Daffer A, Colt SF, Wasil AR, Lau N. Efficacy and conflicts of interest in randomized controlled trials evaluating headspace and calm apps: systematic review. JMIR Ment Health. 2022;9(9):e40924. doi:10.2196/40924

Edited by

April McCormick

April is the health editor for performance marketing at Verywell. Her work has appeared in Time, Parents Magazine, The Huffington Post, TripSavvy, Parenting.com, First Time Mom and Dad, Mama Mia, All4Women, the New York Times Bestseller, A Letter To My Mom, and more.

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