http://www.cdc.gov/mobile/mobileapp.html

2.     App Category: Health and Prevention

3.     App Purpose: This app is supposed to be a motivator for you to work out. This app will provide a voice to compliment you and keep you pushing harder in the workout that you are involved in.

4.     Resources: http://mashable.com/2013/02/27/8-fantastic-fitness-apps/#yhFS85a6KuqW, http://www.shape.com/fitness/workouts/18-inspirational-fitness-quotes-motivate-every-aspect-your-workout,

5.     This app's purpose is to motivate people who work out and for people who are trying to work out. It is hard to get motivated to go to the gym or go on a run, but with this app it will be easier. This app will provide a voice of your choosing to help motivate you while you are working out, and it will sense if you just give up on your workout. You can set a time for your workout and this app will go by that. This app will be a personal trainer, and that is good so you don’t have to spend money to have yourself a personal trainer.

6.     The spokesperson for this app will be Cameron Diaz and Kate Hudson. These women, through there acting careers have stayed the most fit. It is amazing how they have stayed to look so good when they are in their forties. I find these women to be amazing and can provide the energy this app needs to succeed.
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Victoria: Not approved yet: need you to list more resources 
Also this app exists...need to research a bit more and show how there's a PROBLEM / NEED and how your app fulfills this need...

http://mashable.com/2013/02/27/8-fantastic-fitness-apps/#qYxoimjU0uqa

http://www.shape.com/blogs/new-baby-new-body/my-favorite-smartphone-app-fitness-motivation

2.    APP’s Category “Academic”

3.    APP’s Purpose “We as the creators of ‘Exam Slayer’ plan to help students like us succeed on exams. APP’s research sources” 

4.   APP’s Research Sources

 

5.    APP’s Purpose Explanation We specialize on common subjects like math, science, English, history, foreign language. We plan on partnering with a number of schools and incorporate their curriculum into our app. As students we believe our app will be effective because unlike our competitors we take exams every week and know what helps us succeed and will use that knowledge to help others too. 

6.    APP’s Spokespersons One of the key spokespersons of our app will be Stephen Curry. He is on the rise and influences a lot of people all over the world. He went to Davidson, which is a prestigious school for academics. He knows how to talk to and inspire people, so he would know how to help get students to download this app.

7.     

App’s Category: Money Management 

App’s Purpose: To help college students spend and save their money wisely. 

·      http://www.lifehack.org/articles/money/7-ways-spend-money-wisely.html

·     http://novella.mhhe.com/sites/0079876543/student_view0/freshman_year-999/your_finances3/money_management.html

·     http://www.fastweb.com/financial-aid/articles/the-31-money-saving-tricks-for-students
Evidence that there is need for Money Buddy:
http://ticas.org/sites/default/files/pub_files/Debt_Facts_and_Sources.pdf
http://studybreakscollegemedia.com/2014/college-students-spending-habits-survey-results/
http://college.usatoday.com/2015/04/06/student-spending-becoming-increasingly-reckless/
These websites show stats saying that there is a need for an App like Money Buddy. There might be an app that helps college students budget there money but doesn't offer everything like Money Buddy. Money Buddy comes with special features at help you save your money while you learn how to budget correctly.  

App’s Purpose Explanation:  Money Buddy’s main purpose is to help college students spend and save their money wisely. Being a college student I find myself making impulsive purchases all the time. While I was living at home my parents were always there to tell me when not to buy something or see me come home with something new and say return it. Now living on my own at college I spend money that I know I need to save but don’t really know when to say no. It’s a proven fact that most money college students get whether it’s from a job, parents, or loans is spent at bars. When students go out they are most likely to be under the influence and not know when to stop buying drinks or go for the less expensive drinks because they don’t care. Money Buddy is here to prevent that! So this is how it works, you start off either connecting your bank account to the app or just putting your balance into the app, and then it will ask to set a total budget for the week. Once you’ve set aside the amount of money you want to spend it will ask you to place the amount of money of the budget you set into categories like eating out, bar, school, clothes, etc. Lets say you went to out to eat with your friends and spent all of the budget you set aside then the app will know that if you go into a restaurant it will give you a reminder saying you’ve spent your budget, you need to save your money. Money Buddy will always know your location and will know if you are in a restaurant, mall, grocery store, and wherever else you can spend money. By knowing the location of the person using the app it knows when it needs to send alerts of how much they have spent, or not to make the impulsive purchase. The app will also give tips on how much you should save based on how much is in your account, tips on how to buy groceries, give you reminders not to make impulsive purchases, keep tract of all your spending, how to buy text books cheaper, and when things you want go on sale. For example, if you were in the grocery store you could make a list of what you need in the app and it will automatically know the location of where you are and could help you find the cheaper products for what you need. Another example, if you go to the mall with your friends and you really find a shirt you want to buy and need to save your money, you then would go into the app let them know what shirt it is and which specific store you saw it at. Then the app will notify you once the shirt goes on sell based on the stores online website. That way you still get the shirt you want at a lower price. All of that will be possible based on your location and input of exactly what you want. Money Buddy is here to help every student spend his or her money wisely.

Spokesperson: My spokesperson will be Apple because I would love for them to have it in their app store for college students to access. The app, Money Buddy would also be free so the students don’t have to spend any money they could just download it right from the app store. Most college students have an apple product as well so it will be easy to access whenever they make a purchase. 

Media Literacy:
1.Increase awareness of budgeting money among college students by reminders. Money Buddy will have a certain amount of reminders per day and week to remind the student not to make impulsive purchases and save their money. It will also remind them how much is in their account and how much they want to budget per week. At the end of the day it will let them know how much they spent and if they went over. 

2.The ability and willingness to make an effort to budget money correctly and understand. Money Buddy wants to student to make an effort to budget their money and do it correctly. Money Buddy wants college students to understand how to budget correctly and will guide them until they are able to do it on their own. 

3.The ability to distinguish impulsive purchases and smart purchases. Money Buddy will teach what impulsive purchases are and how to make smart ones. Money Buddy will do so by having tips based on how much money they have, set reminders, and knowing their location.

NOT APPROVED YET:

Already exists...
http://www.rasmussen.edu/student-life/blogs/college-life/awesome-college-student-budget-apps/

you need to keep digging or put another spin on it or add more media literacy skills

 

2.) APP'S CATEGORY:       Business

3.) APP'S PURPOSE: The app purpose is to help college students find a job or an internship that will fit their needs and help them get through college.

4.) APP'S RESEARCH SOURCES:  

5.) APP's PURPOSE: . College is expansive and not everybody can go through it with out having a job on the side. It can be hard to find a job that fits your needs when you have no experience, and a busy schedule. "studentJobs” will be aimed to help college students to get the job they need, to get through college without hurting their grades. The app is binary, as it will also help the companies finding the most qualified students to employ, weather it is for a part time job or an internship. 

6.) SPOKESPERSONS:  I would love to have the actress Kerry Washington as the spokesperson for my app as she is the perfect role model, both elegant and smart. She also claims she worked many various jobs before becoming an actress to make ends meet while in college.

Sindri this app idea is interesting, but there are websites like Careerbuilder.com, monster.com, and not approved...keep digging try a different spin or add info.

NOT APPROVED...yet

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/9-best-mobile-apps-for-finding-a-job/

2.) APP'S CATEGORY:       Education

3.) APP'S PURPOSE: The app purpose is to make reading fun again and to get kids back in to reading books. Studies show that kids now days read significantly less then their parents did at the same age and that is a negative change.

4.) APP'S RESEARCH SOURCES:  http://www.npr.org/2014/05/12/311111701/why-arent-teens-reading-like-they-used-to

 

5.) APP's PURPOSE:  Most apps that are available now for reading focus on teaching the kids how to read the letters. But there are not many apps that area available for kids that already know how to read. Most kids now days only read when their teachers forces them to do so. My app focuses on keeping the kids reading. The apps main purpose would be aimed to encourage kids at the age of 8-15 to read books. The idea is that the app would contain a database of question out of the most popular books for kids in each country. And for each chapter of the book there would be a fun quiz that would evaluate the kid’s understanding of the material. For each correct answer the kid would receive points called “Letters” and when he has reached a certain amount of “Letters” he would be able to trade them for some reward. The reward would be mutually decided by the parents and the kid before the reading begins. So for example lets say that a 12-year-old kid called Max and his parents have decided that when he has reached 150 “Letters” he would earn a trip with his parents to the cinema to watch the new superhero movie “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”. The reward could be anything they wanted and be decided to fit the kids age, as a 15 year-old would maybe not be as excited to go to the movies with his parents. The parents would be able to follow up on their kid’s processes and how well they understand the material. So for example when Max has reached the 150 “Letters” his parents would receive a notification to their phone: “Max has reached his goal and has earned a trip to the cinema.” And so on. I believe that the smartphones are not inherently evil on the contrary it is an opportunity to combine technology with the traditional reading form by appealing more to young people and make reading interesting.

6.) SPOKESPERSONS:  I would love to have David Beckham as a spokesperson as he is interesting to kids and his family appeals to everybody.  There could be a TV advertisement with his sons finishing reading a book and him and Victoria receiving a notification about it.

Sindri Kristinsson

1.) APP'S NAME:                "Never too late"
2.) APP'S CATEGORY:       HEALTH AND PREVENTION
3.) APP'S PURPOSE:       This app is supposed to inform people about how harmful drugs are, and help them get off of them. 
4.) APP'S RESEARCH SOURCES:  
 http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/Drug_Usage#sthash.ev0FOsgD.dpbs
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/policy-dose/2015/06/01/america-is-neglecting-its-addiction-problem
5.) APP's PURPOSE: This app will break down each major drug including, marijuana, alcohol, cocaine, heroin, and others. It will show pictures of the drug, how the drug makes you feel, the short term effects, and the long term effects, and then many pictures. It will also have a blog section where people can share there stories of breaking addictions, and give tips on what to do. It can give people a way to vent about there addictions, and support from others to get off of drugs. 
6.) SPOKESPERSONS: My spokes persons would be Robert Downy Jr. and Steven Tyler because they have both dealt with addiction. They are famous people who still struggle every day with wanting to do drugs, but know how to fight it. They can be a huge inspiration to people since they are famous. People will listen to famous people more. 
7.) PRESENTATION: