Proposal Topic Ideas by Sarah Michals https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas Directions: Add a box with your topic idea. Then, add questions you think you'd need to explore in order to pursue that topic. Once you've done that, begin commenting on others' ideas. Do you have follow-up questions? Questions for clarification? A related idea to contribute? en-us 2018-05-23 15:05:22 UTC 2026-01-02 00:43:03 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Brightnessdown.png Example: Encouraging multilingualism through music smichals https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263067636 Questions: What are the benefits of multilingualism? How is monolingualism problematic? What is the relationship between language acquisition and exposure to/training in music? Would the proposal be for schools? Parents? Individuals? Something else?]]> 2018-05-23 15:28:50 UTC https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263067636 Improving grades through listening to classical music https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263144970 Questions: What makes listening to classical music more effective than listening to other types of music? How does classical music influence brain activity? Is it good or bad? Does music help people focus? ]]> 2018-05-23 19:04:25 UTC https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263144970 Urban planning with video games https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263145108 2018-05-23 19:04:57 UTC https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263145108 improving ecological awareness through a stop motion animation https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263145131 questions: what are the most efficient topics to hit in ecology? who is the target audience to watch a stop motion, and how does that relate to the information being shown?]]> 2018-05-23 19:05:02 UTC https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263145131 Phone app to vote https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263145208 What percent of people vote?
What percent of people have phones?
How can we make it secure?
Who owns the app?
How to prevent double voting, voter fraud?]]> 2018-05-23 19:05:18 UTC https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263145208 Improv classes to help social anxiety https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263145242 Questions: How do you make socially anxious people comfortable? How much help could improv really do? What kind of topics of improv? Would this be based in schools, or a support improv group for the socially anxious? Target Age Group?

Could be a School Program, or club. Funding would be pretty light, seeing that improv is all in your mind. 

I don't think it's particularly important who leads it, but ideally someone well acquainted with Social anxiety and has strategies to help ease it.

]]> 2018-05-23 19:05:28 UTC https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263145242 Mental Health Awareness https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263145282 Why is this important? In what way would you want to do this? Are there any drawbacks? Who would be the audience? ]]> 2018-05-23 19:05:40 UTC https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263145282 Literacy through video games https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263145378 Question: does exposure to video games at a young age cause children to have better literacy rates? Can they improve reading speed? How would video games compare over more traditional ways of reading?]]> 2018-05-23 19:06:01 UTC https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263145378 Change the system. Pay each meal to save food for dinning hall https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263145410 How many food waste per day?


]]> 2018-05-23 19:06:09 UTC https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263145410 Improve parking at UCSC by adding more parking lots/structures https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263145469 Questions: What are the benefits/drawbacks of building more on-campus parking? How is the campus community affected by this change? What will it do to our campus environment?]]> 2018-05-23 19:06:25 UTC https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263145469 Adult playgrounds to help relieve stress and encourage activity in a fun way https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263145489 Questions: How can this help and can it be harmful? How much would it cost to make/maintain? Worth it? Is it a useless distraction to a "professional environment" or does it have purpose? Can they be used to teach as well (I had a physics class where we used a merry go round and it was magical)

Make more of these for schools/universities. Make the transition from young high schooler to college adult easier. Can this help our school?]]> 2018-05-23 19:06:28 UTC https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263145489 Removing Our appearance Through "Sound Suits" https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263145701 What are the various ways we treat each-other based on our exterior appearances? Might the world be a safer more equitable place if we were all completely individual in our appearance and thus uncategorizable? (Artist Nick Cave)]]> 2018-05-23 19:07:10 UTC https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263145701 Encouraging sustainability of food production through vertical farming / aquaponics https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263145779 Questions: What are the potential benefits of using either systems? Why is the current farming methods harming to the environment? What are some short-term and long-term effects of using the system? Who are you trying to convince to use this system? Are there any other ways of sustainability?  What are the difference in costs from using this system compared to the current?

Aquaponics: a system of farming in which there is a continuous cycle of marine life and rafted plants to reduce waste buildup and water usage]]> 2018-05-23 19:07:30 UTC https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263145779 Learning other language by watching other country's anime. https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263145871  What are the benefits of multilingualism? What make people concentrate? What are the short term and long term effects?]]> 2018-05-23 19:07:48 UTC https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263145871 Mental Health Awareness through Creative Writing https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263146241 Questions: What tools can be used to better communicate thoughts and help Mental Health (anxiety, depression, etc)

]]> 2018-05-23 19:09:02 UTC https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263146241 Sustainability with water resources https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263146311 2018-05-23 19:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263146311 Offering housing and jobs to the homeless by having them build their own homes https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263146742 2018-05-23 19:10:44 UTC https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263146742 creating a program for people in jail to create skills necessary to get back in the job market https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263146882 Questions: What kind of funding is needed? What kind of programs would there be and for how long?]]> 2018-05-23 19:11:12 UTC https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263146882 Raise mental health awareness through video games https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263148447 Question: How could games help us see certain aspects of ourselves we are normally not aware of, and which games would those be? ]]> 2018-05-23 19:17:11 UTC https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263148447 Public spaces for local communities to post what they're working on or have done (mostly any art/hobbies). katprkr98 https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263148487 I want to know what people around me are up to and if they need assistance]]> 2018-05-23 19:17:20 UTC https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263148487 Improving Transportation though a UCSC Rideshare App https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263148596 Facebook has a rideshare forum but it is unorganized and hectic. There is no separation between those who are looking for a ride and those who are giving a ride. ]]> 2018-05-23 19:17:44 UTC https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263148596 Teaching other languages starting in elementary school https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263148678 Questions: Would schools need more funding for these additional classes? How would this benefit students in the long run?]]> 2018-05-23 19:18:05 UTC https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263148678 Fighting against heteronormativity with doll sets featuring all kinds of families https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263149363 Questions: how do we make this appeal to straight people?]]> 2018-05-23 19:21:05 UTC https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263149363 Fighting / Decreasing Pollution by growing own plants https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263151651 Questions: What are some benefits of growing own plants at home or your area of residency? What are some negative impacts of the idea? Is there a significant increase of price when caring a plant or two? What are some benefits to the environment as a whole. ]]> 2018-05-23 19:30:10 UTC https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263151651 vvb https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263152282 2018-05-23 19:32:54 UTC https://padlet.com/smichals/TopicIdeas/wish/263152282