Blue and Yellow Educate Kids Charity Infographic

(I tried to create infographic for our app review. )

This is a multiliterate tool as it shows the product of motivation through a medium other than schoolwork. Students can keep track of how motivated they are through a timeline and also see when they are most motivated. It also can require communication between peers while working on projects or schoolwork and it can create competition for students if they are wanting which can help them be more motivated. This app can help all students but will really benefit students who are easily distracted and find it hard to concentrate on a certain amount of time. There is no learning style or preference that this app appeals to as it can be used for all types. This is because it is a tool for motivation and focus not for studying material therefore it assists you with learning the work in whatever style you prefer.  You can set the amount of time so you can work in smaller increments or larger chunks of time.

 

 

I haven’t used the app for long but when I was using it earlier this year, I planted 118 trees and made my own small forest for myself. I had to use some apps sometime for an emergency so I burnt 3 trees down ):

 

 

Some cons to the app are that you can turn off the feature which causes the trees to die when you leave the app. This takes away the accountability as you would still be able to leave the app to go on social media, play games, etc. Also if you have more than one device then you would have to set the app on all devices and this also doesn’t work on computers. In the classroom, students could have to set the time and put their phones on the desk or in a certain spot where the teacher can see to help them stay off their phones.

Rebecca had her old high school chemistry teacher actually use this app in her classroom. She did it on her own phone and asked students to give her a certain amount of time of focus and if she felt the students were being off task then she would close the app and kill the tree. I only watched her kill a tree once and every time she brought it out the students seemed more motivated than when there was no accountability. I feel as though it may have been more successful if students were allowed to use their own phones so they would be distracted by them.