Imagine Cup

My Team



MultipointWEB
United States
Software Design




The Team
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Georgia State University
rover2341
Portland Comminty Center
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Tigard High School
Dr. David McDonald


Round Entry
MultipointWeb.zip

Alpha verions at: http://dad.jimmyinteractive.com/

 

Our solution combines the powers of Mulitpoint, Silverlight, and the Internet to allow every child to participate in learning by providing web based mini games where multiple student can share one computer.  Teacher can also find and share lesson data to customize they classroom.

 

Multipoint allows multiple students to use one computer at the same time to maximize use with limited hardware and funding.  This is done by allowing more than one mouse to participate in the educational activity.

 

Our solution will provide maximum exposures by providing content through the web. There will be many cases with no access to the internet.  In this case the system will run locally (or local network) . The web based solution will allow for a growing repository of new lessons, courses, and activities to be shared around the world in multiple languages when teachers create and share lessons, courses, and activities. Our solution will have simple reporting systems to help monitor the progress of each student. 

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My Mouse Games

Every child around the world should be entitled to a primary education, but many are not receiving a full primary education or even a partial primary education. This includes countries with low education systems and surprisingly many countries with highly rated education systems. They have many gaps where people still fail to obtain a full primary education. This is due to a lack of funding, training, materials, and manpower to provide a primary education.

Our solution is to build upon existing education systems and proved a set of low to no cost customizable web based learning activities that allow every child to participate with multiple mice on one computer, with limited available hardware resources and funding. Our Solution allows teachers to create and share lesson materials with other teachers.


Team Questionnaire
Question: Team Members Full Names:
Answer: James Dickinson, Mark Dickinson, Luke Dickinson

Question: Mentor:
Answer: Dr. David McDonald

Question: Title of Project:
Answer: MultiPointWEB - My Mouse Games

Question: Project Overview:
Answer: Our solution combines the powers of Mulitpoint, Silverlight, and the Internet to allow every child to participate in learning by providing web based mini games where multiple student can share one computer. Teacher can also find and share lesson data to customize thier classroom.

Question: Technology/Software Used:
Answer: Silverlight PopFly Block / Games Interoperability (Multipoint SDK/Silverlight/javascript) ASP .NET SQL Server .NET Framework 3.0 Use of a Mobile device MultiPoint SDK XML Web Service

Question: Inspiration: What inspired your team to enter the Microsoft Imagine Cup and why did you choose the Software Design competition?
Answer: We saw Multipoint SDK in the Software Design competition, sharing a single computer. We also had to share a computer growing up. We come from a family of 13 children.

Question: Team History: How did your team meet?
Answer: We are brothers.

Question: Team Experience: What experience did your team have with Software Design before competing in the Imagine Cup?
Answer: We all have different amounts of experience. Most of our experience as hobby developers Jimmy: Minor in Computer Science/ Working towards Computer Information Systems Masters / Worked off and on as a programmer for last 3 years Mark: 2nd year of Computer Science Luke: High school programming class

Question: Highlights: What has been the best part of the Imagine Cup competition to date?
Answer: Winning the US Imagine Cup.

Question: Inspiration: How did your team come up with your submission? Include which Millennium Development Goal inspired your solution.
Answer: At the core of our solution is Multipoint SDK, and we saw some exciting possibilities using that and our other passions, games and internet. Millennium Development Goal - Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling

Question: Challenges: What personal or technological challenges did your team face while developing your submission?
Answer: We have different skill sets and levels from high school to graduate level. Also we live 3,000 miles apart (Jimmy is in Georgia, while Mark and Luke are in Oregon)

Question: Future Plans: What does your team plan on doing after the Worldwide Finals in Cairo, Egypt? Do you plan to use your project to launch a new business?
Answer: We hope to see our project become self sustainable and continue to help classrooms around the world when we move on to other projects.

Question: Links to more information (i.e. website, blog):
Answer: http://mymousegames.com

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