Three of our LabCats entered the Congressional App Challenge this October. They all put a lot of hard work into creating some very cool apps.

  • Chinese Learning Tool
  • Student Agenda & Planner
  • Outfit Generator

Chinese Learning the Mr. Zhi Way

This app was created using HTML, JavaScript and PHP to make it easier for students to learn Chinese. The goal is for all students to become fluent in the Chinese Language.

  • Notebook section:  simulates a successful learning environment that has been proven to help students receive a 6 on the STAMP test
  • Practice section:  allows students to practice writing sentences and understanding Chinese words in context
  • Entertainment section:  allows students to fully immerse themselves in the Chinese language.
  • Memorization section:  allows students to understand two of the four key aspects of the Chinese language: characters and pin yin

Clothing Generator aka "What Should I Wear Today?"

Basic Features
  • List of basic clothing already in system
    • Has categories of clothing
    • Each basic item has weather + activity
  • Clothing input for user to describe own clothes
    • Type of clothing
    • Weather + activity (+color?)
  • User can select what criteria they want outfit to match
    • Weather
    • Activity
    • Color of garments
  • App generates an outfit based on provided criteria
  • If they like outfit, can save it
    • Appears in saved section of account
  • If the outfit doesn’t work, they can retry with the same criterion
Advanced Features
  • User Account creation which allows the user to:
    • Saves outfits
    • Saves description of own clothes
    • Import photos of own clothes
  • Closet Sharing – ability to share closets with friends and request to borrow items.

Reminders App

Scope of the project

This website is designed to create an easier way to keep track of busy lives. It will be able to handle the different things for a person to manage.

It will have four aspects to the app:

  • Calendar
  • Grades
  • Planner
  • To Do list