Over the past few months, three Year 6 students from the Australian International School Malaysia (AISM) have continued to develop their ‘ReShare’ mobile App. The team entered an international competition for girls called Technovation earlier this year in which teams developed an app to solve a problem in their community. They also developed a promotional video, business plan and ‘pitched’ their idea to the judges. The AISM team emerged as semi-finalists for the Europe, Asia, Australia & New Zealand region.
The journey didn’t stop there. The young ‘scientists’ who go by the name ‘MY Tech Mooks’, recently returned from another competition, the New South Wales (NSW) Finals of the Young ICT Explorers Challenge at the University of NSW, Australia where they once again showcased their ReShare’ app. With more than 50 teams competing in the Years 5 to 6 Division, AISM students Megan Yap, Mia Tan and Emily Tan successfully came in fourth place in the competition.
MY Tech Mooks at their display booth during the competition.
The team set up an impressive display booth, then explained their app to students, parents and judges at the competition. Visitors were able to use a beta version of the app to to donate and receive goods. This was a wonderful opportunity for the team to present their app to new audiences, receive valuable feedback, meet like-minded students, and see what students are creating in Australia. The next stage for the team is to do develop the code for the Chat tool, conduct usability testing and adjust the user interface. The team is then hoping to release the app by the end of the year.
The ReShare app allows people or organisations who have things to donate to list what they have available, and for organisations and charities who rely on donations to look through the list and select the things they want to receive. Once they have made their selections, the donor and receiver can communicate through the app and arrange drop off or collection.
Follow the team’s progress with their app development by following their Instagram page sharewithreshare and visiting the ReShare web site reshare.weebly.com.
