Social Apps in Education: Mobile Apps for Students

The Client

Jensen & Friends is an Australian project for providing psychological support to school children via a social mobile app.

The Scope

Many students face critical issues in their daily lives and feel scared of talking about these problems. Australian entrepreneurs decided to provide school students with a safe and anonymous way to receive help and support in different perilous situations. A mobile app with rich functionality became the solution.

The Solution

The app works as a mobile assistant that can speak to the students using ready-made text and video messages. Animated app characters engage school students and simplify their daily routine life by covering acute issues in a safe and positive manner. The app works on a database of content created by clinical psychologists targeting body image, anxiety, bullying, self-esteem and other issues that students may face on a daily basis.

Features for Students:

• Personalised experience by selecting their nickname
• Easy private access via any smartphone
• Professional, qualified content
• Search of additional resources
• Chat with other users within a specific school group

There is also a web administration part of the project. It’s intended to help school representatives manage all the app resources and improve the content in the app.

Features for Administrators:

• Mobile app administration
• Creating and customizing school groups
• Selecting characters that can talk with children
• Planning regular video messages to group members
• Sending individual text messages to students