SpeakAPP!-Kids

SpeakAPP! - Kids is the perfect app for your child to learn how to present

Parents:

SpeakAPP!-Kids is the perfect app for your child to learn how to present in class. Using a smart virtual reality technique, children can practice presenting in a virtual classroom with children who look just like the real thing. All they need is a smartphone, a cardboard VR holder1 and a stable internet connection. The app is made easily accessible with the help of a video tutorial.

Using SpeakAPP!-Kids will help children get used to presenting in front of a classroom with an audience. They can choose from classes of different primary school ages, upload keywords or set a timer if they want. In this way, SpeakAPP!-Kids has the potential to prevent the development of anxiety at an early age. The app can be used in primary education.

Please note: For children in groups 1 and 2, the cardboard holders may not fit properly around the head, so that children may not experience the VR environment as pleasant2. Therefore no audiences are available for these ages. Young primary school children will probably need help downloading and learning how to use the app.

1This holder can be purchased in various shops for a few euros.

2This can, of course, also happen in older children. If your child is very sensitive to travel sickness, or gets nauseous when seeing rapidly changing images on TV or in the cinema, chances are that this will also happen in VR

Children:

Do you find it very exciting to speak in front of the class? Then this app might be of great use to you! SpeakAPP!-Kids is the perfect app to learn how to present in front of the class in a safe way. With the help of virtual reality technology you can practice presenting for a class of children that looks just like the real thing. You only need a smartphone, a cardboard VR holder and a stable internet connection. Your parents can buy the holder for you if you don't have one. They cost a few euros. You can use SpeakAPP!-Kids at school or at home. Make sure you have enough space around you when using the app. The best thing is if you can sit on a chair that can rotate.

Important features of the app:

You can choose a classroom with or without children;

You can choose from your own group (3 to 8);

You can upload your own notes and use them during your presentation;

You can set a timer for your presentation.

Requirements for the app:

Cardboard VR glasses

Stable internet

Further: see technical specifications

Credits:

Children from primary schools in the Nijmegen region

Radboud Center for Social Sciences (https://www.rcsw.nl/)

Motion & Strategy (https://motionandstrategy.de/)

Radboud University Nijmegen (https://www.ru.nl/)

Faculty of Social Sciences (https://www.ru.nl/fsw/)

Behavioral Science Institute (https://www.ru.nl/bsi/)

Contact:

Wolf-Gero Lange or Paul Ketelaar

[email protected]