ZenSpelling

Overview

The product focused on making spelling practice engaging through drag-and-drop interactions, guided prompts, and age-appropriate visual design.

What I Learned

I learned how educational product design, full-stack software design, and collaborative execution come together when building for real users with different needs, including students and teachers.

What I Accomplished

I helped deliver a semester-long team product that combined gameplay, student profiles, and classroom-oriented features into an interactive learning platform for elementary students.

Comp Sci Learning Goals

• Attained stronger system-level understanding by working across frontend behavior, backend logic, and role-based platform features.
• Understood software design through building an educational product with clear flows for students and teachers.
• Acquired significant project experience in a group setting through milestone-based teamwork, QA, and shared delivery.
• Developed effective problem solving skills by balancing usability, engagement, and classroom-oriented functionality.

University Wide Leaning Goals

• Critical Thinking: evaluated how interaction design and feature choices would affect student learning and teacher use.
• Creativity: helped shape a playful educational experience instead of a static drill-based tool.
• Collaboration: worked within a four-person team with shared responsibilities across development and QA.
• Communication: participated in planning, demos, and feedback cycles that kept the team aligned.
• Global Responsibility: contributed to a product intended to support better learning outcomes for young students.

Execution Timeline

Work was structured into three major iterations over a semester, each ending with product demos and client feedback.