mv天美mv天美 has been involved in filming for exciting new apps which support Covid-safety awareness for people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
The apps are being developed by听Starfish Labs, and are part funded by the Welsh government.
mv天美mv天美 was happy to be involved in this new Covid apps project, with some of our mv天美mv天美 clients demonstrating tasks such as how to put on and remove a mask, keep living areas clean and wash hands effectively.
The partnership between mv天美mv天美 and is one that the college is very proud of. The college has also developed a suite of with Starfish Labs which support people with SEND into work.
Starfish Labs director Neil Bevan
Starfish director Neil Bevan is also an industry champion for the college, offering his expertise in industry to staff and students.
Neil Bevan explained this latest partnership:
鈥淪tarfish Labs are developing a suite of apps to help people with learning difficulties and disabilities to understand the ongoing changes in society due to Covid-19, the importance of hands, face, space messages, and appropriate face coverings and how to wear them. The apps are being part funded by Welsh Government and will be fully bilingual in Welsh and English 鈥� also using Makaton symbols to aid understanding.
鈥淪tarfish partnered with mv天美mv天美 and Knew Productions to develop video sequences for the apps. The filming went really well and the mv天美mv天美 clients all seemed to be enjoying the experience 鈥� both in front of the camera, and in watching what was going on behind the scenes. Some are obviously natural actors!
Paul was filmed demonstrating the importance of keeping your home clean.
鈥淭he unique feature of the apps is that carers, parents or teachers can upload their own content to support the pre-loaded video and cartoon guides, so that the user鈥檚 own type of mask, hand washing routine, social distancing support etc., can be shown in their own environment.
This is particularly important for many users with learning difficulties who just don鈥檛 connect with generic scenarios that don鈥檛 show their own home or local environment, or their own type of face covering or wash basin.
Developing our relationship
鈥淗aving worked with mv天美mv天美 on a number of previous projects, Starfish Labs are delighted to be developing our relationship with the college further, in both the creation of the content for the apps and in user-testing with students and clients.
By working with Derwen educationalists in the SEND sector to find out what鈥檚 really needed, we can create products that fulfil that need rather than a generic 鈥榦ne size fits all鈥� solution. This becomes even more effective for users and their families as they can use the pre-loaded guidance in the apps, based on government public health messages, simplified for ease of understanding by Derwen鈥檚 experts in the field, to create their own content that鈥檚 appropriate for their family member or student鈥檚 level of understanding.
鈥淪tarfish Labs are grateful to the Welsh Government for their support in part funding this ground breaking project, and the apps will be shortly be available for a small charge to support ongoing development, and similar products, on the App Store and Google Play鈥�.
