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Happy Points

A Homeschooling Rewards App

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In the before time, school used to be in a classroom with other students.

In our new normal, kids learn at home in front of a computer.

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Positive reinforcement

stickers,

candy,

iPad time

bribery

The main thing I’ve learned from homeschooling: Kids need lots of

In my daughter’s old classroom, her teachers used an app called ClassDojo. Students earned ‘Dojo Points’ based on their classroom conduct. But as a parent, I don’t have access to ClassDojo.

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Happy Face System

So I started awarding my daughter happy faces drawn on a piece of paper to regulate her behavior and motivate her to do work.

But I realized, I’m a developer. I can build an app for this.

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Happy Points App

BACKEND

  • Flask (python)
  • REST API w/ single endpoint (/points)
  • SQLAlchemy ORM

FRONTEND

  • React (javascript)

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Frontend

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Backend

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