Design 1  - Teacher-Parent Mailbox

This solution would physically store information. The mailbox would be placed at the entrance of the school so that both Busy Brenda and Tammy Teacher would have access to it.

• Brenda, could express her concerns by writing a note and putting it into Tammy’s slot.
• Tammy, could reply but writing another note and leaving it in Brenda’s slot.
• By writing daily notes, Teacher Tammy could update Brenda of Sarah’s progress, share educational resources, and tell her about upcoming important assignments 

This non-computer interface is very simple and extremely efficient. It doesn’t require any schedule commitment; Busy Brenda could pass by the school any time she is free and deliver or collect messages.

Design 2  - Observation Tablet

The interface is designed to be ultra-efficient. The teacher can take fast notes of anything she observes, and communicate all these observations to Busy Brenda. Busy Brenda can check her mail daily and stay updated on Sarah’s progress.

The main screen has the name of each student.

• When Teacher Tammy checks Sarah successfully did her homework, she would click, “New”, then Sarah’s name, and then she would in the textbox. She would then click “Save”, and the message would get saved into Sarah’s profile.
• At the end of the day, after taking several notes about Sarah’s progress, Tammy would click into Sarah’s profile, and send all her comments to Sarah’s mom.

The second picture shows how Sarah’s profile would look like.

• Tammy would be able to see the messages she has already sent and the messages she wrote that day. She would click on the ones she would want to send and click “Send”.
• Busy Brenda would then receive an email with all the comments.