Review: Expecting 101

During our final class presentations, I fell in love with the app Expecting 101. The app was basically a guide that explain how to be pregnant. Not only did it explain how to be pregnant, but it explains how to be the best mother possible. I went to Germantown High School, and it was a great deal of girls there who either were pregnant, thought they were pregnant, or had an abortion. I feel that this could definitely be helpfu; to the average teenager who may or may not have the proper guidance and advice at home. The app featured many different categories for people who didnt have the slightest clue about the female anatomy. The app also had an imaginary feature that allowed a pregnant woman to see an ultrasound with simply taking a picture on her cellular device. This would definitely be cool if it was possible to include it in reality. After hearing of this feature, I realized that the group could have actually made that very thing their actually project. Just imagine the presentation actually being on this new technology that allowed mothers to actually use their phones for pictures other than selfies. These pictures could be shared on the user profile and viewed by those also using the app. However, before you can utilize all of these features within the app, you have to make a user profile like I mentioned before. This seemed to spark some concern for the audience when they realized that the users' social security number had to be a part of the user registration. I too was one of the audience members who was concerned. In Memphis we hear of peoples' identities getting stolen from card readers at gas pumps. So, imagine what would happen if there was an app that wasn't managed by the government housing all of these social security numbers. I believe that this is the main feature that henders this app from being all out perfect.