Time to Relax Website Created with WIX.

com that will Provide Resources for Tk-2nd Grade

Teachers to use in the Classroom to help Themselves and Students De-Stress
Gurleen Chahal and Jade Munoz
California State University, Fresno

Ideation Phase

To obtain various types of feedback on our project, we interviewed a teacher and an after-school
teacher. We also had a very simple survey for students to take before and after using Time to
Relax. Overall, we received positive feedback and promising survey results.

Interview Questions:
Interview One:
1. Location/setting of interview:
○ The setting was a Transitional Kindergarten classroom at John J. Pershing
Elementary school which is located in Madera, California.

2. What is your name and what grade level do you teach?

○ “My name is Patricia Sandoval and I now teach Transitional Kindergarten.”

3. How long have you been teaching for?

○ “This is my first year teaching Transitional-Kindergarten. I taught at a preschool
for eight years and have taught kindergarten for 4 years.”

4. Do you ever feel frustrated?

○ “Yes, of course. Behavior issues are a recurring issue within classrooms.
Throughout my teaching years, I have never been given resources that can help
me relieve not only my stress but my students stress too.”

5. On average, how stressed are you daily in the classroom? The green face is a 5 and the
red face is a 1.

○ “I will say I am at a 3, so neutral”

6. On average, how stressed do you think your students are in the classroom?

○ “I will say three as well.”

7. How would you describe the classroom environment?
○ “I would say that the classroom environment is a stressful, knowledgeable, happy
and loving place.”

8. Do you use any tools to de-stress in the classroom?

○ “Yes, I usually have to search up videos to show my kids or play calming music.”

9. Would you consider using a new tool to help yourself and students de-stress?
○ “Of course. I need one.”

10. We have created a tool and would like your opinion on it. It is still in progress. (Showed
tool). https://timetorelaxedu.wixsite.com/timetorelax

11. After using Time to Relax with your students, do you think it helped them relax more?
○ “Most defineitley.”

12. Do you think it is easy to access Time to Relax?

○ “Yes. The website is very easy to access. I just saved it to my bookmarks.”

13. Would you rather go find your own resources or use this source?
○ “Oh goodness no. As an educator I do not have a lot of time to look for sources by
myself. I would use your source.”

14. Overall, do you think that you would be likely to use this source again?
○ “Most definitely. I would use this source again.”

The Good The Bad

What did you (interviewee) value the What failed?

most? ● Nothing failed .
● The interviewee valued that our Were there suggestions for improvement?
website looked “so clean, ● Add more videos.
detailed and, relaxing” The What needs further investigation?
interviewee also mentioned ● I did not conclude from this interview that
that our website is easy to use we need a to further our investigation on our
and that there are different source.
resources available on it.
What got the interviewee excited?
 ● The interviewee is “excited
over the idea that we created a
website to do this”.
What convinced the interviewee about
the idea?
● The interviewee knows how
important it is to provide stress
relief resources.

The Unexpected What’s Next?

Was there anything
unexpected/surprised you?
I was surprised how knowledgeable
the interviewee was about the
relevance of providing educators and
students with stress relief resources.
Based on what you learned, how would you change
your idea?
I would incorporate that the students home
environments can also create tension and
stress in their lives. By this we could
research the effects that can come from
experiencing or seeing violence and abuse.

Interview Two:
1. Location/setting of interview:
○ Virtual Setting through Email

2. What is your name and what grade level do you teach?

○ “My name is Alejandra Dino and I teach 2nd grade.”

3. How long have you been teaching for?

○ “I have been in the educational field for 4 years.”

4. Do you ever feel frustrated?

○ “I do experience some frustration.”

5. On average, how stressed are you daily in the classroom on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being
very stressed and 5 being not stressed.
○ “I would say I am about a 3.5-4, but it depends on the behavior of my students.”

6. On average, how stressed do you think your students are in the classroom?
 ○ “I would say my students are about a 3- 3.5.”

7. How would you describe the classroom environment?

○ “I try to keep my classroom fun and positive. I also feel that there should be a
level of structure and discipline.”

8. Do you use any tools to de-stress in the classroom?

○ “I do use tools to de-stress in the classroom. The school where I work at uses a
curriculum that is called “mind up.” It is used as a source to create mindfulness
and practice de-stressing techniques like yoga.”

9. Would you consider using a new tool to help yourself and students de-stress?
○ “Yes, especially for rain day schedules when majority of my students seem
uneasy.”

10. My partner and I created a tool and would like your opinion on it. It is still in progress.
https://timetorelaxedu.wixsite.com/timetorelax

15. After going through the website and looking at it, do you think you and your students
would enjoy using this resource?
○ “This looks like an amazing tool. It is well organized and easy to use.”

16. Do you think it is easy to access Time to Relax?

○ “Yes! It is really easy and I really enjoy that some of the videos I’ve used in my
classroom are here already.”

17. Would you rather go find your own resources or use this source?
○ “I think is a great resource. You might also want to include a link to gonoodle.
They have some awesome de-stress videos that I also use in my classroom.”

18. Overall, do you think that you would be likely to use this source in your classroom?
○ “Yes!”

The Good The Bad

What did you (interviewee) value the What failed?

most? ● Nothing
● “I really enjoyed the layout of Were there suggestions for improvement?
the website”
 What got the interviewee excited? ● “Adding more videos or links to GoNoodle
● “I was excited with the or even Chair exercises could be useful.”
accessibility of the website.” What needs further investigation?
What convinced the interviewee about ● Adding more links
the idea?
● “Again, the accessibility and
the organization of the website
was amazing. It is simple, yet
effective.”

The Unexpected What’s Next?

Was there anything
unexpected/surprised you?
● “Not really. I felt like I knew
what the purpose was and the
message was clear.”
Based on what you learned, how would you change
your idea?
Based on what I learned, I would not change my
idea, but instead add more videos to it.

Action Plan:
Based on our interviews, the website looks good. Both interviewees suggested adding more
videos to our website to have more options available for users, so we will add more videos and
created citations for all of the videos that we used. We also thought about how to add a section to
the website that focused on displaying sample lesson plans that teachers can use. No further
research needed to be done because our research in the Inspiration Phase was thorough enough.
We mainly have to add a few things to the website, and that is about it.

Students Survey Responses:

13 students participated in actually using Time to Relax and engaging in an activity for
approximately 18 minutes. Overall, 12 students felt better and one student stayed the same, at a
4. This data suggests that participating in the activity helped improve the mood of the students
significantly.
Here is a simplified graph of how students felt before and after participating in the activity. The
actual surveys that the students received are under this graph.
 Scale: 5 to 1

Student #1 Student# 2 Student #3

How do you feel right now? How do you feel right now? How do you feel right now?
=2 =3 =1

How do you feel after Time to How do you feel after Time to How do you feel after Time to
Relax? Relax? Relax?
=4 =5 =5
Student #4 Student #5 Student #6
How do you feel right now? How do you feel right now? How do you feel right now?
=1 =3 =2

How do you feel after Time to How do you feel after Time to How do you feel after Time to
Relax? Relax? Relax?
=4 =5 =5

Student #7 Student #8 Student #9

How do you feel right now? How do you feel right now? How do you feel right now?
=2 =1 =4

How do you feel after Time to How do you feel after Time to How do you feel after Time to
Relax? Relax? Relax?
=5 =5 =5

Student #10 Student #11 Student #12

How do you feel right now? How do you feel right now? How do you feel right now?
=2 =4 =2

How do you feel after Time to How do you feel after Time to How do you feel after Time to
Relax? Relax? Relax?
=4 =4 =5
Student #13
How do you feel right now?
=3

How do you feel after Time to

Relax?
=5

User Experience Map Link: https://vimeo.com/327171312