{"318191":{"#nid":"318191","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ICE Alumnae Earn Nationwide Attention for Yelp-for-police App","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs many families discuss police behavior in the wake of a fatal shooting in Ferguson, MO, several teenagers here in Georgia have actually done something about it: Create an app.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe app, called \u201cFive-O,\u201d is designed to let users report and rate their interactions with police. The app, which has been in beta testing, is scheduled to be released on Monday for Apple and Android devices.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe app was designed by the Christian siblings: Ima, 16; Asha, 15; and Caleb, 14. The Christian family was featured this week in a \u003Cem\u003EWashington Post\u003C\/em\u003E article that highlights their new app. Click \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/the-switch\/wp\/2014\/08\/18\/these-georgia-teenagers-developed-a-yelp-for-police-app\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe app, described as \u201ca Yelp for police,\u201d enables people to provide detailed information about their interaction with police, such as where an incident took place, descriptions of victims and perpetrators, and a rating about law enforcement response. The app is available through their company page at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/pinetartinc.com\/\u0022\u003EPinetart\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBoth Ima and Asha attended a College of Computing summer camp on app development in Java, sponsored by the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/coweb.cc.gatech.edu\/ice-gt\/\u0022\u003EInstitute for Computing Education (ICE\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cICE introduces students to computing in engaging ways and promotes using computing to help students realize that they can make a difference in their world,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/barbara-ericson\u0022\u003EBarbara Ericson\u003C\/a\u003E, director of computing outreach for ICE, adding that said she was pleased the two teenagers, working with their brother, Caleb, have already made a mark with their work.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEricson said ICE has been working to increase the quantity and diversity of computing students since 2004.\u0026nbsp; ICE offers computing summer camps, competitions, a lending library, and teacher professional development.\u0026nbsp; ICE started \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/coweb.cc.gatech.edu\/ice-gt\/2221\u0022\u003EProject Rise Up 4 CS\u003C\/a\u003E in 2013 to increase the number of African American students in Georgia who pass the Advanced Placement Computer Science A exam.\u0026nbsp; In 2013, Georgia had 28 African American students pass the exam, which is the highest number ever for the state.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Siblings used lessons learned during Georgia Tech computing course to develop an app that lets people rate their experiences with police"}],"uid":"27998","created_gmt":"2014-08-22 10:27:01","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:56","author":"Brittany Aiello","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-08-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-08-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"318181":{"id":"318181","type":"image","title":"ICE Alumnae News Photo Five-O","body":null,"created":"1449244974","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:02:54","changed":"1475895027","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:27","alt":"ICE Alumnae News Photo Five-O","file":{"fid":"199996","name":"fiveo6.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/fiveo6_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/fiveo6_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":69177,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/fiveo6_0.png?itok=uuIlq9en"}}},"media_ids":["318181"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"10553","name":"app"},{"id":"41321","name":"app development"},{"id":"8885","name":"ice"},{"id":"1773","name":"police"},{"id":"167487","name":"STEM education"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPhillip Taylor\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENews \u0026amp; Media Relations Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ptaylor@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eptaylor@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["ptaylor@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}