JynoTeach.com is a website consisting in large part of a library of JynoLisp lessons. JynoLisp is a scripting language used to develop interactive lessons, which teach math and other subjects. The student runs the JynoLisp Engine (JLE) on a laptop sitting next to the tutor, who runs the Android JLE on a smartphone, in landscape mode. Both the student and the tutor see the same screen, but on different devices.
Business Model
Subscribers pay $18 per year (or perhaps a one-time unlocking fee of $30). Non-subscribers can only run the JLE in single-user mode, not student plus tutor (dual-user mode). Tutors who are subscribers can teach multiple students at once (classroom mode). When in dual-user mode, either the student or the tutor, or both, must be subscribers. Single-user mode scripts are monochrome, text only, and only run on the JynoBoard.
JynoBoard
The JynoBoard is used to teach math. It consists of a grid, in which each character occupies an upper grid square and a lower grid square. Superscipts and subscripts are handled using a vertical offset of one grid square. The JynoBoard and the JLE are implemented using Java, and Bluetooth is used to enable 2 devices to talk to each other.
Implementation Steps
- Finish JynoLisp syntax checker
- Implement JynoLisp 0.1 code execution
- Implement JynoLisp 1.0
- Implement JynoTags
- Integrate JynoLisp with JynoTags
- Develop JynoBoard
- Port JLE to Android
- Implement Bluetooth capability
- Develop website
- Approach Progress Place to beta test
- Approach West Neighbourhood House to beta test
- Implement payments (unlocking)
- Purchase Google AdWords advertising
- Launch website
- Implement user forums
- Release JynoLisp SDK 1.0
- Implement JynoLisp Script Library
- Implement code editor
- Implement WYSIWYG JynoTags editor
- Release JynoLisp SDK 2.0
- Develop JynoTags API for Java
- Exit strategy: make JLE open source
About Me
I am Mike Hahn, the founder of JynoTeach.com. I was previously employed at Brooklyn Computer Systems as a Delphi Programmer and a Technical Writer (I worked there between 1996 and 2013). At the end of 2014 I quit my job as a volunteer tutor at Fred Victor on Tuesday afternoons, where for 5 years I taught math, computers, and literacy, and became a volunteer math/computer tutor at West Neighbourhood House. I quit that job in mid-2019. My hobbies are reading quora.com questions/answers, and news/tech articles on cbc.ca and my Flipboard app. About twice a year I get together with my sister Cathy who lives in Victoria. She comes here or I go out there usually in the summer. A few months prior to starting my JynoTeach project I used to lie on the couch a lot, not being very active. Now I'm busy most of the time. I visit my brother Dave once a month or so and I also visit my friends Main and Steph frequently. For 26 years I was depressed on and off (I'm a rapid cycler), but it largely vanished after I started my JynoTeach project.
Contact Info
Mike Hahn
Founder
JynoTeach.com
2495 Dundas St. West
Ste. 515
Toronto, ON M6P 1X4
Canada
Phone: 416-533-4417
Email: hahnbytes (AT) gmail (DOT) com
Web: www.hahnbytes.com