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16 "I'm bored" Moms, dds nd techers everwhere hve herd those dreded words from ther ds tme nd tme n But Crolne Ferrrone sd when her students test-drove Albm Power's new fst-pced electrc sfet vdeo me, Power Pl, the were fr from bored "M students thouht the me ws cool nd were rell excted to be the frst to tr t," sd Ferrrone, fourth rde techer t Crestlne Elementr School n Brmnhm "It's rell d frendl It's fun nd enn me tht's on ther level The ddn't wnt to stop pln t" Power Pl wll debut n the fll s prt of Sfe-T- Opols, Albm Power's well-nown publc sfet prorm for fourth rde students Sfe-T-Opols uses n electrcll chred tbletop model of ct to tech students how to st sfe round power lnes The nterctve me wll replce the 17-mnute nformtonl vdeo tht hs lon been prt of Sfe- T-Opols "We conducted focus roups wth fourth rders ll over the stte nd sed them wht the led nd ddn't le bout Sfe-T-Opols," sd m Sve, publc sfet prorm mner, Western Dvson Offce "The ds loved the tbletop model becuse the cn see, her nd smell electrct, but the ddn't love the vdeo We decded to eep the model nd crete vdeo me tht wll llow students to lern bout electrct whle hvn fun" Albm Power Rs Servces conducted focus roups t schools cross the compn's sx dvsons Albm Power Publc Sfet brouht the de of cretn vdeo me to Geor Power nd Msssspp Power, nd the were on bord rht w The tem sed Southern Compn Servces (SCS) Innovton nd Reserch to develop nd desn the web-bsed me, whch students cn pl n the clssroom or t home on ther lptop, phone or tblet It ncludes nterctve scenros, customzble chrcters nd severl me modes to eep ouths nterested, ened nd comn bc for more "The ret thn s tht we cn ve them tste of the me n the clssroom, nd then the cn o home nd contnue lernn b pln t onlne," Sve sd Sve sd the development process ben lst June wth "hcthon" – brnstormn sesson to determne how the me would wor Emploees from the opertn compnes served s the subect mtter experts, whle the SCS Innovton nd Strte roup helped desn nd develop the me "We new we wnted vdeo me, but we hd no de how to me t hppen," Sve sd "We ll ot toether for the hcthon to flesh the me out, decde wht elements to nclude, come up wth pln nd put toether tem to desn t" In Mrch, Albm Power ws red to roll out the me for testn when the COVID-19 pndemc shut down the stte nd the nton Crestlne Elementr SAFETY Web-bsed me brns electrc sfet to ds B Crl Dvs