Saturday, 11 August 2018

How Serious games such as Avengers coding kit introduces children to Programming

Learning to program is one superpower each child must learn to some degree. It can be a valuable tool in today's economy. Apart from that, it teaches abstract thinking and problem solving that can be useful in our domains including artistic pursuits.

But teaching programming using standard teaching techniques alienates a lot of students and deprives many to acquire this valuable skillet. This is where new and innovative methods of teaching that utilize serious games and gamification can come to rescue – no pun intended!

The Avengers coding kit lets kids build their own superpowers by using the principles of rule based programming in a fun and intuitive manner. Now the child can play their favourite Marvel superhero in the  Avengers Hero Inventor Kit, which was made in collaboration with Marvel.


The Kit gives the child a transparent sleeve that (s)he can wear. The kit also provides interchangeable building blocks, known as “bits” that use magnets to stick to the transparent sleeve.

The hardware is supplemented with a mobile app that is the brain behind the coding kit. The app gamifies the learning process with step-by-step instructions and video tutorials. The premise is that the Kid is learning to become a superhero by receiving instructions from his/her Superhero mentors.  Each superhero teaches a different lesson. Wasp and Ant-man lesson uses the accelerometer to teach kids about speed and movement. Black Panther offer the final lesson on customizing your programs. Likewise, Iron Man and  Black Widow teach their own respective coding lessons.

The kit is a good example of teaching using play. While the kid interacts with their favorite superhero by following their instructions, they inadvertently learn about rule based computational thinking.

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