Case Study#4 For kids, a new tactile way to learn Coding(2016) IDEO X Google Creative Lab

Today we call our contemporary market as an experience retailer, and strive to produce a friendly, but new experiences in literally every category. Education is not an exception in this mega-trend, thereby undergoing various ‘changes’, following technological, cultural development. While this project hits all the trending features in current market(for children, education, computer code, 3D-printing) the most noteworthy about this particular product is ‘infinity’.

As we can assume from its name, ‘computer code’, it is a cypher when it comes to human’s point of view while it is a basic language and physics in digital world. As far as I am concerned, this characteristic of coding clearly indicates how it should be taught to children. It should be taught in the way we teach our language. We should help them to experience the infinite combinations of the functions of each code with easy accessibility.

While this translating process seem tough, the answer was as always at the very beginning: Investigating users’ needs, and starting from the basic steps with logical evidences.

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