BuzzBits

BY Isabel Correa

BuzzBits is a robotic construction kit (RCK) consistent of elementary and cheap electronic pieces, that combined with elements from the learner’s environment, can be assembled to create an electronic insect. The kit is designed for children from 8 to 14 years-old located in underserved communities across the globe that have little to no previous interaction with technology. The kit will be distributed in rural, marginal, or displaced communities to be used by kids outside their schools. A typical learning context would be the street, at home, or in any recreational space. The ultimate learning goal of the kit is to enhance a proactive and challenging attitude toward technology that can be synthesized in the expression: – I can make technology! –.