Badger Tablet

We are solving the accessibility to devices programmed for learning, more specifically illiteracy in vulnerable communities in Colombia, therefore improving learning habits, by providing interaction, and an especially designed program to develop knowledge at any age. Our solution is based in a tablet that will only allow one app, and week by week courses and respective quizzes will be unlocked to follow up in the learning process of the individuals, it will also function with learning badges that would replace grades, This badges will help us gather information and have a more detailed view of a student's learning journey. Badges visually represent student's achievements; because they are digital, badges can link to the specific tasks that a student completed to earn the badge as the course continues (Niguidula, 2020), providing motivation and reward to each person. 

The solution is to create a tablet in which each student can have access to a program that have all the illiteracy courses, where they will be go step by step learning and having more classes in order to get more knowledge, each class will have an exam in order to evaluate the students and check if they acquired the knowledge properly, and therefore be able to continue with the next class and continue with their learning process, being awarded with electronic badges instead of grades.

Our solution is especially useful for vulnerable communities, given that the simple fact that learning how to read and write will open many doors for them, where having any question that they present, they can go now and read to acquire the knowledge they want about any subject without having to depend on others, and in turn have a more general view of the world and the things that happen in it.

We have been improving our idea, strengthening our team and vision, as for now we can only provide the idea and the start of prototyping, as we lack the resources to implement the solution.

Because it is a team effort that helps us grow as future professionals, with innovative and teamwork capabilities, and because we consider that education is a very important topic and that this solution, under proper development, can be very useful to help people in Colombia