Adafruit To Teach Electronics Through Puppets In New Kids Show 68
coop0030 writes "Wired has an article up about how Adafruit, the kit-based electronics retailer and promoter of hobbyist engineering, is aiming to teach electronics to a younger demographic. So young that they're enlisting the help of puppets. Their new online show, titled Circuit Playground, will teach the essentials of electronics and circuitry to children through kid-friendly dolls with names like Cappy the Capacitor and Hans the 555 Timer Chip. Limor 'Ladyada' Fried, Adafruit's founder and chief engineer (and 2012 Entrepreneur of the Year), will host the episodes, with her team assisting with onscreen and puppeteering duties. Episodes will premiere this March, and Fried holds hope for them to help inspire the next generation of designers and builders."
Suggested Character:Transistor/cross dressing nun (Score:4, Funny)
Onto a more serious note; it's always great to see somebody bring in some new ideas to bring electronics to kids.
It will be very interesting to see how the concepts are brought across using puppets. I would have liked to see some examples before the story went live.
The big issue that I always find is that when somebody comes up with a new idea for teaching concepts, they can illustrate basic concepts very effectively but get bogged down when the material becomes deeper and not so readily obvious.
Having said that, if they have a character for a 555, maybe they have a good formula!
myke
Re:Puppets, is there anything they can't teach? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Finally? No. This is old news in a new format. (Score:5, Funny)
Don't you remember the Steve Jobs puppet they had that kept re-inventing things that were already invented?
Sesame Street has been educating kids about tech for many years now.