Grade school students, big winner in
Power Mac Center app contest
Game app tackles global Quality
Education goal
A game app that will help toddlers and
grade school students build their passion for learning bagged the grand prize
in Power Mac Center’s recently concluded “emPOWER UP! Design a Better World:
App Development Challenge” for kids. The winning app concept aims to address
the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of Quality Education by
integrating valuable lessons during gameplay.
According to the UN, more than 265
million children are currently out of school, 22 percent of which are of
primary school age. Moreover, 617 million youth all over the world lack basic
mathematics and literacy skills. By integrating lessons into something
ubiquitous like smart devices, providing quality education doesn’t stop at
traditional venues like classrooms thereby reaching more learners, even in
far-flung areas. Games, in particular, help keep children’s minds active and
their imagination going.
The app titled BrainVentures puts the
player through a series of activities with the help of a digital sidekick.
These activities let players explore and develop their skills and creativity
along the way. The concept was developed by Derek Joshua Altuna, Alexandria
Jillian Braga, and Aniela Jenina Lesaca, collectively known as “Team
BrainVentures” from De La Salle Santiago Zobel.
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Grade School students from De La Salle Santiago Zobel and Team
BrainVentures members Derek Joshua Altuna, Aniela Jenina Lesaca, and Alexandria
Jillian Braga bag the grand prize in Power Mac Center’s recently concluded “emPOWER
UP! Design a Better World: App Development Challenge” for kids. They are
bringing home brand new iPad units and the opportunity to have their app
developed and uploaded to the App Store.
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