3. Ella uses her engineering
smarts to solve everyday
problems
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4. Each episode supports the
concept of software
engineering through problem
solving techniques
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5. At the end of each episode,
kids learn how to do a simple
coding challenge and go offline
to a website and/or app to see
the results
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6. In the first episode, we meet Ella, a software engineer. Ella uses
her skills in development and engineering to solve everyday
problems. In this episode there seems to be a problem with the
main traffic light in the town. The light is controlled by
computer software and it seems to be blinking all the colors
randomly, causing a traffic backup in the town. All the people in
the town are having trouble getting to work, school, and the
stores. They are stuck in the town square.
The mayor calls Ella to solve the “glitch”. Through her software
and computer skills, Ella realizes there is a “glitch” or “broken”
code. She fixes the problem with the help of Tabby (her Tablet),
Smarty (her Smarthphone), plus Mac (her laptop) and Mousey
(Mac’s mouse). They all act as friends and advisors to Ella.
Ella uses her coding skills to solve the problem and the result is
that the traffic light operates as normal. Now all the town
people can get to work, home and school.
In the end, Ella provides the kids at home with a coding
challenge. They can interact and write code on the Ella the
Engineer app, which creates a scene/action, opens additional
scenes, secret codes, or earns points for merchandise, other
stuff
The main purpose is to educate kids on how code and how
software is being used today on things that they see everyday
(e.g. traffic lights). It also provides an engaging experience by
providing a coding challenge at the end of each episode, which is
then discussed at the beginning of the next episode. Sort of
“did you get this result”.
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