Objectives of the platform

• To create empowerment through making things to improve ones environment
• To encourage confidence and mastery in computational thinking
• To give people a starting point in situations where they see the value but don’t know where to start

Essential

• A route or routes through the available resources
• Ability to upload or embed user generated content (UGC)
• Log in system
• Awarding of points for UGC
• Visual progress indicators
• Design that resonates with 11-16 year olds
• Badges
• OpenBadge compatible badges

Nice to have

• Ability to export PDF progress reports
• Ability to use the same IA for different computing platforms e.g. Arduino
• Awarding of points for UGC on different services e.g. Stack Exchange, GitHub
• Automatic updating of content as the official version is updated