Design problem
FTD is a 100 years old Brazilian publisher focused on children's education. The editorial team had material prepared about digital education, it just had one problem: it was not digital! Here is Quantbot, the first 100% digital product from FTD, that helps children learn about programming, maker culture, and logical thinking.
A FTD é uma empresa que está a 100 anos atuando como uma editora focada em educação de jovens e crianças. A equipe de Literatura da FTD havia preparado um material sobre educação digital, só tinha um problema: ele não era digital! Aqui apresento o Quantbots, o primeiro produto 100% digital da FTD que procura ensinar crianças sobre programação, cultura maker e raciocínio lógico.
Meet the “Quânticos"
Together with the illustrator Rentz, the FTD team created 5 characters that interact with the children through the product. They are the "Quânticos”(Quantics), aliens from the planet Quântico. Each of them is a geometrical form and has a peculiar personality and a function inside their spaceship. Meet the characters in this animated short:
Conheça os cinco personagens criados pela equipe da FTD e o illustrator Rentz:
Insight
The children learn how to make objects with the help of an interactive chatbot, that teaches the kids using a friendly vocabulary, animated gifs, and a funny robotic voice. We used Azure's, an AI technology from Microsoft.
As crianças aprendem a montar objetos com a ajuda de um chatbot interativo, que ensina os alunos usando um vocabulário amigável, gifs animados e uma voz robótica engraçada. Nós utilizamos o Azure, tecnologia de Inteligência Artificial da Microsoft.
Feedback
We had a very positive first experience while testing with children and seeing their reaction to the product. Since the beginning of 2021, Quantbots has officially launched on the FTD platform Iônica and has been featured as an innovative experience by the Microsoft Customer Story Website.
Autors: Claudia Christ e Wagner Sanchez
General Director: Ricardo Tavares de Oliveira
Technology and digital transformation director: Ricardo Birtel
Editorial manager: Isabel Lopes Coelho
Product Manager: Roberta Campanini
Project Manager: Patrícia Degelo Mazalli
Architecture Manager: Alexandre Hakomaru
Editor: Rosa Visconti Kono
Editorial production coordinator: Leandro Hiroshi Kanno
UX and Design Coordinator: Rafael Chaves
Text and image coordinator: Marcia Berne
Product specialist: Fernanda Cascella
Assistant editor: Débora Andrade
UX writing: Jéssica Almeida e Júlia Corazza
Revision and preparation: Aline Araújo (líder), Bianca Oliveira, Lívia Perran, Marina de Fátima Nogueira e Tatiana Sado Jaworski
Art director: Simone Oliveira Vieira
UX/UI: Sophia Kraenkel e Laís Wada
Illustrator: Renato Rentz
Video Animation: Manuel Neto
Video and photo production: Dotta Estúdio
Gaming production: K Interativa
Development supervisor: André Machado
Developer: Heron Lopes