Magic stick: A tangible interface for the edutainment of young children

Recently, there has been a high demand for developing tools that promote education through learning. We introduce our edutainment tool called Magic Stick that helps children learn about new objects by providing their names associated by visual representations regarding these objects. Children´s parents or teachers can pick the entities they would like their children to learn about by simply attaching RFID tags to these entities. Afterwards, they can customize the type of information and visualizations related to these entities through the use of a friendly GUI designed for this purpose. In our study with young children, we found that the Magic Stick created an entertaining atmosphere among children and greatly engaged them in learning.