Superheroes
Digital Storytelling
What is the story of Superheroes – Digital Storytelling?
In this course, children bring their own superheroes to life – characters that reflect their inner worlds, desires, and emotions. These heroes become storytellers of the children themselves.
Using creative writing techniques and various digital tools, students don’t just design a character – they build an entire universe around them. They develop a full character profile, including strengths, weaknesses, and a moral compass.
The heroes’ stories are woven into a shared narrative, with each child facing personal challenges that allow them to explore their own emotions. The journey culminates in a final board game, where the heroes must join forces and work together to defeat a common enemy.
Activities
- Create a personal superhero
- Write/narrate the hero’s origin story, everyday life and missions
- Design and craft a unique logo/symbol, as well as their hero and their enemy.
- Craft a story-box/lamp incorporating basic self-made electronics.
- Conclude with a community-building board game, reinforcing teamwork and problem solving
Main technologies used:
vector design + laser cutting
Skills Superheroes - Digital Storytelling Develops
Life and Workplace Competences
Global Competence
Digital Literacy
Technical Skills
optional
Data Literacy
optional
Highlighted competencies
During the Superheroes course we aimed to develop the 4 main 20 skills highlighted above.
What’s inside the Teacher's Box?
The teacher’s box contains everything you need to deliver the course.
Teacher's Guide
Story Box Model
Activity Tools
(Typography puzzle, Question cards, Board game elements)
Lesson Plans
Demonstartional Materials
(Laser-cut characters, Speech bubbles)
Supply Starter Kit for 12 Students
Supply Starter kit
for 12 Students
The starter kit contains consumables for 12 children to use during the session. These materials need to be refilled for each course.
Technical Requirements
Machines and tools required for delivering the course
3D printer
4/12 students
micro:bits*
1/student
Soldering stations
4/12 students
Laser cutter
Laptops/PC
1/student
Perfect solution for
Diverse Educational Needs
Perfect solution for Diverse Educational Needs / Goals
Skill development
Developing future proof digital competencies and soft skills, which are not possible or hard to develop in the traditional way
1
Differentiation
Supporting disadvantaged or special educational needs (SEN) students. Engaging children with low motivation
2
Talent management
Further development of selected learner groups
3
Career planning
Career guidance through identifying and nurturing children’s outstanding skills, engagement for career planning by introducing future jobs.
4
See it in action
Unleash your inner superhero!
In the Superhero Storybox course, students embark on a creative inner journey where they invent their own hero: choosing its values, powers, and enemies. Through storytelling, digital design, and hands-on making, they bring their heroes to life in laser-cut lamps, 3D printed symbols, and interactive creations. In the final challenge, all superheroes must join forces in an epic board game battle-showing the true power of teamwork and imagination.
Back to school - And back to boredom?
Learning can be a lot of fun. Going to school – not so much. In fact, as kids grow into teenagers, it seems to become less and less fun: in a 2017 survey, Gallup found that while 74% of fifth-graders are engaged with school, just 32% of 11th-graders feel the same way.
So how can we help kids get – and keep – out of the motivational rut?
Learning through play and making
