Pasos Seguros

Video game that promotes safe behavior against Antipersonnel Mines

This Video Game is a pedagogical tool that is part of the products of the Alianza Pasos Seguros, an alliance made up of Fundación Barco, USAID, Discovery Communications and Computadores Para Educar, which can be used by anyone over 8 years of age to become aware of to the risk of Antipersonnel Mines, unexploded ammunition and explosive traps, their use in the educational environment of the areas most affected by this problem is especially recommended, accompanied by a teacher trained in Education on the Risk of Antipersonnel Mines.

This game experience takes place in a rural environment where the Avatar character must walk the path from his home to the educational institution safely. Each of the participants, when starting the game, will be able to design their own Avatar according to their gender, ethnicity and dress options. Each of the characters when leaving home must remember safe behaviors, which will allow them to be aware of the dangers that they may encounter along the way. During the journey to school, the characters can find safe areas and others that are not, so you must be very attentive to the signs you find to make the best decisions.

The players can also count on Lulu's help. This character from the Miniseries "Lalo and Lulú take Safe Steps" will teach you clues to go the safest way; which together with the stars will make the journey to school a fun experience with Safe Steps.

They will live various missions that will help them internalize the elements of the self-care competence. The missions include image analysis, word search, puzzles, among others that not only contribute to risk management skills, but also to reading comprehension and information technology.

The objective of the game is for children and adolescents to acquire safe behaviors against the risk of antipersonnel mines, achieving:

1. Recognize the danger posed by Explosive Devices and stay away from them.

2. Stay away from places where Explosive Ordnance may be present.

3. Recognize and stay on safe paths and places.

4. Seek help when there are victims of Explosive Ordnance.

5. Promote safe behaviors in your family and community members.

The video game can be played between an hour to an hour and a half, as a single experience or in 2 or 3 sessions, depending on the age of the participants, ideally it seeks to complement the teachings provided by the teacher against the risk of antipersonnel mines and the pedagogical route (see www.pasosseguros.co) but it can also be played without previous experience, managing to sensitize the players.

The game has a section for teachers, there the teacher can view the accounts or boys and girls who have created an account or character / avatar on the device, each with their respective name.

The account of each student will present the information of the respective progress they have had during the game, with the details of the adventures they have completed, thus showing how far their general progress has been, which of these challenges they have completed satisfactorily, to achieve the tokens that you must collect during the game and make accompaniments and reinforcements according to the progress made in the game.

Also in this section, the teacher will be able, if it is necessary to delete the users and their accounts from the device by means of a double confirmation procedure, click on delete account and then confirm each one of them and wish to delete them.

This material is part of the tools designed by the Pasos Seguros Alliance which seeks to contribute to the prevention of accidents by Antipersonnel Mines, for more material you can consult our social networks @pasossegurosCo or our WEB page www.pasosseguros.com