Matías Brown Bartneche

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Matías Brown Bartneche is an educational technology researcher dedicated to making computer programming accessible and engaging for high school students. His primary research areas center on game-based learning, block programming, and the design of innovative didactic strategies for secondary education. His most significant contribution is the development of "RITA en RED," an enhanced version of the Robot Inventor to Teach Algorithms (RITA) platform. This system, refined through field tests in schools across Great La Plata, is designed to seamlessly integrate block programming competitions into the classroom, transforming abstract concepts into a collaborative and motivating challenge. His foundational work, "El juego como estrategia didáctica," explores how video games—a central part of youth culture—can serve as a powerful pedagogical bridge to teach programming principles. Though his most-cited works have accumulated a modest 10 citations, their impact is deeply practical, directly shaping classroom practices in Argentina. Brown Bartneche’s research stands out for its focus on implementation and real-world testing, offering a concrete, playful pathway for introducing computational thinking to a new generation of learners.