Fwd: {devs-w-kids} CodeSpells - first person game teaches kids Java
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Maria Droujkova
Apr 10, 2013, 11:32:44 AM4/10/13
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Does anyone here have any experience with CodeSpells?
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From: Eric Cha <themas...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:18 AM
Subject: {devs-w-kids} CodeSpells - first person game teaches kids Java
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http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_releases/release.sfe?id=1347
"Computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego, have
developed an immersive, first-person player video game designed to teach
students in elementary to high school how to program in Java, one of the
most common programming languages in use today.
The researchers tested the game on a group of 40 girls, ages 10 to 12,
who had never been exposed to programming before. They detailed their
findings in a paper they presented at the SIGCSE conference in March in
Denver. Computer scientists found that within just one hour of play, the
girls had mastered some of Java’s basic components and were able to use
the language to create new ways of playing with the game."
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I think I'll download this and let my 8 year old son and 10 year old
daughter give it a whirl...
Eric
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From: Eric Cha <themas...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:18 AM
Subject: {devs-w-kids} CodeSpells - first person game teaches kids Java
To: igda-devs...@googlegroups.com
http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_releases/release.sfe?id=1347
"Computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego, have
developed an immersive, first-person player video game designed to teach
students in elementary to high school how to program in Java, one of the
most common programming languages in use today.
The researchers tested the game on a group of 40 girls, ages 10 to 12,
who had never been exposed to programming before. They detailed their
findings in a paper they presented at the SIGCSE conference in March in
Denver. Computer scientists found that within just one hour of play, the
girls had mastered some of Java’s basic components and were able to use
the language to create new ways of playing with the game."
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I think I'll download this and let my 8 year old son and 10 year old
daughter give it a whirl...
Eric
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David Wees
Apr 10, 2013, 11:37:20 AM4/10/13
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Very cool. I wonder how much of this can be attributed to their platform and how much is inherent to technology.
My experience with teaching kids programming is that most kids are able to use some programming concepts very quickly, independent of the platform used (I've only tried JavaScript, Scratch, Turtle Art, and Blockly Draw so far).
David
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