educational computer game and computer science unplugged
DESCRIPTION
A presentation we had in ALICT 2014 in Kranjska GoraTRANSCRIPT
Authors: Sara Ferlin and Klaudija Humar
Puss without boots
An Educational Computer Game for Learning Sorting Algorithms
Kranjska Gora, August 1, 2014
CS Unplugged
Authors: Blaž Kos, Nik Hlade, Gregor Spačal
• example of a finished serious game
• programming problem cognitively difficult and demanding topic
• sorting algorithms
• most appropriate for realization:BUBBLE and SELECTION SORT
Puss without boots An Educational Computer Game for Learning Sorting Algorithms
• used software: Adobe IllustratoreAdventure
• similar steps of designing the game• focus on learning goals• game designed for primary
school children• important: children using
newly obtained knowledge independent of technology and in real situations
Puss without boots
An Educational Computer Game for Learning Sorting Algorithms
• no preexisting knowledge needed• simple incorporation into a structured lesson• highest levels of knowledge by Bloom
taxonomy
Puss without boots
An Educational Computer Game for Learning Sorting Algorithms
ACTIVITY: 6 volunteers, 2 from each countryFIRST TASK:Sort yourself in order, from the smallest number to the largest.
Puss without boots
An Educational Computer Game for Learning Sorting Algorithms
ACTIVITY:6 volunteers, 2 from each country
SECOND TASK:Sort yourself in order, from the smallest to the biggest, but only two players can switch at once.
Puss without boots
An Educational Computer Game for Learning Sorting Algorithms
THIRD TASK:Sort yourself in order, from the smallest to the biggest:• only two players can switch at once,• the switching players have to be neighbors,• the switching must start at one side of the
line and move in circles.
Puss without boots
An Educational Computer Game for Learning Sorting Algorithms
STORY OF THE GAMEVIDEO
Puss without boots
An Educational Computer Game for Learning Sorting Algorithms
• alpha and beta testing• comparing formative and summative test
results• positive feedback
PLAY THE GAME:http://www.hrast.pef.uni-lj.si/igre
Puss without boots
An Educational Computer Game for Learning Sorting Algorithms
COMPUTER SCIENCE UNPLUGGED
“Computer science is a way of thinking and not computer usage.”
• About CSU• Discussed themes
• Representing information• Algorithms• Procedures• Intract ability• Cryptography• Interacting with computers
• FRI summer school
COMPUTER SCIENCE UNPLUGGED
• Detecting errors when storing data• Activity
COMPUTER SCIENCE UNPLUGGED
• Graphs and Dijkstra’s algorithm• Activity
COMPUTER SCIENCE UNPLUGGED
• Pictures from FRI summer school...
COMPUTER SCIENCE UNPLUGGED
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kagtp2gWhU
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6vHZ95XDwU