Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Title
GDCSE '08 Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Game development in computer science education
Version
Final Published Version
Publication Date
2008
Abstract
Using games to teach introductory computing courses provides another context with which to exploring the possible attraction, retention, and education of a new generation of computer science (CS) students. At Bryn Mawr College, we have been actively exploring these contexts and have identified four that have great promise for use in teaching introductory computing courses: visualization, multimedia, robotics, and, most recently, games. We are currently using and analysing robots and have some preliminary results. We believe that much of what we have learned in using robots in the classroom can be applied to the other contexts, especially gaming. In addition, many aspects of gaming can also be used in an introductory course using robots. This paper will explore robotics, gaming, their interactions, and provide suggestions on how best to proceed in making the most out of games in the classroom.
Publisher's Statement
© 2008 ACM. The published version of this article can be found here:
DOI
http://doi.org/10.1145/1463673.1463687
Citation
Xu, D., D. Blank, and D. Kumar 2008. Games, robots, and robot games: complementary contexts for introductory computing education. GDCSE '08 Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Game development in computer science education: 66-70.