logging in or signing up roboGames cooper Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 45 Category: Entertainment License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: January 04, 2008 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Games or Robots? Restoring Excitement to Introductory Computing: Games or Robots? Restoring Excitement to Introductory Computing Michael D. Dumont Ian C. Tewksbury Jessica D. Bayliss Rajendra K. RajGoals: Goals Develop an effective way to interest students. Use existing knowledge to teach new concepts Encourage students to want to learn Reality and Programming Together (RAPT): Reality and Programming Together (RAPT) Replacement sequence for Comp. Sci. 1-3 Used video games as an application domain Accelerated Sequence College Freshmen NOVA Robotics Program: NOVA Robotics Program Lego NXT Robotics Platform 8 day workshop series Self Teaching 6th-12th Grade Golf-Bot: Golf-BotHokey Pokey Bot: Hokey Pokey BotAdvantages of RAPT: Advantages of RAPT Low Cost Abstract Concepts High degree of creativity Disadvantages of RAPT: Disadvantages of RAPT Faster paced, more challenging Not self paced Works good if the interest is there Advantages of NOVA: Advantages of NOVA Self Paced NXT-G is simple Easy to teach algorithms TactileDisadvantages of NOVA: Disadvantages of NOVA Cost increases per student Less creative Abstract concepts are more difficult to teach Future Work: Future Work Run more NOVA Programs (Games and Robots) Attempt to bridge the gap Use robots for older studentsAcknowledgements: Acknowledgements Rajendra K. Raj, Ian C. Tewksbury, and Jessica D. Bayliss for working on these projects The students in the RAPT and NOVA programs. You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
roboGames cooper Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 45 Category: Entertainment License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: January 04, 2008 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Games or Robots? Restoring Excitement to Introductory Computing: Games or Robots? Restoring Excitement to Introductory Computing Michael D. Dumont Ian C. Tewksbury Jessica D. Bayliss Rajendra K. RajGoals: Goals Develop an effective way to interest students. Use existing knowledge to teach new concepts Encourage students to want to learn Reality and Programming Together (RAPT): Reality and Programming Together (RAPT) Replacement sequence for Comp. Sci. 1-3 Used video games as an application domain Accelerated Sequence College Freshmen NOVA Robotics Program: NOVA Robotics Program Lego NXT Robotics Platform 8 day workshop series Self Teaching 6th-12th Grade Golf-Bot: Golf-BotHokey Pokey Bot: Hokey Pokey BotAdvantages of RAPT: Advantages of RAPT Low Cost Abstract Concepts High degree of creativity Disadvantages of RAPT: Disadvantages of RAPT Faster paced, more challenging Not self paced Works good if the interest is there Advantages of NOVA: Advantages of NOVA Self Paced NXT-G is simple Easy to teach algorithms TactileDisadvantages of NOVA: Disadvantages of NOVA Cost increases per student Less creative Abstract concepts are more difficult to teach Future Work: Future Work Run more NOVA Programs (Games and Robots) Attempt to bridge the gap Use robots for older studentsAcknowledgements: Acknowledgements Rajendra K. Raj, Ian C. Tewksbury, and Jessica D. Bayliss for working on these projects The students in the RAPT and NOVA programs.