Culturally Situated Design Tools: Fostering Interest in Computer Science
Fostering interest in computer science with K-12 students through culturally situated design tools is vital for teaching programming concepts while making learning fun and engaging. Research insights, motivation, and existing tools like Scratch contribute to this innovative approach.
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Creation of A New Culturally Situated Design Tool Shaun G. Pickford Dream Team Advisor Dr. Tiffany Barnes Tiffany.Barnes@gmail.co m Antoine Campbell acampbel@uncc.edu Dustin Culler daculler@uncc.edu Graduate Advisors Acey Boyce akboyce@uncc.edu Drew Hicks ahicks37@uncc.edu
Problem 2 Shaun Pickford Creation of a new CSDT
Fostering interest in computer science with K-12 students. How is this done? Teach them CS concepts but don t let them know they re learning! Show them what they are capable of creating. Make it fun! 3 Shaun Pickford Creation of a new CSDT
The $1,000,000 question Q) How can we show that computer science can be fun while teaching programming concepts? A) Games and Design Tools! 4 Shaun Pickford Creation of a new CSDT
Background Research A Tale of Two Online Communities: Fostering Collaboration and Creativity in Scientists and Children Cecilia R. Aragon, Sarah S. Poon, Andres Monroy-Hernandez, Diana Aragon Making University Education more like Middle School Computer Club: Facilitating the Flow of Inspiration Alexander Repenning, Ashok Basawapatna, Kyu Han Koh Designing Games for Learning: Insights from Conversation with Designers Katherine Isbister, Mary Flanagan, Chelsea Hash Culturally Situated Design Tools: Ethnocomputing from Field Site to Classroom Ron Eglash, Audrey Bennett, Casey O Donnell, Sybillyn Jennings, Margaret Cintorino 5 Shaun Pickford Creation of a new CSDT
Background Research Social Collaboration Sharing and Rating System Games foster learning by nature Players should be able to relate to the material Provide minimal challenge from the interface Make them fun and hide the learning aspects Unleash creativity 6 Shaun Pickford Creation of a new CSDT
Motivation 7 Shaun Pickford Creation of a new CSDT
Scratch Pre-existing CSDT s 8 Shaun Pickford Creation of a new CSDT
BreakDancer 9 Shaun Pickford Creation of a new CSDT
Solution 10 Shaun Pickford Creation of a new CSDT
3 Step Process BeadLoom Game CSDT Social Website Dance Tool 11 Shaun Pickford Creation of a new CSDT
Solution Collaborative Environment BeadLoom Game Dance Tool CSDT Community Website 12 Shaun Pickford Creation of a new CSDT
Dance Tool 13 Shaun Pickford Creation of a new CSDT
Hypotheses Utilize the cultural aspects of the BreakDancer CSDT and make it into a Design Tool. Create an intuitive and simple interface for the Design Tool to allow players to easily program dancers and fully execute a custom dance. 14 Shaun Pickford Creation of a new CSDT
Enter Dance Tool Drag and Drop Interface Players Choreograph Dances Teach Functions and Looping 15 Shaun Pickford Creation of a new CSDT
Tools of the Trade Unity Maya JavaScript 16 Shaun Pickford Creation of a new CSDT
Extreme Makeover Dance Tool Edition Interface Redesign 17 Shaun Pickford Creation of a new CSDT
Dance Tool GUI 18 Shaun Pickford Creation of a new CSDT
Extreme Makeover Dance Tool Edition Animation blending and timing Interface Redesign Re-creation of animations 19 Shaun Pickford Creation of a new CSDT
Unruly Dancers 20 Shaun Pickford Creation of a new CSDT
Extreme Makeover Dance Tool Edition Animation blending and timing Interface Redesign Re-creation of animations Creation of MMLT Data Structure 21 Shaun Pickford Creation of a new CSDT
Massive Multi-Level Tiered Data Structure 22
MMLT Data Structure Key Points Iterates through The Dance instead of layers of array s. Data is stored in each individual layer for recall and editing by user. Improved memory management. 23 Shaun Pickford Creation of a new CSDT
Demo Video 24 Shaun Pickford Creation of a new CSDT
Initial Play-Testing / Feedback 19 high school students. Overall positive feedback. Informed it was in testing and their feedback was important. 25 Shaun Pickford Creation of a new CSDT
Initial Play-Testing / Feedback Comments: Its cool! I loved it! Pretty fun! Suggestions for improvement: Add way more moves and songs song database and customizable outfits. get rid of max. oh yea.. volume control would be nice. the comp master volume is on its lowest and the game is still loud. instructions on the side of the page 26 Shaun Pickford Creation of a new CSDT
What I Learned Play-testing Valuable Data and Improved Design Experimentation User Feedback 27 Shaun Pickford Creation of a new CSDT
Future Work Improved Animations. Tutorials. Challenges and Game Aspects. Larger song selection. Teach looping and functions. Dance sharing and collaboration. Formal Testing and Analysis. 28 Shaun Pickford Creation of a new CSDT
Questions/Comments? 29 Shaun Pickford Creation of a new CSDT
Thank You! Shaun G. Pickford sgpickfo@uncc.edu Advisor Dr. Tiffany Barnes tbarnes2@uncc.edu Dream Team Antoine Campbell acampbel@uncc.edu Graduate Advisors Acey Boyce akboyce@uncc.edu Dustin Culler daculler@uncc.edu Drew Hicks ahicks37@uncc.edu
Sample Dance 31
