An embodied interface for teaching computational thinking

Judith Good; Pablo Romero; Benedict D. Boulay; Henry Reid; Katherine Howland; Judy Robertson

doi:10.1145/1378773.1378823

An embodied interface for teaching computational thinking

Judith Good, Pablo Romero, Benedict D. Boulay, Henry Reid, Katherine Howland, Judy Robertson

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Abstract

We describe an innovative educational system designed to, firstly, motivate young people to engage with computational concepts and secondly, provide them with tools to do so in an embodied manner. The interface is designed as a "magic mirror" in which users can, through augmented reality technology, take on the role of a character and control the character's movements via their own movements. They are able to record movements, and using a Wii Remote as a mouse and pointing device, organise these movements into sequences. We are now working on ways in which the recorded movements can be manipulated in ways that foster computational thinking. Copyright 2008 ACM.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces 2008, IUI'08
Pages	333-336
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1378773.1378823
Publication status	Published - 2008
Event	13th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces 2008 - Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Spain Duration: 13 Jan 2008 → 16 Jan 2008

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Conference	13th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces 2008
Abbreviated title	IUI'08
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Maspalomas, Gran Canaria
Period	13/01/08 → 16/01/08

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Augmented reality
Computational thinking
Embodied interfaces

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Good, J, Romero, P, Boulay, BD, Reid, H, Howland, K & Robertson, J 2008, An embodied interface for teaching computational thinking. in Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces 2008, IUI'08. pp. 333-336, 13th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces 2008, Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Spain, 13/01/08. https://doi.org/10.1145/1378773.1378823

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