Problem-solving

How Making Robots Captivates Kids' Imaginations | Edutopia : 'via Blog this'

A site with collection of problem-solving news stories has been set up at : http://www.scoop.it/t/problem-solving-in-he

World of Codecraft: 3-D Game Teaches Kids 'Big Ideas' of Programming | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com : BY KLINT FINLEY 07.19.136:30 AM ENGAGE, a 3-D game that teaches programming concepts to kids. Videogames are a waste of time. Well, not always. Sometimes they can teach you stuff, like honest-to-goodness computer programming skills. The trick is to make these educational games as interesting and enjoyable as the shoot-em-up variety, and that’s not always easy. But researchers at North Carolina State University want to help. Dr. Kristy Boyer and Fernando Rodríguez are studying the way youngsters respond to a 3-D game that teaches programming, hoping to discover the secrets of building games that are not only educational but enjoyable" 'via Blog this'

Taken from  Computing in Northamptonshire: Gary Hill: solving problems : "Referencing within Code in Software Engineering Education! Computer Education 05/2012; 10(166):1. ABSTRACT Traditionally computer sciences courses will assess software code. It is common and accepted good practice (as in written reports) to reference other sources of appropriate material. However there appears to be no explicit method, recommendation or advice available to computer science tutors and students on a referencing approach! This paper aims to stimulate discussion from peers involved in software engineering education. By discussing the apparent lack of ‘referencing within code’ advice to students and proposing suggestions for appropriate solutions. This will be based on the authors’ experience of assessing code and the current advice given to their students." Is it Visual? The importance of a Problem Solving Module within a Computing course Computer Education 05/2012; 10(166):5...

 Turning trash into seriously entertaining, well-designed toys that kids can build themselves -- while learning basic principles of science and design.

Wing Surveys Her New Opportunity - Microsoft Research : Wing Surveys Her New Opportunity By Rob Knies February 28, 2013 1:15 PM PT When Jeannette Wing joined Microsoft Research in January 2013 as a Microsoft vice president and head of Microsoft Research International, in charge of Microsoft Research’s non-U.S. labs, she brought with her a sterling set of credentials. She had served long and well as head of the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University and for three years as assistant director of the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate at the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). A recipient of bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Wing has a broad range of expertise, ranging from the foundations of trustworthy computing to software specification and verification to concurrent and distributed systems to programming languages and methodology. A month into her new job, she found time for a wid...

LEGO NXT Balancing Road TwoWheels Robot - YouTube : "LEGO NXT Two Wheels self balancing inverted pendulum Gyro stabilized position course and speed. Jumping and climbing functions in Road Mode. http://nxttwowheels.blogspot.com/ NXT Ballbot applies the same technology on two axis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Eau8y... NXT Ballbot Simulation with MsExcel: http://ballbotexcel.blogspot.com/ Lego NXT TwoWheels es un robot de dos ruedas estabilizado con gran movilidad y posibilidades. Está programado en RobotC y gracias a su interfaz Bluethoot puede ser controlado desde un ordenador o smartphone." 'via Blog this'