Title :
GoalPost: LEGO programming exercise support
Author :
Onishi, Yohei ; Tominaga, Hiroyuki ; Yamasaki, Toshinori
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Reliability-based Inf. Syst. Eng., Kagawa Univ., Japan
Abstract :
In an introduction to C programming exercise, it is important for students to promote their interest and motivation. Robot contest and group collaboration is one of the styles for the purpose. We propose a game programming exercise using a simple robot kit LEGO Mindstorms. We introduce an exercise model and develop support environment GoalPost. The system has some tools along the exercise process. The aim of our research is to improve applicative ability and challenging activity of students with group communication in programming exercise.
Keywords :
C language; computer games; computer science education; groupware; mobile robots; robot programming; teaching; C programming exercise; GoalPost; LEGO Mindstorms; game programming exercise; group collaboration; operation map; robot contest; Collaboration; Computer languages; Educational robots; Flowcharts; Information systems; Programming profession; Reliability engineering; Robot programming; Robot sensing systems; Robotics and automation;
Conference_Titel :
Active Media Technology, 2005. (AMT 2005). Proceedings of the 2005 International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9035-0
DOI :
10.1109/AMT.2005.1505356
