Beyond Minecraft: Facilitating Computational Thinking through Modeling and Programming in 3D
Description
Visual programming in 3D sounds much more appealing than programming in 2D, but what are its benefits? Here, University of Colorado Boulder educators discuss the differences between 2D and 3D regarding three concepts connecting computer graphics to computer science education: ownership, spatial thinking, and syntonicity.
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PUBLICATION DETAILS
Type
Article
Publisher
IEEE
Publication Website URL
Topic(s)
Computational Thinking
Publication Year
2014
Additional Disciplines
Computer Science - programming