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Info Diet in the Internet Era

The internet had helped people for decades to find answers to their endless questions. This massive connectivity helps us to grow as individuals and as educators as it pushes us to help our students explore new horizons, as Henry Jenkins advocates in this video below. [Henry Jenkins: Media Scholar Henry Jenkins on Participatory CultureContinue reading “Info Diet in the Internet Era”

How can we inspire inquiry-based learning in traditional school systems?

Questioning is a skill that humans start to acquire as soon as they start to talk. As annoying as it can be to adults, critical questioning skills can lead to innovation. In his book, A More Beautiful Question, Berger discusses the importance of questioning, its development stages, and how it leads to breakthrough ideas. AlthoughContinue reading “How can we inspire inquiry-based learning in traditional school systems?”

Educational Games for Students with Working Memory Disorder

Working memory disorder is a challenging problem some students are seriously struggling with. Working Memory (WM) was defined in the literature as “a brain system that provides temporary storage and manipulation of the information necessary for . . . complex cognitive tasks” (Baddeley, 1992, p. 556). Hence a learner with WM Disorder will not onlyContinue reading “Educational Games for Students with Working Memory Disorder”

Gamify your online community

I proposed a gamification idea for online communities, especially volintary based. Hanan Alshikhabobakr-game lab 5

Game testing report

Traffic Manager game concept is tested with ICT teacher. Serious Goal: to motivate the importance of teaching programming in high school. EQ2 Hanan_Alshikhabobakr

Epic Quest Problem and Concept

On enriching computer science teacher training! hanan_alshikhabobakr_epicquest_1

Play-testing Algorithmic Space

A much refined version of my previous post, and how it happened: hanan_alshikhabobakr_lab4

Game Core Mechanic

This is game lab 3 illustrating the game mechanic of Journey to Algorithms Spaceship. Enjoy! hanan_alshikhabobakr_lab3

Game Concept Development

This is my attempt to develop a serious game concept by contextualizing my goal, audience and brainstorm. Happy reading! hanan_alshikhabobakr_lab2

Play Chess and Learn Algorithms

I am interested in computer science education, and always look for new effective ways in teaching. This time I consider an adaptation of a game to teach one aspect of computing: algorithms. The Goal of the Game: To understand and practice Algorithms. Which is one of (if not the) first concepts to teach in computer science.Continue reading “Play Chess and Learn Algorithms”