Let’s Play the Arcade Machines

Stewart, Fiona; Flint, Tom; Grandison, Tanis; Webster, Gemma; Tyrie, Craig

Abstract

“Let’s Play the Arcade Machines” showcases games made by children in schools in the Wester Hailes area of Edinburgh. The project aims to expose the children to a constructionist style of learning; supporting them to create and remix games about their local area using the Scratch programming environment, whilst encouraging them to engage with the idea that further study of computing could lead them to interesting and fulfilling careers.

Citation

Stewart, F., Flint, T., Grandison, T., Webster, G., & Tyrie, C. (2022, July). Let’s Play the Arcade Machines. Presented at 35th International BCS Human-Computer Interaction Conference (HCI2022), Keele

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: 35th International BCS Human-Computer Interaction Conference (HCI2022)
• Start Date: Jul 11, 2022
• End Date: Jul 13, 2022
• Acceptance Date: May 13, 2022
• Publication Date: 2022-07
• Deposit Date: May 30, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 31, 2022
• Publisher: BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
• Series ISSN: 1477-9358
• Book Title: Proceedings of the 35th British HCI and Doctoral Consortium 2022, UK
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/HCI2022.46
• Keywords: Children, learning, coding, constructionism, Arcade games, Scratch programming
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2875236