ToonTalkTM—An Animated Programming Environment for Children

Kahn, Ken

doi:10.1006/jvlc.1996.0011

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“…Perhaps one of the most powerful patterns in interface design, it also resonates the pedagogical discussion of representations (Balacheff & Kaput, 1996;Radford, 2000). Indeed, this pattern is utilized in the design of the ToonTalk animated programming language (Kahn, 1996). However, it needs to be explicitly communicated to educators involved in constructionist activity design for them to leverage the extensive body of computer science knowledge it embodies.…”

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Design approaches in technology-enhanced learning

Mor

Winters

2007

Interactive Learning Environments

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Design is a critical to the successful development of any interactive learning environment (ILE). Moreover, in technology enhanced learning (TEL), the design process requires input from many diverse areas of expertise. As such, anyone undertaking tool development is required to directly address the design challenge from multiple perspectives. We provide a motivation and rationale for design approaches for learning technologies that draws upon Simon's seminal proposition of Design Science (Simon, 1969). We then review the application of Design Experiments (Brown, 1992) and Design Patterns (Alexander et al., 1977) and argue that a patterns approach has the potential to address many of the critical challenges faced by learning technologists.

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Design approaches in technology-enhanced learning

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Winters

2007

Interactive Learning Environments

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“…Examples of such an approach are KidSim (Smith et al, 1994) and ToonTalk (Kahn, 1996). As noted by Modugno et al (Modugno et al, 1997) and Repenning (Repenning, 1995), PBD still requires a notation to allow for editing and high-level specification and the form of that notation can affect the effectiveness of the PBD system.…”

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Explaining how to play real-time strategy games

Metoyer

Stumpf

Neumann

et al. 2010

Knowledge-Based Systems

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This is the unspecified version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. Permanent AbstractReal-time strategy games share many aspects with real situations in domains such as battle planning, air traffic control, and emergency response team management which makes them appealing test-beds for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning. End user annotations could help to provide supplemental information for learning algorithms, especially when training data is sparse. This paper presents a formative study to uncover how experienced users explain game play in real-time strategy games. We report the results of our analysis of explanations and discuss their characteristics that could support the design of systems for use by experienced real-time strategy game users in specifying or annotating strategy-oriented behavior.

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“…More recently, "Widget Workshop" provided the basic elements of a data flow language in which fanciful animated devices could be wired together -this program depiction is entertaining in its own right. In Kahn's ToonTalk™ product (Kahn 1996), three dimensional cartoon characters assemble functional programs as observable actions carried out by robots inside separate houses.…”

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Cognitive Factors in Programming with Diagrams

Blackwell

Whitley

Good

et al. 2001

Thinking With Diagrams

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Visual programming languages aim to broaden the use of diagrams within the software industry, to the extent that they are integrated into the programming language itself. As a result, they provide an ideal opportunity to study the benefits of diagrams as an external representation during problem solving: not only is programming a challenging problem-solving activity, but the effect of diagram usage can be directly assessed by comparing performance while using a visual programming language to performance with a standard textual language. There have been several misconceptions amongst visual language researchers regarding the role of diagrams in software design, but these are being addressed by empirical studies and by new theories of notation design derived from studies of visual programming. Based on this research, the authors are able to recommend several new directions for research into thinking with diagrams.

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ToonTalkTM—An Animated Programming Environment for Children

Cited by 109 publications

References 7 publications

Design approaches in technology-enhanced learning

Design approaches in technology-enhanced learning

Explaining how to play real-time strategy games

Cognitive Factors in Programming with Diagrams

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