Tangicons 3.0: An Educational Non-Competitive Collaborative Game

General

Art der Publikation: Conference Paper

Veröffentlicht auf / in: IDC ’12 Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

Jahr: 2012

Seiten: 144-151

Verlag (Publisher): ACM

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2307096.2307113

ISBN: 978-1-4503-1007-9

Authors

Florian Scharf

Thomas Winkler

Claudia Hahn

Christian Wolters

Michael Herczeg

Abstract

In this paper we present Tangicons 3.0, an educational game for children between the ages of 6 and 9. Tangicons foster algorithmic construction and reasoning as well as discussions among the players. In contradiction to other collaborative educational games Tangicons intend to avoid competition between children in favor for a strictly collaborative process. Children learn to solve problems together by manipulating physical objects that communicate with each other in order to move virtual characters on a map. This requires a high degree of abstraction. To sustain concentration and motivation, the game also includes playful elements as well as fine and gross motor activity. The focus of the investigation, however, will be the logical-abstract thinking of children. This new version of Tangicons is build with Sifteo cubes as the base technology and a computer for the output on a larger display and sound.

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