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MSU researchers developing storytelling as way to help teach computing skills

September 11, 2017 /

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Researchers at Montana State University have begun an interdisciplinary project to use storytelling – an important part of American Indian tradition – to engage American Indian and other middle school students with computer science.

The project, which formally began in August after the researchers received a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation, will use a graphical computer program called Alice that allows students to craft stories by animating people, animals and objects in virtual worlds using a drag-and-drop interface and intuitive programming language.

by Marshall Swearingen, MSU News Service

http://www.montana.edu/news/17106/msu-researchers-developing-storytelling-as-way-to-help-teach-computing-skills

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