Middle school students immersed in computer programming at UNCW: Students immersed in programming summer lab

Posted March 3rd, 2009 by admin
Type: 
News Coverage
06/26/2008

StarNewsOnline
By Vicky Eckenrode, Staff Writer

Photo by Melissa Williamson: Jonathan Dover (middle), 12, shows Marisa Deschenes (left), 11, the model he built and programmed with Squeak software with help from middle school teacher Karen Parker on Wednesday at a computer summer camp in the Computer Info. Sys. building at UNCW. By using Squeak, students create a model and program it themselves.Photo by Melissa Williamson: Jonathan Dover (middle), 12, shows Marisa Deschenes (left), 11, the model he built and programmed with Squeak software with help from middle school teacher Karen Parker on Wednesday at a computer summer camp in the Computer Info. Sys. building at UNCW. By using Squeak, students create a model and program it themselves.

Lucas Coleman has been assigned the train problem before.

If train A leaves Santa Fe at 7:30 traveling 60 miles per hour, and train B leaves Phoenix at ...

But it wasn't until this week that Coleman, a 14-year-old student at Topsail Middle School, took the classic word problem into his own hands. He designed the trains and programmed his own "rate x time = distance" scenario to determine whether the engines would crash. Click the website link to read more.

State: 
NC
Primary Area of Focus: 
Computer Science - Programming and Other
Primary Area of Focus: 
programming
Other Area(s) of Focus: 
Computer Science – Gaming & Simulations
Content Area: 
Innovative Uses of Technology for Learning
Content Area: 
STEM Career Opportunities/Interests
Website: 
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20080626/ARTICLE/806260334/1004
Project Name: 
Using Squeak to Infuse Information Technology into the STEM Curriculum in Grades 7-12