CS education re-kindles creativity in public schools

Authors:
Vicki E. Bennett;Kyu Han Koh;Alexander Repenning
Affiliations:
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA;University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA;University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Venue:
Proceedings of the 16th annual joint conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
Year:
2011

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Abstract

Creativity is an important aspect of industry and education. The lack of creativity in current students has become a concern for educators. Through the process of implementing the Scalable Game Design project to teach computer science through game authoring, fostered/increased creativity occurred in public middle schools. Despite some structural limitations of the US educational system, creativity among the participating students was recognized. This paper describes a unique solution to fostering creativity while teaching game design in the limiting public school environment.