Graphics, Imaging, and Games Lab

In just over a week, hundreds of students (mostly in grade eight) will descend upon Carleton for our annual mini-courses.  This year, a colleague and I will be doing something a little different in our course:

I've wondered in the past how important interactive storytelling might be in educational games.  The  potential to use story for more than just engagement seems high.  In just over a week, a colleague and I are going to run an experiment that will test how useful (not necessarily interactive) story is in teaching computer science concepts to complete beginners.

Read all about it on my personal blog.