Through the University of Colorado's Scalable Game Design project, CSNYC, a nonprofit bringing computer science instruction to NYC schools, is starting SGD New York! Pilot schools will use AgentSheets, Inc. software to bring proven computational thinking SGD curricula to their students.
Article in CSTA Voice
A great article on Scalable Game Design's success in Broadening Participation in the CSTA Voice Newsletter, Research Review "From Games to STEM - A Sustainable Path to Broaden Participation" on page 6
Scalable Game Design Summer Institute 2013
The Scalable Game Design Summer Institute 2013 was a full success. 49 teachers attended. Watch a project teacher talk about his experience with AgentSheets and Art in the classroom.
Programming is hard and boring...
Dr. Alex Repenning delivered the Keynote Speech, entitled "Programming is Hard and Boring: addressing cognitive and affective challenges in Computer Science education" at the Rocky Mtn. Conference of the Consortium for Computing on Fri. Oct. 12th. For more information, go to page 2 : http://www.ccsc.org/rockymt/
Innovative after-school program wins Boulder Prep an NSF Grant
Raising the ceiling on Computational thinking tools: this Boulder Camera article is about using AgentCubes to teach programming in Boulder Prep High School.
Lowering the Bar to Computer Science: a great report from KUNC showing students in Fourth grade learning computational thinking with AgentSheets!
Gaming Tools Kids Want to Use - Talk/Panel
Dr. Alex Repenning, Computer Science Professor and CTO at AgentSheets, joined Tamara Hudgins (Girlstart), Virginia Mcarthur (Zynga), Ward Tisdale (AMD) and David Gerding (Columbia College) at the talk/panel of the "Gaming Tools Kids Want to Use" at the SXSW in Austin, March 13. Join the conversation about authorship, identity, creativity, and the tools kids use for developing serious and social games.
Google's National CS4HS Program returns to Boulder
2012 CS4HS participants at the Google offices in Boulder, CO
Scalable Game Design Summer Institute Promotes STEM Education!
Our 2012 Summer Institute for Teachers in June was a roaring success for the iDreams Project and kickoff for CE21! Check out our facebook photo album here.
Hear Dr. Alex on CPR!
Dr. Alex Repenning, inventor of AgentSheets and AgentCubes, will be interviewed on Colorado Public Radio on Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014. He will be on the "Colorado Matters" show, which airs at 10am and again at 7pm.
AgentCubes brings 3D game design to everyone!
Our mission was to build the world’s easiest-to-use 3D game design and programming tool. Are existing 3D tools too daunting? No programming background? No problem! Create amazing 3D shapes, build sophisticated 3D worlds and behavior through conversational programming and share them instantly as HTML5 apps.
Creativity3D is based on three revolutionary innovations:
Inflatable Icons: Draw 2D images and turn them into beautiful 3D shapes with our patented inflatable icon process.
Gentle Slope 3D: Develop advanced spatial reasoning skills! Start with the creation of 2D worlds and gradually turn them into sophisticated 3D.
Conversational Programming: Go beyond drag and drop programming! Use the full power of your computer to actually help you to compose working programs.
AgentSheets & AgentCubes are revolutionary tools that let you create your own games and simulations. Users of all ages can build games, interactive demonstrations, modifiable simulations, and more! Discover a new relationship to technology as you quickly CREATE games and computational science applications with all sorts of multi-media, and SHARE your creations online.
AgentSheets rule-based, drag-and-drop interface is easy to learn and hard to outgrow! Our users range from school districts to NASA scientists; city planners to clinical psychiatrists; middle school teachers to university professors, and students of all ages!
2012 CS4HS participants at the Google offices in Boulder, CO
