An innovative proposal for young students to learn computer science and technology through Pokemon go

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Abstract

Pokemon Go is a mobile device based game that is very popular among teenagers. The game is based on the Geographic Information System (GIS) that utilizes the player's location and interacts with many fancy characters stored in local databases, and occasionally some information stored in remote databases. The game requires a lot of computations for distances, rules, and interactions. In this paper, we propose an innovative method for young students to learn about computer science through GIS and Pokemon Go. It is very important for young students to know that computer science is not just only about coding, but also involves many other interesting topics such as security, networking, animation, modeling, graphic and interface design, databases, user experiences (UX), requirement design, technical writing, etc. The purpose of this paper is to document how to encourage young students interested in pursuing careers in computer science and technology fields.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2016 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, CSCI 2016
EditorsMary Yang, Hamid R. Arabnia, Leonidas Deligiannidis, Leonidas Deligiannidis
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages246-251
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781509055104
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 Mar 2017
Event2016 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, CSCI 2016 - Las Vegas, United States
Duration: 15 Dec 201617 Dec 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2016 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, CSCI 2016

Conference

Conference2016 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, CSCI 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas
Period15/12/1617/12/16

Keywords

  • Augmented Reality
  • database
  • Geographic Information System
  • mobile device
  • young students

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