Barbara Ericson

In anticipation of a relatively large project, assign smaller projects that include the programming concepts necessary for the large project.

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Ask students if the games they are designing are games they’d want to buy to keep students making progress toward your learning goals for them.

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Spice up class time by including kinesthetic activities to engage your students and solidify concepts.

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Use different kinds of balls (e.g., football, baseball, basketball, small rubber ball) to introduce inheritance hierarchies visually.

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Use everyday examples (e.g. egg cartons, seats in a theater) to help students understand 2D arrays.

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Model how to analyze code by walking through each statement to help students engage with their code and better understand their programs.

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Situate projects in your students interests and the real world.

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Use Doctopus on Google Docs to easily grade student projects.

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Use fun gadgets like laser keyboards to get students excited.

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Use treasure hunts as a way to motivate linux commands.

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