Goolalang Papa Ako Waehere by Hangzhou Maiyike Technology Co., Ltd.

Goolalang Papa Ako Waehere by Hangzhou Maiyike Technology Co., Ltd. is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Rino in Hoahoa Mātauranga, Āwhina Whakaako me te Ihirangi Whakangungu Competition Category.

RinoMātauranga· 2020

Goolalang Papa Ako Waehere

by Hangzhou Maiyike Technology Co., Ltd.

Client: Goolalang

A' Design Award Rino Winner in Mātauranga Category

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The Design

About Goolalang Papa Ako Waehere

Ko Goolalang he papa ako waehere mō ngā tamariki iti. Ka whakamahi a Goolalang i tētahi reo hōtaka tō-me-tuku i hangaia mō te wā kōhungahunga. He rite te āhua o te hōtaka ki tētahi rori e tirohia ana mai i runga, e whai tohu ana e whakaatu ana i te ahunga o te rere, ā, ka tohuhia e tētahi tapuwae te poraka e rere ana. Ka hangaia e ngā tamariki ngā whakaaturanga mā te kawe mai i ngā āhua tere me ngā papamuri mai i ngā pātaka pūkete, kātahi ka tāpiri i ngā poraka hōtaka hei tuhi kōrero me ngā oriori-ata me ngā āhua tere maha. Kua whakaurua he rārangi akoranga, ā, ka taea te tiri i ngā hōtaka i waenga i ngā pūrere.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Rino

Ko Goolalang Papa Ako Waehere te toa o te A' Design Award Rino, he whakaaetanga whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa pai e whakatutuki ana i ngā hiahia ngaio me te ahumahi e tūmanakohia ana mai i ngā mahi kua hoahoatia pai. Ko ngā toa Rino e whakaatu ana i te pukenga nui, te tohungatanga teitei, te māramatanga mātanga me te kaha auaha o ō rātou kaihanga. E tūmanakohia ana ko Goolalang Papa Ako Waehere he mahi whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he whaihua, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Rino e whakakotahi ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa o te ahumahi, ā, he āhuatanga hangarau pūkenga tōna e hono ana ki te mōhio me te pūmanawa. E whakahonoretia ana a Goolalang Papa Ako Waehere mō tōna tōtika, ā, i hoahoatia hei whakapai ake i te kounga o te oranga me te āwhina i te ao kia pai ake.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Goolalang App is a programming platform for young children based on Goolalang, which is a new drag-and-drop programming language. The appearance of a Goolalang program is like a top-down road with signs representing the direction the program runs. When program is running, a footprint stops where the program executes. It is easy to write multi-sprite stories and animations due to the creative programming blocks. Goolalang App also prepares a series of courses to help children learn Goolalang.
Dimensions & Packaging: This application is based on iPad size and iOS 9 and above system.
Tags: Goolalang, Kindergarten, Programming education, Graphical Programming, STEM
Production Technology: Prototype: Pencil and paper, Axure RP.
UI Design: Adobe Illustrator.
Application Development: Xcode.
Design Challenge: One challenge is that while we realize the great importance of programming thinking in the kindergarten stage, Chinese society generally pays less attention to programming education in kindergarten. The other one is the difficulty to design the programming language, which should not only express programming concepts correctly, including sequences, loops, event and so on but also consider the understanding ability of kindergarten children.
Research: We first study the theory of children's pedagogy, and then adopt the real user test of the beta version. Users of beta test are 30 children around 5-7 years old and 10 adults including kindergarten teachers, full-time mothers, college students, etc. The testing result shows every children show great interest in learning Goolalang programming, and most children can program their own stories or animations freely, which proves Goolalang is suitable for children to learn programming.
Inspiration: With the increasing popularity of children's programming education, programming education in the kindergarten stage has increasingly attracted the attention of society. However, the existing programming and creation tools for kindergarten children are few, which limits the ability of children to create freely. The promotion of kindergarten programming education needs programming languages and tools suitable for kindergarten children's physical development and cognitive level.
Project Duration: The project began at Zhejiang University in China in 2017 and is currently being developed by Hangzhou Maiyike Technology Co.,Ltd.
Operation Flow: In Goolalang, young children can build scenes by importing favourite sprites and backgrounds from libraries, then write programs by grabbing a programming block, finding a suitable position and attaching it under or inside another programming block again and again. Goolalang App also prepares a series of courses, so young children can program while watching online videos. The video window can be dragged to any position and zoomed to any size. Also, programs can be shared through Airdrop.
Patents: goolalang. 2019 Hangzhou Maiyike Technology Co.,Ltd.
Team Members: Yinghan Jin
Yiqiang Chen
Min He
Chunying Luo