Goolalang Kodeopplæringsplattform by Hangzhou Maiyike Technology Co., Ltd. is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award i Jern in Utdanning, læremidler og opplæringsinnholdsdesign Competition Category.
JernUtdanning· 2020
Goolalang Kodeopplæringsplattform
by Hangzhou Maiyike Technology Co., Ltd.
Client: Goolalang
A' Design Award i Jern Winner in Utdanning Category
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The Design
About Goolalang Kodeopplæringsplattform
Goolalang er en kodeopplæringsplattform for små barn. Goolalang bruker et dra-og-slipp-programmeringsspråk utviklet for barnehagealderen. Et program ser ut som en vei sett ovenfra, med skilt som viser flytens retning, og et fotavtrykk markerer blokken som kjører. Barna bygger scener ved å importere figurer og bakgrunner fra biblioteker, og fester deretter programmeringsblokker for å skrive historier og animasjoner med flere figurer. En rekke kurs er inkludert, og programmer kan deles mellom enheter.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award i Jern
Goolalang Kodeopplæringsplattform er vinner av A' Design Award i Jern, en prestisjefylt anerkjennelse som tildeles gode design som oppfyller de profesjonelle og industrielle kravene man forventer av veldesignede skaperverk. Jernvinnere viser stor dyktighet, høy spesialisering, ekspertforståelse og kreativ kapasitet hos skaperne. Goolalang Kodeopplæringsplattform forventes å være et høyt ansett, beundret og verdsatt skaperverk som er praktisk og nyskapende. Dette designet, som har vunnet A' Design Award i Jern, integrerer bransjens beste praksis og har kompetente tekniske egenskaper knyttet til kunnskap og talent. Goolalang Kodeopplæringsplattform respekteres for sin grundighet og er utformet for å gi forbedringer i livskvalitet som bidrar til å gjøre verden til et bedre sted.
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
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