Goolalang Platforma za edukaciju programiranja by Hangzhou Maiyike Technology Co., Ltd.

Goolalang Platforma za edukaciju programiranja by Hangzhou Maiyike Technology Co., Ltd. is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Гвоздена награда A' Design Award in Дизајн образовања, наставних средстава и садржаја за обуку Competition Category.

ГвозденаОбразовање· 2020

Goolalang Platforma za edukaciju programiranja

by Hangzhou Maiyike Technology Co., Ltd.

Client: Goolalang

Гвоздена награда A' Design Award Winner in Образовање Category

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The Design

About Goolalang Platforma za edukaciju programiranja

Goolalang je platforma za edukaciju programiranja namenjena maloj deci. Goolalang koristi programski jezik zasnovan na principu „prevuci i otpusti“, kreiran posebno za uzrast predškolskog doba. Program izgleda kao put posmatran iz vazduha, sa znacima koji pokazuju pravac toka, a otisak stopala označava blok koji je trenutno aktivan. Deca kreiraju scene uvozom sprajtova i pozadina iz biblioteka, a zatim povezuju programske blokove kako bi napisala priče i animacije sa više sprajtova. Uključena je i serija kurseva, a programi se mogu deliti između različitih uređaja.

The Recognition

About the Гвоздена награда A' Design Award

Goolalang Platforma za edukaciju programiranja је добитник Гвоздене награде A' Design Award, престижног признања које се додељује добрим дизајнима који испуњавају професионалне и индустријске захтеве очекиване од добро осмишљених творевина. Добитници Гвоздене награде показују велико умеће, високу специјализацију, стручно разумевање и креативне способности својих твораца. Очекује се да Goolalang Platforma za edukaciju programiranja буде високо цењена, дивљена и вољена творевина која је практична и иновативна. Овај дизајн награђен Гвозденом наградом A' Design Award уграђује најбоље праксе индустрије и има компетентна техничка својства повезана са знањем и талентом. Захваљујући темељности, Goolalang Platforma za edukaciju programiranja заслужује поштовање и осмишљен је да пружи побољшања квалитета живота која помажу да свет буде бољи.

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