Technology and Computing There are 113 items.
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The Chocolate Factory: Human Interface Design
This activity raises awareness of design flaws in the interactions between humans and computer interfaces 0
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Modems Unplugged
Participants decode messages in songs using an audio coding similar to that used by a modem 0
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Scout Patrol: Encryption
Participants explore an encription style in the context of a scout story and practice decoding messages! 0
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The Intelligent Piece of Paper
Participants are introduced to the concept of artificial intelligence and programming language by playing tic tac toe against an "intelligent" piece of paper 0
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Passion for Pixels
Learn about how remote-sensing satellites transmit data and digital images by creating an image on grid paper and then use a code of zeroes and ones to transmit the image to a partner 0
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Conditionals with Cards
Play a card game to explore how conditionals can be used in programming 0
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The Little Artist Inside Your Computer
This fun, interactive story is embedded with puzzles that will teach patrons about digital art, algorithms, and repeat loops 0
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My Robotic Friends
Participants explore "programming" by guiding one another to build towers out of cups 0
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Robot Repair: Can You Fix the Robot?
Patrons go through the process of fixing a robot's brain using boolean expressions of logic with the CODE Robot Repair game-no computers required! 0
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Graph Paper Programming
Participants learn about programming and algorithms by "programming" a partner to draw an image on graph paper 0
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Electric Messages: Then and Now
Create a simple circuit and use it to send messages in Morse Code 0
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Serial vs. Parallel Processing
Patrons learn the difference between parallel processing and serial processing computer systems by racing to complete a task of stacking blocks 0
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