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Students Get Games Feedback from Local Sixth-Graders

Students from computer science Professor Z Sweedyk鈥檚 Games Network class visited a local elementary school Dec. 7 to user test educational games they developed in collaboration with middle school students and teachers.

They shared five games鈥攚hich taught subjects such as math, science and history through interactive play鈥攚ith sixth-graders at Armstrong Elementary School in Pomona, Calif. As the games were played, the HMC students received feedback and suggestions on how to improve their games.

鈥淚鈥檝e been personally really interested in game development just from playing games as a kid, and I鈥檓 finding that it鈥檚 a really fun thing to engage in, this making your own game,鈥� said Jane Hoffswell 鈥�14. 鈥淭his has been a really great experience for that as well as working with the kids and seeing their reactions to the games we鈥檝e made.鈥�

Funded by a National Science Foundation grant, Games Network is part of an overall effort to advance a software development model that engages both college and middle-school students.

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