A kid-AND-researcher friendly linear block coding robot alternative to the Minecraft Education Edition agent that draws upon Bret Victor’s Learnable Programming principles.
Research
- Hagan, B., Paquette, L., Ginger, J. (2024). Exploring Persistence in Computing Education: An Ordered Network Analysis of Student Engagement and Persistence in a Minecraft Learning Environment. REU Thesis.
- Hum, S., Gadbury, M., Duda, K., Ginger, J., Lane, H. C., & Nadler, D. (2025). BarrelBots: Measuring Self-efficacy and Puzzle-based Computational Thinking in Minecraft. In Proceedings of the 19th International Conference of the Learning Sciences-ICLS 2025. International Society of the Learning Sciences.
- Hum, S., Gadbury, M., Ginger, J., Duda, K., & Lane, H. C. (2025). BarrelBots: ChatGPT Feedback for Middle School Student Creative Minecraft Artifacts. In International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
Curriculum
Slides form one-week summer camp
