Video Games to learn programming
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https://doi.org/10.26507/rei.v14n28.1006Keywords:
Video Juegos, Plataforma educativa, aprender a programar.Abstract
En este artículo se presentan tres plataformas de video juegos cuyo objetivo en enseñar a los infantes a programar. Estas plataformas emplean actividades que se basan en la solución de acertijos, donde la usuaria puede programa la “inteligencia” del avatar en el juego, hasta la lógica del video juego. De acuerdo al tipo de usuario, las plataformas ofrecen a las empresas la posibilidad de ver el rendimiento de los usuarios para ofrecerles empleo como desarrolladores de software.
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