Teaching coding and play games with a mechanical computer

Originally published at: https://eduk8.me/2017/06/teaching-coding-play-games-mechanical-computer/

Turing Tumble is a new type of game where players (ages 8+) build mechanical computers powered by marbles to solve logic puzzles. It’s fun, addicting, easy-to-learn, and while you’re playing, you discover how computers work. I’m all about teaching kids to code. When I was a professor at the University of Minnesota, I saw how valuable…