Genre Generators
in-class activity that guides students through the process of designing genre generators, which can help students understand the process of programming without having to actually code
Description
Genre generators are text generators that use basic tools for using and manipulating text with a digital computer to create new instances of a written genre. The activity is intended for an undergraduate audience of students who may not know how to code, but would benefit from learning about the broader conceptual process of coding as a mediation between human goals/decisions, the world around us, and the strictures of digital technology. This activity was designed for the TextGenEd collection, so the links lead to the introduction and context written for the collection as well as the GitHub repositor containing the instructional materials that comprise the activity.
Links
For the activity itself, including an instructional guide and sample code, please visit the GitHub Repository.
To read an introduction to and context for this activity, along with the relevant instructional materials, please visit my contribution to TextGenEd or my GitHub Repository.