
Cira Center Pong
EGS, Drexel University, Brandywine Realty Trust, Technical.ly Philly
Pong on the Cira Center is the first of two interactive light installations designed for the Cira Centre, a 29 story glass skyscraper in West Philadelphia. Played by hundreds of Philadelphians as part of Philadelphia Tech Week 2013, this installation was recognized by Guinness World Records as the “World’s Largest Architectural Video Game Display,” measuring over 59,000 square feet.
“The idea for this project began in 2008 when I was driving East on I-76 in Philadelphia at night, heading towards Center City. Like many nights before, I saw the sparkling lights of the beautiful Cira Centre building. However, this night I saw Tetris shapes rotating and falling on the building’s lights in my mind’s eye. This became my inspiration to make a game out of those lights, in what I call the “World’s Largest Videogame Project.”‘ – Frank J. Lee
Media Coverage:
Publications
Skyscraper Games: Designing Professional Development for Middle School Teachers to Promote Computational Thinking Using Custom Tools
Matthew Duvall, Frank J Lee, Brian Smith
International Society of the Learning Sciences, Inc. [ISLS].
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July, 2018
We game on skyscrapers: the effects of an equity-informed game design workshop on students’ computational thinking skills and perceptions of computer science
Nur Akkuş Çakır, Murat Perit Çakır, Frank J. Lee
Education Tech Research Dev 69, 2683–2703 (2021)
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August 3, 2021
Professional Development for Middle School Teachers to Promote Computational Thinking for Populations Underrepresented in STEM Fields
Matthew Duvall, Frank Lee, Brian Smith,
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
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March 26, 2018
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