Explore the design of an algorithm to allow someone with locked-in syndrome to communicate.

Locked-in syndrome is a condition resulting from a stroke where a person is totally paralysed. They can see, hear and think but cannot speak. How could a person with Locked-in syndrome write a book?

Learn about:

• computational thinking
• search algorithms
• comparing algorithms.

Resources
This session comes with linked activity sheets and ‘story’ write-ups that you can download:

• Activity Sheet: Locked-in [PDF]
• Booklet: Computational Thinking: Searching to Speak [PDF]
• Dwengo have made a Dutch translation of the Searching to Speak booklet [PDF]
• Slides: Searching To Speak [PDF]

This activity can be used alone but also naturally links to the 20-questions activity.