Computational Thinking and Educational Technology
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Betul Czerkawski, Li Xu, The University of Arizona South, United States
EdMedia + Innovate Learning, in Denver, Colorado, USA ISBN 978-1-880094-95-2 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC
Abstract
The latest National Educational Technology Standards (NETS, 2011) put forward a new set of resources on computational thinking (CT) and pointed out computer science teachers’ changing roles in the classrooms. According to the ISTE website (2012), computational thinking is not only for computer science teachers but anybody who like to use a new set of problem solving strategies to tackle issues and problems of the digital age. This paper will start with a literature review on computational thinking and then discuss possible contributions of the educational technology field to the teaching of CT skills. A sample activity plan for educational technology will also be provided.
Citation
Czerkawski, B. & Xu, L. (2012). Computational Thinking and Educational Technology. In T. Amiel & B. Wilson (Eds.), Proceedings of EdMedia 2012--World Conference on Educational Media and Technology (pp. 2607-2610). Denver, Colorado, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 21, 2023 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/41130/.
© 2012 Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
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- ISTE (2011). Computational thinking teacher resources. Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/learn/computationalthinking/computational-thinking_toolkit.aspx.
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