TY  - JOUR
A1  - Przybylla, Mareen
A1  - Romeike, Ralf
T1  - Empowering learners with tools in CS education
BT  - physical computing in secondary schools
JF  - it - Information Technology
N2  - In computer science, computer systems are both, objects of investigation and tools that enable creative learning and design. Tools for learning have a long tradition in computer science education. Already in the late 1960s, Papert developed a concept which had an immense impact on the development of informal education in the following years: his theory of constructionism understands learning as a creative process of knowledge construction that is most effective when learners create something purposeful that they can try out, show around, discuss, analyse and receive praise for. By now, there are numerous learning and programming environments that are based on the constructionist ideas. Modern tools offer opportunities for students to learn in motivating ways and gain impressive results in programming games, animations, implementing 3D models or developing interactive objects. This article gives an overview of computer science education research related to tools and media to be used in educational settings. We analyse different types of tools with a special focus on the categorization and development of tools for student adequate physical computing activities in the classroom. Research around the development and evaluation of tools and learning resources in the domain of physical computing is illustrated with the example of "My Interactive Garden", a constructionist learning and programming environment. It is explained how the results from empirical studies are integrated in the continuous development of the learning material.
KW  - tools
KW  - media
KW  - resources
KW  - computer science education
KW  - physical computing
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1515/itit-2017-0032
SN  - 1611-2776
SN  - 2196-7032
VL  - 60
IS  - 2
SP  - 91
EP  - 101
PB  - De Gruyter
CY  - Berlin
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Diethelm, Ira
A1  - Syrbe, Jörn
T1  - Let’s talk about CS!
BT  - Towards a suitable Classroom Language and Terminology of CS for Teaching
JF  - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT
N2  - To communicate about a science is the most important key
competence in education for any science. Without communication we
cannot teach, so teachers should reflect about the language they use in
class properly. But the language students and teachers use to communicate
about their CS courses is very heterogeneous, inconsistent and
deeply influenced by tool names. There is a big lack of research and
discussion in CS education regarding the terminology and the role of
concepts and tools in our science. We don’t have a consistent set of
terminology that we agree on to be helpful for learning our science.
This makes it nearly impossible to do research on CS competencies as
long as we have not agreed on the names we use to describe these. This
workshop intends to provide room to fill with discussion and first ideas
for future research in this field.
KW  - Terminology
KW  - classroom language
KW  - CS concepts
KW  - competencies
KW  - tools
Y1  - 2015
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82983
SN  - 1868-0844
SN  - 2191-1940
IS  - 7
SP  - 411
EP  - 414
PB  - Universitätsverlag Potsdam
CY  - Potsdam
ER  -