TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bottino, Rosa
A1  - Chioccariello, Augusto
T1  - Computational Thinking
BT  - Videogames, Educational Robotics, and other Powerful Ideas to Think with
JF  - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT
N2  - Digital technology has radically changed the way people
work in industry, finance, services, media and commerce. Informatics
has contributed to the scientific and technological development of our
society in general and to the digital revolution in particular. Computational
thinking is the term indicating the key ideas of this discipline that
might be included in the key competencies underlying the curriculum
of compulsory education. The educational potential of informatics has
a history dating back to the sixties. In this article, we briefly revisit this
history looking for lessons learned. In particular, we focus on experiences
of teaching and learning programming. However, computational
thinking is more than coding. It is a way of thinking and practicing interactive
dynamic modeling with computers. We advocate that learners
can practice computational thinking in playful contexts where they can
develop personal projects, for example building videogames and/or robots,
share and discuss their construction with others. In our view, this
approach allows an integration of computational thinking in the K-12
curriculum across disciplines.
KW  - Computational thinking
KW  - programming in context
KW  - informatics education
Y1  - 2015
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82820
SN  - 1868-0844
SN  - 2191-1940
IS  - 7
SP  - 301
EP  - 309
PB  - Universitätsverlag Potsdam
CY  - Potsdam
ER  -