Connected Code Why Children Need to Learn Programming

Coding, once considered an arcane craft practiced by solitary techies, is now recognized by educators and theorists as a crucial skill, even a new literacy, for all children. Programming is often promoted in K-12 schools as a way to encourage "computational thinking" -- which has now becom...

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Main Authors: Kafai, Yasmin Bettina, Burke, Quinn
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass The MIT Press 18.07.2014
MIT Press
Edition:1
Subjects:
Computer programming
Computer programming > Study and teaching (Secondary)
Computers and children
Constructivism (Education)
Education
Scratch (Computer program language)
Study and teaching (Secondary)
Technology
ISBN:0262027755, 9780262027755
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Summary:Coding, once considered an arcane craft practiced by solitary techies, is now recognized by educators and theorists as a crucial skill, even a new literacy, for all children. Programming is often promoted in K-12 schools as a way to encourage "computational thinking" -- which has now become the umbrella term for understanding what computer science has to contribute to reasoning and communicating in an ever-increasingly digital world.InConnected Code,Yasmin Kafai and Quinn Burke argue that although computational thinking represents an excellent starting point, the broader conception of "computational participation" better captures the twenty-first-century reality. Computational participation moves beyond the individual to focus on wider social networks and a DIY culture of digital "making." Kafai and Burke describe contemporary examples of computational participation: students who code not for the sake of coding but to create games, stories, and animations to share; the emergence of youth programming communities; the practices and ethical challenges of remixing (rather than starting from scratch); and the move beyond stationary screens to programmable toys, tools, and textiles.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-171) and index
ISBN:0262027755
9780262027755
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/9992.001.0001