A survey of resources for introducing coding into schools
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The document presents a survey of resources intended to support the introduction of coding in pre-university education, emphasizing the importance of computational thinking as a key competency of the 21st century. It details the Taccle 3 project, funded by the EU, which aims to equip teachers with knowledge and materials necessary for effectively teaching coding to students aged 4-14, while also providing access to a curated resource catalogue. The project encourages collaboration among educators and addresses challenges in integrating computing into the curriculum, fostering a community to share resources and best practices.
A survey of resources for introducing coding into schools
- 1. A survey of resources for introducing coding into schools Dr. D. Francisco José García Peñalvo research GRoup in InterAction & eLearning (GRIAL) Research Institute on Educational Sciences Computer Science Department University of Salamanca fgarcia@usal.es http://grial.usal.es http://twitter.com/frangp 4th International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality, TEEM 2016 Salamanca, Spain November 2-4, 2016
- 2. Outline A survey of resources for introducing coding into schools 2 1. Introduction 2. TACCLE 3 - Coding 3. Project website 4. Resources Catalogue 5. How to participate
- 4. The Software Society A survey of resources for introducing coding into schools 4
- 5. Introduction of software programming in pre- university education A survey of resources for introducing coding into schools 5 • Different initiatives in different countries • Promote employability and STEM approach • Teaching programming/computer science must be contextualized to not get the opposite result from that sought • Computational thinking as one of the core competencies of the 21st century
- 6. Computational Thinking A survey of resources for introducing coding into schools 6 “Computational thinking involves solving problems, designing systems, and understanding human behaviour, by drawing on the concepts fundamental to computer science” (Wing, 2006) “Computational thinking as the application of high level of abstraction and an algorithmic approach to solve any kind of problems” (García-Peñalvo, 2016)
- 7. 2. TACCLE 3 - Coding
- 8. Taccle 3 – Coding project information A survey of resources for introducing coding into schools 8 • European project that aims to support Primary School and other teachers who want to teach Computing to 4 - 14 year olds. It equips classroom teachers with the knowledge and the materials they need by developing a website of ideas and resources together with in-service training courses and other staff development events • Funded by the European Union Erasmus + KA2 Programme (Ref. 2015-1- BE02-KA201-012307) • Duration: September 2015 – August 2017 • Global budget: 279.940€ • http://www.taccle3.eu/
- 9. Consortium A survey of resources for introducing coding into schools 9 • GO! Het Gemeenschapsonderwijs (Belgium) - Coordinator • Pontydysgu Limited (United Kingdom) • Scholengroep 1 Antwerpen (Belgium) • Karlsruher Institut Fuer Technolie (Germany) • Hariduse Infotehnoloogia Sihtasutus (Estonia) • Tallinn University (Estonia) • University of Salamanca (Spain) • Aalto-Korkeakoulusaatio (Finland) • Itä-Suomen yliopisto (Finland)
- 10. Project aims A survey of resources for introducing coding into schools 10 1. To equip fellow classroom teachers, whatever their level of confidence, with the knowledge and the materials they need to teach coding effectively 2. To develop a website of easy-to-follow and innovative ideas and resources to aid teachers in teaching coding. It will also include a review of the current academic research and an overview of the resources currently available for teaching coding 3. To provide national and international in-service training courses and other staff development events to help support and develop confidence and competences in teaching coding
- 12. Content organisation A survey of resources for introducing coding into schools 12 • We start with European reality in which many governments are introducing programming as an essential material official curricula • This is already a reality in some countries, while others are studying how to do • The level of detail of each curriculum will be different in each country, but there are common elements in all of them • The following items may be highlighted: programming, control technologies and computational thinking
- 13. Content organisation A survey of resources for introducing coding into schools 13
- 14. Resources A survey of resources for introducing coding into schools 14 • The different project outcomes are oriented to teacher will have access to the knowledge and the resources they need for teaching coding • Taccle3 is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
- 15. Activities A survey of resources for introducing coding into schools 15 http://www.taccle3.eu/english/2016/05/19/ks2-loops-and-how-they-work/
- 16. Languages A survey of resources for introducing coding into schools 16
- 18. Review methodology A survey of resources for introducing coding into schools 18 • TACCLE 3 will equip classroom teachers with the knowledge and the materials they need by developing a website of ideas and resources together with in-service training courses and other staff development events • In the TACCLE 3 coding project, a lack of didactic material for teachers to get started teaching coding to young pupils from primary school level on, was identified • In order to compensate such deficit, a survey of resources and starter kits to support the teachers’ approach to teach coding at primary school level was undertaken • During the April-September 2016 period, a collection of ideas, and pupil oriented tools and environments such as iconic programming software, literature, and examples of good practice in video towards coding, computational thinking and STEM was reviewed, analysed, evaluated and documented following the TACCLE 3 template • In this template the resources were classified following the TACCLE 3 criteria in these categories: Algorithms, Using logic, Controlling things, and Creating and Debugging • After that, in order to create a resource catalogue for introducing to programming, a resource map has been generated using other complementary classification: App for teaching coding, Robotic, Maker stuff, Programming language, Book, Info site, and Training course
- 19. Review results A survey of resources for introducing coding into schools 19 Reviewed resources list ID Title License 01_USAL BAXTER ROBOT Commercial 02_USAL Geomagic Touch Haptic Commercial 03_USAL Minecraft Commercial 04_USAL SCRATCH Creative Commons 05_USAL Pedagogical Conversational Agent: Dr. Roland Creative Commons 06_USAL 5phero Kids Freeware 07_KIT AMICI Programming environment with an iconic interface for Arduino LilyPad and Smart Textile GPL 08_KIT Edu Wear Starter kit: Wearable intelligence – for clothes, sports and games GPL 09_KIT Zauberschule Informatik - Ein erster Einblick in die Welt der Informatik Creative Commons 10_TLU Kodu Game Lab Personal and Non-Commercial 11_TLU 3pi robotics platform e-course Creative Commons 12_TLU MSW Logo Freeware 13_TLU Studio.code.org - Course 2 Creative Commons 14_TLU Ozobot Commercial 15_USAL Minetest LGPL 16_USAL Soy Minero - 17_USAL TACCLE 3: Coding web site Creative Commons 18_USAL 123D Design Freeware 19_USAL Tynker Coding for code - 20_USAL Tynker Hour of code - 21_USAL Blockly for Dash & Dot Robots Freeware 22_USAL Path for Dash Robot Freeware 23_USAL Code.org - 24_USAL Code Studio - 25_USAL Code.org Hour of Code - 26_USAL MIT App Inventor Creative Commons 27_USAL MaKey MaKey Commercial 28_USAL Arduino Open source 29_USAL CS Unplugged. Computer Science without a computer Creative Commons 30_KIT Making-Aktivitäten mit Kindern und Jugendlichen. Handbuch zum kreativen digitalen Gestalten Creative Commons 31_KIT Magical Clothing Freeware 32_AALTO Koodiaapinen Creative Commons 33_AALTO Koodikirja Freeware 34_AALTO Hello Ruby Freeware 35_AALTO Koodikoulu Freeware 36_AALTO The Foos Freeware 37_AALTO Proge Tiger Freeware
- 20. Review results A survey of resources for introducing coding into schools 20 Creative Commons; 10; 27% Freeware; 11; 30% Open Source; 1; 3% GPL; 3; 8% Non-Commercial; 1; 3% Commercial; 5; 13% Not applicable; 6; 16% Kind of licenses of the resources Creative Commons Freeware Open Source GPL Non-Commercial Commercial Not applicable Licenses of the reviewed resources
- 21. Review results A survey of resources for introducing coding into schools 21 Reviewed resources classified by category 15 31 24 27 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 Algorithms Using logic Controlling things Creating and Debugging Resources by TACCLE 3 category
- 22. Review results A survey of resources for introducing coding into schools 22 Reviewed resources classified by the complementary classification 12 5 5 5 5 14 8 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 Resources by complementaty category
- 23. Review results A survey of resources for introducing coding into schools 23 Reviewed resources classified by the complementary classification 12 5 5 5 5 14 8 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 Resources by complementaty category
- 24. Review results A survey of resources for introducing coding into schools 24 Languages of the reviewed resources 19 4 7 4 4 1 1 8 0 5 10 15 20 English Spanish German Estonian Finnish Dutch Welsh Multi Resources by language
- 25. 5. How to participate
- 26. Different ways for participating in TACCLE3 A survey of resources for introducing coding into schools 26 • Visiting the website to access to the resources • Writing news related to coding in the schools • Making learning activities following the next scheme Title 1. Overview Brief description Age Level 21st Century skills Tips to adapt the lesson (for example to older/younger students, students with special needs, etc.) Material 2. Aim of the activity 3. Needed tools and resources 4. Practical activity description • Making resource reviews (products, tools, books, courses, etc.) oriented to other teachers. There exists a recommended template https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3545033.v1 • Making courses
- 27. 6. Conclusions
- 28. Conclusions A survey of resources for introducing coding into schools 28 • Introducing coding or programming in the pre-university studies is a big challenge for all • Timing and decision making to act formally at the curricula level is not an easy way • Too many teachers are introducing computing far away the digital literacy competences but usually they make it isolated in their subjects • TACCLE 3 project is trying to create a significant teacher community, which shares the objective of introducing programming and/or computational thinking in their classes, and also looking for breaking this isolation effect and making an attraction effort for new teachers that want to but do not dare to give a step beyond • The first step to create the community is having a website with attractive resources • We have presented the first approach to build up a resource catalogue to help them to find suitable teaching paths and make decision to introduce activities that help students to discover or go further into the programming and computational thinking
- 29. Acknowledgement A survey of resources for introducing coding into schools 29 Funded by European Union Erasmus+ KA2 Programme “TACCLE 3 – Coding” (2015-1-BE02-KA201-012307) This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This communication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein
- 30. This presentation is available A survey of resources for introducing coding into schools 30 http://www.slideshare.net/grialusal/a-survey-of-resources-for-introducing-coding-into-schools http://repositorio.grial.eu/handle/grial/683
- 31. A survey of resources for introducing coding into schools Dr. D. Francisco José García Peñalvo research GRoup in InterAction & eLearning (GRIAL) Research Institute on Educational Sciences Computer Science Department University of Salamanca fgarcia@usal.es http://grial.usal.es http://twitter.com/frangp 4th Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality, TEEM 2016 Salamanca, Spain November 2-4, 2016