Learning to code
Ackermann, E.K. (2016). “Learning to Code: What is it? What’s In It For The Kids?— A Tribute to Seymour Papert". Trans. version from publication in Tecnologie didattiche (TD 27-2002).
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Notes:
- Its power lays in the uses of words, spoken and written, as commands to make things happen.
- What is there to be gained in the first place, and what’s in it for today’s kids? What facets of computational thinking or technological fluency are being promoted?
- Children use words, written or spoken, because they want to be heard
- Learning to code is viewed as a crucial future ability
- «Learn to code or you won’t get a job!»
- games to introduce children to coding
- not only consume, children got to create
Lessons from the scrapyard
Moriwaki, K., Brucker-Cohen, J. (2006). “Lessons from the scrapyard: creative uses of found materials within a workshop setting”. In AI & Society. 20:4. 506-525.
Notes:
- Scrapyard Challenges
- diy culture allows new possibilities of expressions
- simple in and output
- found materials to challenge the user to think about new affordances
- limited time frame so you won’t focus on details too much
- Non judgmental