Epistemology
In a 2006 article, Jeannette Wing, then a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University, discussed computational thinking as “a way of solving problems, designing systems, and understanding human behavior” that draws on concepts fundamental to computer science. NRC (2010)
Technology Fluency is “the ability to reformulate knowledge, to express oneself creatively and appropriately, and to produce and generate information (rather than simply to comprehend it).” NRC (1999)
Epistemology 10 years ago
Epistemology
Technology Fluency is “the ability to reformulate knowledge, to express oneself creatively and appropriately, and to produce and generate information (rather than simply to comprehend it).” NRC (1999)
Epistemology present
The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom Benkler (2006)
Sharing
Co-Creating
Remixing
Crowd-Sourcing
Mining
Connecting with an Audience
Working in Networked Groups
Building on the Work of Others
Leveraging the Networked Audience
Making Sense of the Networked Commons
Cooperation and Computational Thinking
Challenges to teaching and learning CS
Leaking Pipeline
Challenges to teaching and learning CS 14,529 students took AP CS A
• 204,564 Calculus AB • 141,321 Bio• 96,282 Statistics
AP CS had the worst gender balance of any of the AP tests
• 18.3% CS A • 48.7% Calculus AB • 50.2% Statistics
Leaking Pipeline
Challenges to teaching and learning CS
Girls
Boys
Slide: Julie Benyo, WGBH
Leaking Pipeline
Learning CSinside school
PEN DOWN FORWARD 90 RIGHT TURN 90
The LOGO Years
Learning CSoutside of school
Learning CSoutside of schools
Learning CS
DesigningSoftwareApplications
• Game Designs• Media Art Designs• Textile Designs
Creative
Ethical
Technologies
Arts
EthicsMediaCritical
Technical
w. Kylie Peppler, Indiana University
Tools Materials Spaces Communities
Learning about CS
Learning about CS
Tools Materials Spaces Communities
With Mitchel Resnick (MIT)
Learning about CS
Tools Materials Spaces Communities
Monroy-Hernamdez, 2009
Learning about CS
Monroy-Hernamdez, 2009
Learning about CS
Monroy-Hernamdez, 2009
LilyPad Arduino (Buechley, 2008)
Learning about CS
Tools Materials Spaces Communities
Learning about CS
Tools Materials Spaces Communities
w. Leah Buechley, MIT, Kylie Peppler (Indiana University), Mike Eisenberg (UC Boulder)
Technology Fluency is “the ability to reformulate knowledge, to express oneself creatively and appropriately, and to produce and generate information (rather than simply to comprehend it).” NRC (1999)
Epistemology present
The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom Benkler (2006)
Sharing
Co-Creating
Remixing
Crowd-Sourcing
Mining
Connecting with an Audience
Working in Networked Groups
Building on the Work of Others
Leveraging the Networked Audience
Making Sense of the Networked Commons
Cooperation and Computational Thinking “a way of solving problems, designing systems, and understanding human behavior”
