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Enhancing Computational Thinking Skills in the Classroom with Scratch, SNAP, & Finch Robots

Enhancing Computational Thinking Skills in the Classroom with Scratch, SNAP, & Finch Robots. Rich White http://twitter.com/richwhite * http://greenbushlabs.com. Computational Thinking. Representing ideas & solving problem in a procedural & algorithmic way .

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Enhancing Computational Thinking Skills in the Classroom with Scratch, SNAP, & Finch Robots

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  1. Enhancing Computational Thinking Skills in the Classroom with Scratch, SNAP, & Finch Robots Rich White http://twitter.com/richwhite * http://greenbushlabs.com Computational Thinking Representing ideas & solving problem in a procedural & algorithmic way “… Let the children become producers instead of consumers of educational software.” - Seymour Papert

  2. ... What is Computional Thinking Computational Thinking (CT) - is a problem solving method that uses computer science techniques. The term computational thinking was first used by Seymour Papert. Computational thinking is the process of breaking down problems, and solving them iteratively... It is about discovering the underlying rules to procedurally change an outcome based on inputs ! “… Let the children become producers instead of consumers of educational software.” - Seymour Papert

  3. ... Why Teach Kids to Code ? http://code.org

  4. ... Computational Thinking Tools for Kids Developed Scratch & popularized the block based visual coding paradigm, with the MIT Lifelong Kindergarten Group, for teaching kids to write code and acquire "computational thinking" skills in a fun and playful way. “… We shouldn't think of programming narrowly as a tool for a professional activity but as a means of expression” - Mitch Resnick (MIT Lifelong Kindergarten Group)

  5. Scratch, the Original Computational Thinking Tool http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/2477969/

  6. SNAP - the Scratch Framework in HTML5 http://IPad.greenbushlabs.com

  7. … and other FUN stuff Finch Robotics - http://www.finchrobot.com Hummingbird Kit - http://www.hummingbirdkit.com

  8. … and other FUN stuff The Brain Dump ScratchJR - http://ase.tufts.edu/DevTech/ScratchJr/ScratchJrHome.asp Scriptastic - http://scriptastic.greenbush.us/ & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHWNYiovgyU The Scratch Classes - http://classes.greenbush.us/ Khan Academy - https://www.khanacademy.org/cs/programming OpenProcessing - http://openprocessing.org

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