Tuesday, March 8
10:15 AM-11:15 AM
UTC
Hermitage D

Children’s Engineering and Computational Thinking

Symposium ID: 32127
  1. aaa
    Joyce Mayln-Smith
    ITEST Learning Resource Center at Education Development Center
  2. aaa
    Glen Bull
    University of Virginia
  3. Steven Moore
    Science Approach
  4. Katherine Hayden
    California State Universty San Marcos
  5. Roger Wagner
    Hyperstudio, USA
  6. aaa
    Monty Jones
    Univ. of Virginia

Abstract: Both Engineering and Computational Thinking are recognized as keys to economic success in our global knowledge society. How soon should these be introduced in schools? The Fab@School initiative provides elementary students with hands-on engineering experiences at the elementary level. Computer scientists believe that “computational thinking” should be introduced to students at young ages and cultivated in the K-12 system. What are the impacts of these two “workforce” skill sets on K-12? What do they look like in action in the classroom? This session presents these issues and provides examples drawn from NSF’s ITEST (Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers) program and from recent Engineering projects such as the Fab@School initiative. The intersection of “engineering” thinking and “computational” thinking will be discussed.

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