Computer Science

2020 International Computing Education Research (ICER) Conference; Dunedin, New Zealand - VIRTUAL

Event Date
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this conference will be held virtually.

To learn more, visit https://icer.acm.org/.

Discipline/Topic
Event Type

Padlet

Online tool students can post responses to that allows for multiple means of expression, representation.

Short Description

Online tool students can post responses to that allows for multiple means of expression, representation.

Spotlight
online learning
Online Learning Toolkit Tags
Tool
Teacher

Helping K-12 Teachers Get Unstuck with Scratch: The Design of an Online Professional Learning Experience

K-12 introductory programming experiences are often highly scaffolded, and it can be challenging for teachers and learners to transition from these scaffolded experiences to experiences of learner-directed creative work, where learners are solving problems and fluently expressing ideas through code. Learners can often "get stuck" in this creative process due to a number of different factors: (1) imagination, (2) concepts, (3) bugs, (4) doubt, and (5) pedagogy.

Author/Presenter

Paulina Haduong

Karen Brennan

Lead Organization(s)
Year
2019
Short Description

In this paper, authors describe the design and implementation of Getting Unstuck, a 21-day, email-based learning experience for K-12 teachers interested in developing greater familiarity and fluency with Scratch.