Computational thinking
or how to get along with computers
To get along with computers you need to think like a computer. Fortunately, that is simply careful planning, something that has long been useful to humans. Do you know of a high school that offers a course in careful planning? Do you know how careful planning can be taught?
Computational thinking is both central to computer science and widely applicable throughout education and the workforce. Computational thinking, which is complementary to coding and computer science, provides students a necessary skill set for solving complex problems and is relevant throughout K-12 education in all subjects. Read our report to find our more.
- In education, computational thinking is a set of problem-solving methods that involve expressing problems and their solutions in ways that a computer could execute. --Wikipedia
After the break
- Why learn it?
- How to learn it?
- Challenges in this blog
- MUVEs in education
- Maker resources in OpenSimulator
- Scripting in OpenSimulator
- Other names for similar thinking
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Why learn it?
- Needed for effective use of computers.
- In generalized form it is how we plan anything complicated.
- It could also be called procedural thinking.
How to learn it?
- Practice any planning, as in maker learning and challenge-based learning.
- Practice computer programming as in Scratch or virtual worlds (MUVEs)
- Breaking Down the 8 Key Concepts of Computational Thinking
Challenges in this blog
- The Maker Movement and the potential of virtual worlds
- Virtual worlds can host challenge-based learning
- Learn by challenge in virtual worlds: Games, projects, Maker Model
- CoSpaces: Virtual worlds for grade school. Maker movement again
- MALET showcase: Making and Tinkering – Stop Motion Animation Project: By: Marian Read
- Challenge: Hero's Journey. Game. Learning. Schools. Can you connect these?
- Challenge-based education and self-managed learning: on the same team!
- Problems and the seven gates to solving them. Like a game. Coincidence? Or something else?
- Maker spaces on the web
MUVEs in education
Maker resources in Open Simulator
Scripting in OpenSimulator
- Practice computational thinking by scripting
- Scripting resources in virtual worlds, LSL and OSSL. summary
- Scripting. Meet LSL, object oriented, event driven and other concepts
- LSL scripts and scripting. Beginner's Summary
- Script Modding 101: Use scripts without knowing how. 2012
- Thinkerer Utility Kit has utility scripts and objects for starting in HG
Other names for similar thinking
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Visit me on the web
- Drop by my web offices Weekdays: 12:-12:30 Central time (US)
- Cybalounge and 3DWebWorldz (Orientation room)
- I will be in both places, so you may need to speak to get my attention.
- Web-worlds, 3D virtual worlds running in a browser. Summary
- And we can visit the Writer's Workshop on the Web
- Don't register -- enter as guest.
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