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01-04-2015 | Emerging technology

Embodying Computational Thinking: Initial Design of an Emerging Technological Learning Tool

Authors: Shaundra B. Daily, Alison E. Leonard, Sophie Jörg, Sabarish Babu, Kara Gundersen, Dhaval Parmar

Published in: Technology, Knowledge and Learning | Issue 1/2015

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This emerging technology report describes virtual environment interactions an approach for blending movement and computer programming as an embodied way to support girls in building computational thinking skills. The authors seek to understand how body syntonicity might enable young learners to bootstrap their intuitive knowledge in order to program a three-dimensional character to perform movements. We have gained insight into the desire for character realism. The lessons learned to date, as well as the challenges to integrating the physical and virtual and keeping the interactions rich are discussed.

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Title: Embodying Computational Thinking: Initial Design of an Emerging Technological Learning Tool
Authors: Shaundra B. Daily
Alison E. Leonard
Sophie Jörg
Sabarish Babu
Kara Gundersen
Dhaval Parmar
Publication date: 01-04-2015
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: Technology, Knowledge and Learning / Issue 1/2015
Print ISSN: 2211-1662
Electronic ISSN: 2211-1670
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10758-014-9237-1

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