Broadening Participation in Computer Science through Block Programming (BLOCKS+ 2018) - SPLASH 2018

Sun 4 - Fri 9 November 2018 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Who

Beryl Hoffman, Ralph Morelli, Jennifer Rosato

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When

Sun 4 Nov 2018 11:00 - 11:10 at Beacon Hill - Empowerment & Broadening Participation

Abstract

Block languages like App Inventor make coding and computer science more accessible to students with no experience, broadening participation in computer science. In this paper, we present results from the AP Mobile CS Principles course about the demographics and the success of AP CSP and Mobile CSP students. The Mobile CSP course uses App Inventor, a block-based mobile programming language, and strategies to engage students in order to broaden participation in CS.

Link to Preprint

http://cs.wellesley.edu/~blocksplus/2018/?id=2

Beryl Hoffman

Elms College

Ralph Morelli

Trinity College

Jennifer Rosato

College of St. Scholastica

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Session Program

Sun 4 Nov
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	11:00 - 12:00: Empowerment & Broadening ParticipationBLOCKS+ at Beacon Hill

	11:00 - 11:10 Talk		Broadening Participation in Computer Science through Block Programming BLOCKS+ Beryl HoffmanElms College, Ralph MorelliTrinity College, Jennifer RosatoCollege of St. Scholastica Pre-print
	11:10 - 11:20 Talk		Reducing the Barriers for Computational Action: How Blocks-Based Programming Can Support Digital Empowerment BLOCKS+ Mike TissenbaumUniversity of Illinois, Urbana-Champain, Josh SheldonMIT App Inventor, Hal AbelsonMIT Pre-print
	11:20 - 11:28 Other		Themed Session 2: Whole-group discussions BLOCKS+
	11:28 - 11:31 Talk		Educational Robotics with a Twist BLOCKS+ Hamid ZareGraduate Student, Miklos MarotiAssociate Professor, Akos LedecziVanderbilt University Pre-print
	11:31 - 11:34 Talk		A Blocks-Based Approach to Internet of Things in MIT App Inventor BLOCKS+ Wen XiHong Kong Polytechnic University, Evan W PattonMassachusetts Institute of Technology Pre-print
	11:34 - 11:37 Talk		DevTech Lab - KIBO and ScratchJr Demo BLOCKS+ Catherine CowellTufts University, Hannah RiehlTufts University, Marina Umaschi BersTufts University Pre-print
	11:37 - 11:40 Talk		CloudDB in MIT App Inventor BLOCKS+ Natalie Lao
	11:40 - 12:00 Other		Themed Session 2: Breakout discussions and demos/posters BLOCKS+