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

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.

Sun 4 Nov

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11:00 - 12:00
Empowerment & Broadening ParticipationBLOCKS+ at Beacon Hill
11:00
10m
Talk
Broadening Participation in Computer Science through Block Programming
BLOCKS+
Beryl Hoffman Elms College, Ralph Morelli Trinity College, Jennifer Rosato College of St. Scholastica
Pre-print
11:10
10m
Talk
Reducing the Barriers for Computational Action: How Blocks-Based Programming Can Support Digital Empowerment
BLOCKS+
Mike Tissenbaum University of Illinois, Urbana-Champain, Josh Sheldon MIT App Inventor, Hal Abelson MIT
Pre-print
11:20
8m
Other
Themed Session 2: Whole-group discussions
BLOCKS+

11:28
3m
Talk
Educational Robotics with a Twist
BLOCKS+
Hamid Zare Graduate Student, Miklos Maroti Associate Professor, Akos Ledeczi Vanderbilt University
Pre-print
11:31
3m
Talk
A Blocks-Based Approach to Internet of Things in MIT App Inventor
BLOCKS+
Wen Xi Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Evan W Patton Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Pre-print
11:34
3m
Talk
DevTech Lab - KIBO and ScratchJr Demo
BLOCKS+
Catherine Cowell Tufts University, Hannah Riehl Tufts University, Marina Umaschi Bers Tufts University
Pre-print
11:37
3m
Talk
CloudDB in MIT App Inventor
BLOCKS+
11:40
20m
Other
Themed Session 2: Breakout discussions and demos/posters
BLOCKS+