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Sun 4 Nov
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11:00 - 12:00
Empowerment & Broadening Participation
BLOCKS+
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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
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Hannah Riehl
Tufts University
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Marina Umaschi Bers
Tufts University
Pre-print
11:37
3m
Talk
CloudDB in MIT App Inventor
BLOCKS+
Natalie Lao
11:40
20m
Other
Themed Session 2: Breakout discussions and demos/posters
BLOCKS+
Natalie Lao
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Sun 22 Dec 14:05