Computational Thinking and Outreach

Computational Thinking

In their capacity as a tool, computers will be but a ripple on the surface of our culture. In their capacity as intellectual challenge, they are without precedent in the cultural history of mankind. — Edsger W. Dijkstra

• Jeanette Wing's Computational Thinking
• Alan Bundy's Computational Thinking is Pervasive
• Bob Constable's Transforming the Academy: Knowledge Formation in the Age of Digital Information
• The USA National Research Council's The Scope and Nature of Computational Thinking

Computer Science Education

• Google's list of Web Resources for Exploring Computational Thinking
• Queen Mary University of London's Computing for Fun
• Carnegie-Mellon University's Computing for High School
• Canterbury, New Zealand's Computer Science Unplugged
• Computing Scotland
• Glasgow's Computer Science Inside
• Bernard Chazelle's The Algorithm: Idiom of Modern Science
• Computer Science Education Week

Programming languages for education

• Alice
• Agent Sheets
• Boxer
• GeomLab
• Greenfoot
• Kodu
• Logo
• Racket
• Scratch (based on Squeak)
• eToys (based on Squeak), Squeaky tales (eToys video guide)
• Magic Words
• Rapunsel
• Robocode
• Snap (formerly BYOB, a descendant of Scratch)

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