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In this episode I unpack Mills et al.’s (2021) publication titled “Computational thinking for an inclusive world: A resource for educators to learn and lead,” which is a white paper that provides strategies for integrating computational thinking into disciplinary learning and for developing capacity for computational thinking.
Article
Mills, K., Coenraad, M., Ruiz, P., Burke, Q., & Weisgrau, J. (2021, December). Computational Thinking for an Inclusive World: A Resource for Educators to Learn and Lead. Digital Promise.
Abstract
“Technology is becoming more integral across professional fields and within our daily lives, especially since the onset of the pandemic. As such, opportunities to learn computational thinking are important to all students—not only the ones who will eventually study computer science or enter the information technology industry. However, large inequalities continue to exist in access to equipment and learning opportunities needed to build computational thinking skills for students that experience marginalization. We call all educators to integrate computational thinking into disciplinary learning across PreK-12 education, while centering inclusivity, to equip students with the skills they need to participate in our increasingly technological world and promote justice for students and society at large. This report issues two calls to action for educators to design inclusive computing learning opportunities for students: (1) integrate computational thinking into disciplinary learning, and (2) build capacity for computational thinking with shared leadership and professional learning. Inspired by the frameworks, strategies, and examples of inclusive computational thinking integration, readers can take away practical implications to reach learners in their contexts.”
My One Sentence Summary
This white paper provides strategies for integrating computational thinking into disciplinary learning and for developing capacity for computational thinking.
Some Of My Lingering Questions/Thoughts
When is computational thinking and the discourse around it a form of epistemological colonization?
Why is there a tendency to center technology over everything else?
Discourse around CT sometimes comes across as reifying a collection of tools, but it’s not a heuristic or process to think through.
I think it would be useful as a field to define when something is not computational thinking
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