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Module Objectives
In this module, you will:
- Explore abstraction in computational thinking
- Engage in abstraction activities
- Develop a learning experience that embeds abstraction from computational thinking
Activity #1: Abstraction in Computational Thinking
Read Ezeamuzie et al., (2022)
Ezaeuzie-et-al-2022Read Rijke et al., (2018)
computational-thinking-in-primary-school-1Read Silva et al., (2021)
Silva-et-al-2021Read: Abstraction in Computational Thinking (Learning.com, 2022)
https://www.learning.com/blog/abstraction-in-computational-thinking/
Read: The One About Abstraction in Computational Thinking (McVeigh-Murphy, 2020)
https://equip.learning.com/abstraction-computational-thinking/
Watch: Abstraction-Computational Thinking
Activity #2: Practicing Abstraction
Pick 1 activity to complete:
- The Tour Guide’s Abstraction
- Guess What
Tour Guide’s Abstraction:
https://projects.ctintegration.org/project/ict-abstraction-unplugged?step=1
- Follow Steps #1-4 on the website.
- Post your tour guide itinerary on this Google Doc https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KkRIvNI-h01cZV-rR3bqT3uAJqWCfUaeDp05GsHxE50/edit?usp=sharing
- Look at a colleague’s photos who from the Guess What activity. Under the picture:
- identify the object
- list the details the colleague included
- the details the colleague ignored/ excluded
Guess What
- Use paper & makers/pen or modeling clay to draw or make an object from the list of Guess What cards below in 1-minute:
- Post a picture of your drawing or sculpture on this Google Doc https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KkRIvNI-h01cZV-rR3bqT3uAJqWCfUaeDp05GsHxE50/edit?usp=sharing
- Pick at a colleague’s itinerary from the Tour Guide Abstraction activity.
- You are the tourist and have 12 hours with the tour guide. List how much time you want to spend at each attraction on the itinerary.
List of objects to draw:
Abstraction-Unplugged-Guess-What-Cards-PPTActivity #3: Excel Spreadsheet
Please enter your information on this Excel spreadsheet. We will use this data next session.
