Week 5: Robotics and Computational Thinking

Online

Goals: Understand the ways that computing and thinking about computing cut across STEM and non-STEM fields. Consider ways to teach computing in the context of other disciplines.

Readings this week:

• Papert, S. (2002). Hard Fun.
• Runco, M. A., & Jaeger, G. J. (2012). The Standard Definition of Creativity. Creativity Research Journal, 24(1), 92–96.
• Culpepper, M. K., & Gauntlett, D. (2020). Making and learning together: Where the makerspace mindset meets platforms for creativity. Global Studies of Childhood, 10(3), 264–274.

Do this week:

• Do the readings (see above)
• Finish (and record) Rube Goldberg lab
• Submit your Rube Goldberg portfolio for grading