TY - GEN
T1 - Growing up programming
T2 - 27th International Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2009
AU - Resnick, Mitchel
AU - Ohshima, Yoshiki
AU - Flanagan, Mary
AU - Perlin, Ken
AU - Kelleher, Caitlin
AU - Torres, Robert
AU - MacLaurin, Matthew
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Young people interact with games, animations, and simulations all of the time. But few of them are able to create interactive media. The obstacle: traditional programming languages are too difficult to learn and understand. This panel brings together a group of researchers, developers, and educators who are aiming to democratize the activity of programming. They are developing a new generation of programming environments that enable children and teens to create their own interactive games, stories, animations, and simulations. Panelists will discuss and critique their programming environments, then set up interactive demonstration stations for focused exploration and small-group discussion. Audience members will also have the opportunity to download the environments onto their own laptops, so that they can experiment in greater depth.
AB - Young people interact with games, animations, and simulations all of the time. But few of them are able to create interactive media. The obstacle: traditional programming languages are too difficult to learn and understand. This panel brings together a group of researchers, developers, and educators who are aiming to democratize the activity of programming. They are developing a new generation of programming environments that enable children and teens to create their own interactive games, stories, animations, and simulations. Panelists will discuss and critique their programming environments, then set up interactive demonstration stations for focused exploration and small-group discussion. Audience members will also have the opportunity to download the environments onto their own laptops, so that they can experiment in greater depth.
KW - Children
KW - Education
KW - End-user programming
KW - Learning
KW - Literacy
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U2 - 10.1145/1520340.1520472
DO - 10.1145/1520340.1520472
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:70349171565
SN - 9781605582474
T3 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
SP - 3293
EP - 3296
BT - Proceedings of the 27th International Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2009
Y2 - 4 April 2009 through 9 April 2009
ER -