From computational Thinking to computational Action - Dr. Hal Abelson, MIT App Inventor Project.
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This document discusses the history and development of computational thinking and computational action through the MIT App Inventor project. It provides examples of how students from around the world have used App Inventor to create apps that address real-world issues in their communities, such as finding clean water sources and improving healthcare. The document also outlines the growing global use of App Inventor and how it enables students to engage in computational thinking and action through designing and building mobile apps.
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From computational Thinking to computational Action - Dr. Hal Abelson, MIT App Inventor Project.
- 1. 1 Hal Abelson MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science MIT App Inventor Project From Computational Thinking to Computational Action This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
- 4. 4 The purpose of this essay is to present a grander vision of an educational system in which technology is … something children themselves will learn to manipulate, to extend, to apply to projects, thereby gaining a greater and more articulate mastery of the world, a sense of the power of applied knowledge and a self- confidently realistic image of themselves as intellectual agents.
- 5. 5 a greater and more articulate mastery of the world, a sense of the power of applied knowledge a self-confidently realistic image of themselves as intellectual agents
- 6. Logo 1970s, “Computers are for kids” 6
- 8. 8 The computer revolution is a revolution in the way we think and in the way we express what we think. Hal Abelson Gerald Sussman Julie Sussman
- 12. 12 Computational Thinking Ideas • Sequences • Events • Loops • Parallelism • Conditionals • Operators • Data • Iteration • Recursion • Algorithms • . • . • .
- 13. 13 a greater and more articulate mastery of the world, a sense of the power of applied knowledge a self-confidently realistic image of themselves as intellectual agents
- 15. 15 Computational Thinking Ideas The most important idea is . . .
- 16. 16 Computational Thinking Ideas The most important idea is To know what’s worth making
- 20. Apa Pura Moldova
- 21. An app to help people find pure sources of water Apa Pura Moldova
- 23. Apa Pura as Computational Action Apa Pura demonstrates: • Even children can create valuable resources that have nationwide scope 23
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- 32. Pani as Computational Action Pani demonstrates: • Even children in the poorest communities can create tools to improve life in their community 32
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- 35. Pharm Alarm as Computational Action • Pharm Alarm demonstrates: • Even children can draw on their personal experience as inspiration to make life better for others 35
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- 37. ComPal - Combur Test Analyzer Take a picture of the test strip with your phone 37
- 38. Image taken from the camera See an automatically generated diagnosis. The photo and the diagnosis can be send to a clinic. 38
- 39. ComPal being tested in a village clinic in Nicaragua 39
- 40. ComPal as Computational Action ComPal demonstrates: • Even students can create breakthrough applications to for medical care worldwide 40
- 41. Activity on MIT App Inventor Server Spain 15% US 13% Taiwan 9% Mexico 9% South Korea 7% UK 6% Brazil 4% Italy 3% Colombia 3% Hong Kong 3% France 2% India 2% … June 2017 710 K monthly active users 140 K weekly active users 40 K daily active users Total 5 M users 20 M projects 41
- 42. Activity on MIT App Inventor Server Spain 15% US 13% Taiwan 9% Mexico 9% South Korea 7% UK 6% Brazil 4% Italy 3% Colombia 3% Hong Kong 3% France 2% India 2% … June 2017 400 K monthly active users 140 K weekly active users 40 K daily active users Total 5 M users 20 M projects Plus: 220 K China users of server in Guangzhou 42
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- 46. Youth mobile power • A collaborative project of Youth Radio and MIT App Inventor • Produce national radio broadcasts about youth-related issues where mobile computing can play a role • Publish apps that relate to those issues • Publish App Inventor toolkits that let young people create their own original related apps 46
- 47. Mood Ring App for Mental Health 47
- 49. View a summary of your moods during the day 49
- 50. Get help 50
- 51. Mood ring as computational action • A real application to address an important global issue. • Designed by the young people at Youth Radio to address mental health issues as they see them. 51
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- 54. Monitor the temperature and moisture for a plant 54
- 59. Updates signal events This block displays the moisture level when a new value is received 59
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- 65. Real-time collaborative programming with App Inventor • Masters thesis work by Xinyue Deng at MIT • Provides real-time collaboration on projects (similar to Google Docs) • Lets students program together in classroom activities • Enables group project work 65
- 66. Alice and Bob are working together on an app 66
- 68. Bob adds a button on his screen 68
- 70. Bob adds blocks to make the phone buzz when the button is pressed70
- 74. Texas middle schoolers win national contest for app inspired by their blind classmate 74
- 75. No matter how old you are, or what gender you are, as long as you have the imagination and the will to do it, anything is possible. -- Helo Navi team member 75
- 76. THE END 76