Come code with codester: an educational APP that teaches computer science to K-6 students
Gili Rusak, Darren Lim · Journal of computing sciences in colleges · 2014
In this paper, we describe Codester, an original application developed during the summer of 2013, that teaches young students the principles of programming. The application was developed for the Android operating system, which allows for the use of tablets and smartphones as our teaching medium, instead of traditional laptops and desktops. Codester is a central part of a novel outreach program, known as the Computer Science Caravan (CSC). The CSC consists of members of the Siena College community, who travel to local K-6 schools equipped with tablets and other materials to reach out to students who do not usually have the opportunity to learn about programming or computer science.