On the Road with Codester: Using an Educational App to Teach Computer Science to Grade 1-6 Students
Gili Rusak · 2020
In this paper, we describe Codester, an original application 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 the central teaching tool used in 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-12 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.We share our experiences with two such outreach programs.