Teaching Computational Thinking with
Rebecca S. Stäter, Tim Läufer, Matthias Ludwig · WTM-Verlag Münster eBooks · 2023
Computational Thinking (CT) is a necessary skillset to navigate and participate in our digitalized world. It is, thus, imperative to teach this skillset in school. Because CT is not automatically acquired simply by using digital tools, but it needs to be taught deliberately. However, a lack of easy-to-use teaching material and teacher training has been shown to hinder the adoption of CT-specific education in the classroom. Here we show a low-threshold approach to teaching CT using the web portal and app. The web portal provides a convenient way for teachers to create tasks and the app allows students to display, solve, and review the tasks. Teachers create custom paths by adapting the predefined task family templates, each addressing a specific CT-skill. In this way, facilitates teaching CT and integrating it into various school subjects.