PROGRAM
Days: Monday, February 1st Tuesday, February 2nd Wednesday, February 3rd Thursday, February 4th Friday, February 5th Saturday, February 6th Sunday, February 7th
Monday, February 1st
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12:00-17:00 Session : Pre-conference City Tour (Meet at the conference venue before 12:00)
Location: School Lobby (1 fl)
18:00-20:00 Session : Welcome Recption
Location: School Lobby (1 fl)
Tuesday, February 2nd
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09:00-09:15 Session : Opening Ceremony
Location: Main Auditorium (2 fl)
09:15-09:45 Session 1: Special Keynote
Location: Main Auditorium (2 fl)
09:15 | Sparks from the Spirit: Role of Learning in Constructing and Using Knowledge ( abstract ) |
09:45-10:00 Session : Welcome Address & Conference Introduction
Location: Main Auditorium (2 fl)
10:00-10:30 Session 2: Opening Keynote
Location: Main Auditorium (2 fl)
10:00 | Constructionism the Thailand Way ( abstract ) |
10:30-11:00 Session : Break
Location: 2nd fl open space
11:00-12:30 Session 3: Plenary 1
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Location: Main Auditorium (2 fl)
11:00 | Darunsikkhailai and its 15 years improvisation on Samba School ( abstract ) |
11:45 | Costa Rica's Omar Dengo Foundation Program: 29 years later ( abstract ) |
12:30-13:30 Session : Lunch
Location: Cafeteria (5 fl)
15:30-15:45 Session : Break
Location: 2nd fl open space
15:45-17:45 Session 5A: Poster Session
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Location: Gymnasium (2 fl)
15:45 | Compassion and Empathy through Inventions: GoGo Board Toolkit for 7-10 years old ( abstract ) |
15:45 | What's New in Snap! and BJC ( abstract ) |
15:45 | A new robot in a classroom ( abstract ) |
15:45 | Bots for Tots: Leveraging ‘Ways of Knowing’ to Increase Diversity in Makerspaces ( abstract ) |
15:45 | Workshop of Game Programming in Scratch ( abstract ) |
15:45 | Little Builders: Empowering At-risk Children by Building and Design ( abstract ) |
15:45 | Robot Programming Workshop for Middle and High School Girls ( abstract ) |
15:45 | Bridge of popsicle sticks: A project and a contest ( abstract ) |
15:45 | A practical report on a course of learning by making at the university in Japan ( abstract ) |
15:45 | Philological philosophy, simplistic science, misleading mathematics, perfidious perception, trusty technology ( abstract ) |
15:45 | After Scratch: Logo(Writer)? ( abstract ) |
15:45 | On controlling LEGO Education platforms from Imagine Logo ( abstract ) |
15:45 | Teaching programming constructively and playfully ( abstract ) |
15:45 | Increasing Learning Gain in Linear Algebra through Play ( abstract ) |
15:45-17:45 Session 5B: Demos
Location: Gymnasium (2 fl)
15:45 | Tatrabot - a mobile robotic platform for teaching programming ( abstract ) |
15:45 | Learning About Complex Systems with the BeeSmart Participatory Simulation ( abstract ) |
15:45 | JumpSmart: A Platform for Communal Making and Physical Engagement in Programming ( abstract ) |
15:45 | Pyonkee: A Scratch compatible visual-programming environment running on iPad ( abstract ) |
15:45 | Analyzing Twitter Data using Snap! ( abstract ) |
Wednesday, February 3rd
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09:00-10:00 Session 6: Plenary 2
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Location: Main Auditorium (2 fl)
09:00 | On the Road to Sustainable Primary Programming ( abstract ) |
10:00-10:30 Session : Break
Location: 2nd fl open space
10:30-12:30 Session 7A: Papers: Programming in the 21st Century
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Location: Main Auditorium (2 fl)
10:30 | Grounding How We Teach Programming in Why We Teach Programming ( abstract ) |
11:00 | What would the ideal constructionist programming language (or languages) be like? ( abstract ) |
11:45 | Constructionism and the Internet of Things ( abstract ) |
10:30-12:30 Session 7B: Papers: Programming in Context
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Location: Library (9 fl)
10:30 | Game Design with Pocket Code: Providing a Constructionist Environment for Girls in the School Context ( abstract ) |
11:00 | Music Blocks: A Musical Microworld ( abstract ) |
11:30 | Working toward Equity in a Constructionist Scratch Camp: Lessons Learned in Applying a Studio Design Model ( abstract ) |
12:00 | Designing Interfaces for Special Needs ( abstract ) |
10:30-12:30 Session 7C: Papers: Constructionism & New Ideas
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Location: Constructionism Lab (10 fl)
10:30 | Papert's sort-of-right mathematics ( abstract ) |
11:00 | Resituating Constructionism in the Space of Reasons ( abstract ) |
11:30 | Teachers’ Constructionist and Deconstructionist Learning by Creating Bebras Tasks ( abstract ) |
12:00 | Construing and Computing: Learning through Exploring and Exploiting Agency ( abstract ) |
12:30-13:30 Session : Lunch & Scientific Committee Meeting #1
Location: Cafeteria (5 fl)
13:30-15:15 Session 8A: Papers: Case Studies & New Approaches
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Location: Main Auditorium (2 fl)
13:30 | A new Model for Eliciting Engineering Expertise from Novices: Expect non-Experts to Behave Like Experts ( abstract ) |
14:00 | Communities of Learning Designers in Japan – From constructing products to constructing communities – ( abstract ) |
14:45 | Restructuration in Practice: Challenging a Pop-Culture Evolutionary Theory through Agent Based Modeling ( abstract ) |
13:30-15:15 Session 8B: Papers: Reflections & Next Steps for Constructionism
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Location: Library (9 fl)
13:30 | Constructionist activity with institutionalized infrastructures: the case of Dimitris and his students. ( abstract ) |
14:00 | Building mathematical knowledge with programming: insights from the ScratchMaths project ( abstract ) |
14:30 | Making Constructionism Real in Real Schools Every Day ( abstract ) |
13:30-15:15 Session 8C: Papers: School Experiences
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Location: Constructionism Lab (10 fl)
13:30 | Generalization processes: an experience using eXpresser with primary-school children ( abstract ) |
14:00 | Constructionism as making construals: first steps with JS-Eden in the classroom ( abstract ) |
14:30 | Constructionism and microworlds as part of a 21st century learning activity to impact student engagement and confidence in physics ( abstract ) |
15:15-15:45 Session : Break
Location: 2nd & 9th fl open space
15:45-18:15 Session 9A: workshop
Location: Constructionism Lab (10 fl)
15:45 | Developing Computational Thinking by Using Constructionist and Deconstructionist Learning ( abstract ) |
15:45-18:15 Session 9B: workshop
Location: Main Auditorium (2 fl)
15:45 | World Peace Song Project ( abstract ) |
15:45-18:15 Session 9D: workshop
Location: Meeting Room 605 (6 fl)
15:45 | Constructionist Archaeology - Digging into Papert Papers Lost and Found ( abstract ) |
Thursday, February 4th
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09:00-10:00 Session 10: Plenary 3
Location: Main Auditorium (2 fl)
09:00 | Report from the Future: The Next Generation High School ( abstract ) |
10:00-10:45 Session 11: Conference-wide brainstorming: "Where we are? What is next?"
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Location: Main Auditorium (2 fl)
10:45-11:00 Session : Break
Location: 2nd fl open space
11:00-12:15 Session 12: Group discussion based on themes that emerged from the brainstorming session.
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Location: Main Auditorium (2 fl)
12:15-13:00 Session : Lunch
Location: Cafeteria (5 fl)
13:45-14:45 Session 14A: Papers: Early Childhood
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Location: Main Auditorium (2 fl)
13:45 | Inquiry Based Learning Project: a study of doing science with elementary public school students ( abstract ) |
13:45-14:45 Session 14B: Papers: New Tools & Activities
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Location: Library (9 fl)
13:45 | Constructionist Learning at the Group Level with Programmable Badges ( abstract ) |
14:15 | Integrating programming languages with web browsers ( abstract ) |
13:45-14:45 Session 14C: Papers: Working with Teachers
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Location: Constructionism Lab (10 fl)
13:45 | Teaching Computer Science Teachers: A Constructionist Approach to Professional Training on Physical Computing ( abstract ) |
14:15 | Preparing teachers for the Digital Technologies Curriculum: Preliminary results of a pilot study ( abstract ) |
14:45-15:00 Session : Break
Location: 2nd & 9th fl open space
15:00-17:30 Session 15A: workshop
Location: Library (9 fl)
15:00 | Considering approaches to research through the lens of constructionism ( abstract ) |
15:00-17:30 Session 15B: workshop
Location: Constructionism Lab (10 fl)
15:00 | LevelSpace: Constructing Models and Explanations across Levels ( abstract ) |
15:00-17:30 Session 15C: workshop
Location: Meeting Room 605 (6 fl)
15:00 | New Frontiers in Educational Robotics with the Raspberry Pi and the GoGo Board ( abstract ) |
Friday, February 5th
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09:00-10:00 Session 16: Plenary 4
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Location: Main Auditorium (2 fl)
09:00 | Constructionism Lifetime Achievement Award ( abstract ) |
10:00-10:30 Session : Break
Location: 2nd fl open space
10:30-12:30 Session 17A: Papers: Math, Programming, Robots
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Location: Main Auditorium (2 fl)
10:30 | Summer League: Supporting FLL Competition ( abstract ) |
11:00 | Learning Intentions and Educational Robots ( abstract ) |
11:30 | Math-based Coding Education in Korean School ( abstract ) |
12:00 | 3D turtle coding activities for Korean primary education ( abstract ) |
10:30-12:30 Session 17B: Papers: Emotion & Engagement
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Location: Library (9 fl)
10:30 | Beyond lesson recipes: first steps towards a repertoire for teaching primary computing ( abstract ) |
11:00 | Assessing Interpersonal Relationship Among Peers in a Constructionist Classroom: a Probabilistic Method ( abstract ) |
11:30 | Learning Emotional Aspects of Digital Competence By Creating Artefacts ( abstract ) |
12:00 | Samba School of the 21st Century : Learning in the Break Dance Community in Bangkok ( abstract ) |
10:30-12:30 Session 17C: Papers: Tools & Powerful Ideas
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Location: Constructionism Lab (10 fl)
10:30 | Exploring randomness and variability in statistics through R-based programming tasks ( abstract ) |
11:00 | Programming videogames with models of physical parameters: some examples ( abstract ) |
11:30 | The Imaginatorium ( abstract ) |
12:00 | Turtles All the Way Down: Presenting LevelSpace, a NetLogo Extension for Reasoning about Complex Connectedness ( abstract ) |
12:30-13:30 Session : Lunch & Scientific Committee Meeting #2
Location: Cafeteria (5 fl)
13:30-16:00 Session 18A: workshop
Location: Constructionism Lab (10 fl)
13:30 | NetLogo Web: Bringing Turtles to the Cloud ( abstract ) |
13:30-16:00 Session 18B: workshop
Location: Main Auditorium (2 fl)
13:30 | And now for something completely different: ToonTalk - a programming language that is not textual, block-based, or procedural ( abstract ) |
13:30-16:00 Session 18C: workshop
Location: Library (9 fl)
13:30 | Videogame construction with models of physical parameters ( abstract ) |
16:00-16:30 Session : Break
Location: 2nd fl open space
16:30-17:30 Session 19: Plenary 5
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Location: Main Auditorium (2 fl)
16:30 | Computational Thinking in School: reviving programming in the context of digital culture ( abstract ) |
17:30-17:45 Session : Closing
Location: Main Auditorium (2 fl)
21:00-22:00 Session : Flight to Chiang Mai (for those registered for the post-conference field trip)
Saturday, February 6th
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Sunday, February 7th
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