3: Computational literacies

Building on Week 2, Week 3 focuses on the recent turn toward computational literacies as a framework for thinking about how and why we might teach computing. We will use the critical computational literacies framework to interpret several current K-12 CS education initiatives.

Weekly update

This video shares a couple of logistical updates (including the new CS autobiography assignment), responds to your discussion reports from last week, and introduces this week's readings.

Readings

Kafai, Y. B. & Proctor, C. (2022). A Revaluation of Computational Thinking in K-12 Education: Moving Towards Computational Literacies. Educational Researcher, 51(2), 146–151. doi:10.3102/0013189X211057904

Vee, A. (2013). Understanding computer programming as a literacy. Literacy in Composition Studies, 1(2), 42–64.