Engage your students by teaching computer science using only mobile devices with TouchDevelop

Nikolai Tillmann; Michal Moskal; Jonathan De Halleux; Manuel Fahndrich; Tao Xie

doi:10.1109/CSEET.2012.11

Engage your students by teaching computer science using only mobile devices with TouchDevelop

Nikolai Tillmann, Michal Moskal, Jonathan De Halleux, Manuel Fahndrich, Tao Xie

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Abstract

We are experiencing a technology shift: powerful and easy-to-use touchscreen-based mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets are becoming more prevalent than traditional PCs and laptops. Many mobile devices are going to be the first and, in less developed countries, possibly the only computing devices that virtually all people would own and carry with them at all times. We propose to reflect this new reality in how computer science is taught in the classroom. In this tutorial, participants will learn about developing software directly on smartphones without a PC using TouchDevelop on Windows Phone, a novel application-creation environment from Microsoft Research. Its typed, structured programming language is built around the idea of using only a touchscreen as the input device to author code. Easy access to the rich sensor and personal data available on a mobile device results in a fun and engaging programming experience for students.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2012 25th IEEE Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEE and T 2012
Pages	87-89
Number of pages	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CSEET.2012.11
State	Published - Sep 28 2012
Externally published	Yes
Event	2012 25th IEEE Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEE and T 2012 - Nanjing, Jiangsu, China Duration: Apr 17 2012 → Apr 19 2012

Publication series

Name	Proceedings - 2012 25th IEEE Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEE and T 2012

Other

Other	2012 25th IEEE Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEE and T 2012
Country	China
City	Nanjing, Jiangsu
Period	4/17/12 → 4/19/12

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Education

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Tillmann, N., Moskal, M., De Halleux, J., Fahndrich, M., & Xie, T. (2012). Engage your students by teaching computer science using only mobile devices with TouchDevelop. In Proceedings - 2012 25th IEEE Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEE and T 2012 (pp. 87-89). [6245013] (Proceedings - 2012 25th IEEE Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEE and T 2012). https://doi.org/10.1109/CSEET.2012.11

Engage your students by teaching computer science using only mobile devices with TouchDevelop. / Tillmann, Nikolai; Moskal, Michal; De Halleux, Jonathan; Fahndrich, Manuel; Xie, Tao.

Proceedings - 2012 25th IEEE Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEE and T 2012. 2012. p. 87-89 6245013 (Proceedings - 2012 25th IEEE Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEE and T 2012).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Tillmann, N, Moskal, M, De Halleux, J, Fahndrich, M & Xie, T 2012, Engage your students by teaching computer science using only mobile devices with TouchDevelop. in Proceedings - 2012 25th IEEE Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEE and T 2012., 6245013, Proceedings - 2012 25th IEEE Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEE and T 2012, pp. 87-89, 2012 25th IEEE Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEE and T 2012, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, 4/17/12. https://doi.org/10.1109/CSEET.2012.11

Tillmann N, Moskal M, De Halleux J, Fahndrich M, Xie T. Engage your students by teaching computer science using only mobile devices with TouchDevelop. In Proceedings - 2012 25th IEEE Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEE and T 2012. 2012. p. 87-89. 6245013. (Proceedings - 2012 25th IEEE Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEE and T 2012). https://doi.org/10.1109/CSEET.2012.11

Tillmann, Nikolai ; Moskal, Michal ; De Halleux, Jonathan ; Fahndrich, Manuel ; Xie, Tao. / Engage your students by teaching computer science using only mobile devices with TouchDevelop. Proceedings - 2012 25th IEEE Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEE and T 2012. 2012. pp. 87-89 (Proceedings - 2012 25th IEEE Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEE and T 2012).

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