@inproceedings{61b41ea4c5644925a4bca1f1f2ac3aaf,
title = "Off the screen, and into the world of everyday objects: Computational thinking for youth with the internet of things",
abstract = "This paper discusses the opportunities presented by the growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) to provide youth opportunities to develop their computational thinking and digital empowerment. This paper argues that to support youth in developing these literacies, we need to develop platforms that reduce the barriers of entry while still allowing them to explore and develop their computational identities. To this end, this paper introduces an extension to App Inventor by MIT that enables students to quickly design, develop, and implement IoT applications. We outline one IoT activity for youth and future directions for both curricular and technical development.",
keywords = "App Inventor, Computational Thinking, Digital Empowerment, Internet of Things",
author = "Mike Tissenbaum and Josh Sheldon and Evan Patton and Arjun Gupta and Elaine Zhang and Divya Gopinath",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017, The Education University of Hong Kong. All rights reserved.; 1st International Conference on Computational Thinking Education, CTE 2017 ; Conference date: 13-07-2017 Through 15-07-2017",
year = "2017",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9789887703440",
series = "Proceedings of International Conference on Computational Thinking Education",
publisher = "The Education University of Hong Kong",
pages = "145--148",
editor = "Siu-cheung KONG and Josh SHELDON and LI, \{Robert Kwok-yiu\}",
booktitle = "Proceedings of International Conference on Computational Thinking Education, CTE 2017",
}