Im Rahmen der Eröffnung wird Prof.in Yasmin Kafai (UPenn) über die Bedeutung von Computational Empowerment sprechen. Eine Broschüre, die kreative Zugänge zu digitaler Bildung in der Sekundarstufe aufzeigt, wird vorgestellt. Anschließend gibt es die Möglichkeit das Lab und dessen Technologien anzusehen und bei Speisen und Getränken die Eröffnung zu feiern.

Keynote: Yasmin B. Kafai 

Being Computational, Creative and Critical: Directions for the Future of Computing Education 

As computer science education has gained an unprecedented momentum over the past ten years, several critical issues have become visible. Today we recognize that code is not neutral, computing technologies reflect the values and biases of their creators, and computing alone is not the solution to all problems, it often perpetuates existing concerns, causes new problems or deepens existing ones. Yet, in classrooms, computing is commonly introduced and experienced as a value-neutral tool without considering its societal and ethical challenges. In order to address these challenges we need to focus on computational empowerment to promote inquiry, design and reimagination with disciplinary authenticity while attending to its critical and political dimensions. This requires not only discussing critical issues but deeply inquiring, designing, and reimagining how computing can be transformed to be more just and equitable and to positively impact the lives of communities. In my talk, I will present examples of how we can engage with criticality in K-12 (from kindergarten to upper secondary school) computing research to promote the creative transformation of understanding, coding and participating in the world. 

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