CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
and SUBMISSIONS
Catrobat Computational Thinking Conference 2021
Online Conference – 24th September 2021 (Friday)
Catrobat Festival 2021
Online & On-site Festival – 25th & 26th September 2021 (weekend)
In 2021, Catrobat celebrates its 11th anniversary!
In 2021, Catrobat will celebrate its 11th anniversary with a virtual online Conference on 24th September 2021. The conference will be followed by an online as well as on-site Festival for contributors and users on the weekend of 25th and 26th September 2021. The on-site part of the Festival is planned to take place in Graz in Austria, Europe (depending on the ongoing pandemic).
We invite you to participate with a submission for a Talk, Demo or Workshop that focuses on visual block-based programming, computational thinking, and creativity, design and making in coding education. We welcome submissions from multiple sectors and disciplines, including but not limited to academia, industry, and education, aiming for transdisciplinary understanding.
Key areas of interest
Key areas of interest are (but not limited to):
- The teaching of programming skills, the development of computational thinking, and the promotion of creativity in the context of coding.
- The creation of games, interactive animations, or coded digital designs.
- Explorations and assessments of visual programming languages as best practice case studies.
- The relevance of learning to program in your own language.
- Technological developments and advances in programming education, including the Internet of Things, augmented reality, robotics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.
- Theoretical perspectives and concerns about societal aspects of digital technologies in the context of learning to code, such as inclusive, equitable, and sustainable future.
Key dates
- Submission deadline extended: 23rd August 2021 (10:00 pm CEST)
- Virtual conference: Friday 24th September 2021
- Catrobat Festival: Weekend of 25th and 26th September 202
If you have any questions, please contact us via conferences@catrobat.org
Registration
Attendance is free but a registration is necessary. Please note that registration is also necessary for authors.
Keynote speaker
Computational Thinking: Conceptual and Methodological Challenges
Eva Marinus
Schwyz University of Teacher Education (PH Schwyz), Institute Media and Schools, Switzerland
Angels, Demons & Computational Thinking
Jens Möning
Researcher at SAP, Creator of Snap!, Germany
CCTC’21 Programme
Find a more detailed programme with speakers, abstracts, and descriptions here: https://catrobat.org/cctc21-details-page/
Please note that times are in Central European Summer Time Zone UTC+2. We will use two Zoom-Rooms: “Room A” for tracks on “Experiencing Computational Thinking in Education” and “Room B” for tracks on “The Psychological Foundations of Computational Thinking”. The Welcome Session, the two key notes, and the Closing will take place in Room A. For the workshop and demo sessions all will meet in the same room (Room A) and will then split in different BreakOut-Session (as a participant you can still decide spontaneously which session to choose – no preregistration is necessary).
Please note that all sessions will be recorded. If you do not wish to appear on the video, please turn off your video and change your name once you are in Zoom.
8:30 – 09:00
Come together in Wonder.me: https://catrob.at/wonderme (same password as for zoom)
Check-In Zoom until 9:00 (Room A)
09:00 – 9:30
Welcome and Opening of the Conference (Room A)
9:30 – 10:30
Keynote presentation I:
Jens Mönig, Researcher at SAP, Creator of Snap!
“Angels, Demons & Computational Thinking”
Room A: Experiencing Computational Thinking in Education I
Session
Time
Title
Session I
Parallel Workshops: Programming Education
Chair:
Wolfgang Slany
10:35 – 11:25
Workshop 1: Programming in a spiral curriculum from kindergarten to sixth grade
Jacqueline Staub, ETH Zurich
Workshop 2: ManuCode: Coding & Robotics!
Martin Kandlhofer, Austrian Computer Society (OCG)
Workshop 3: Programming with Calliope Mini
Franka Futterlieb, Jørn Alraun, Calliope CC
Session II
Talks
Chair:
Bernadette Spieler
11:30
12:00
Talk 1: Modeling with Scratch in Science Education
Michael Weigend, WWU Münster
Talk 2: Game Based Learning: Implementation in School
Justin Edwards, Microsoft Minecraft
Room B: The Psychological Foundations of Computational Thinking I
Session
Time
Title
Session I
Talks
Chair:
Karin Landerl
10:45
11:15
11:45
Talk 1: Latent profiles in computational thinking
Josef Guggemos, University of St. Gallen
Talk 2: The Cognition of Programming: Which Cognitive Skills Predict Programming Performance following a University Computing Course?
Irene Graafsma, University of Groningen
Talk 3: Keeping computations in mind: How working memory contributes to computational thinking
Ferenc Kemény, University of Graz
Co-Authors: Sabrina Finke, Bernadette Spieler, Bernd Binder, Karin Landerl
12:15 – 13:15
Lunch Break
Come together in Wonder.me: https://catrob.at/wonderme (same password as for zoom)
13:15 – 14:15
Keynote presentation 2: (Room A)
Eva Marinus (Schwyz University of Teacher Education)
“Computational Thinking: Conceptual and Methodological Challenges”
Room A: Experiencing Computational Thinking in Education II
Session
Time
Title
Session III
DACH Teacher Panel
Chair:
Bernadette Spieler
14:15 – 15:10
DACH Teacher-Panel: Making im Schulkontext (in German)
Bettina Waldvogel, PH Schaffenhausen (Schweiz)
Mirek Hancl, LeG Uelzen (Deutschland)
Nanna Sagbauer, HTL Hollabrunn (Österreich)
Michael Pollak, “Bildungsetzwerk Technik Österreich”
Session IV
Demo
Pocket Code / Catrobat
Chair:
Vesna Krnjic
15:15 – 16:10
Demo 1: Cybersicherheit – spielerischer Unterrichtsansatz
(in German)
Verena Buder, Graz University of Technology
Demo 2: KOALA – Online-Plattform zum Erlernen von Programmiersprachen
(in German)
David Andrews, bits4kids
Demo 3: Computational Thinking and CATROBAT
(in English)
Wolfgang Slany, Catrobat Team
Room B: The Psychological Foundations of Computational Thinking II
Session
Time
Title
Session II
Talks
Chair:
Ferenc Kemény
14:15
14:45
15:15
15:45
Talk 4: Numerical foundations of computational thinking: The roles of mental arithmetic and arithmetic problem-solving
Sabrina Finke, University of Graz
Co-Authors: Ferenc Kemény, Karin Landerl
Talk 5: The Computerized Adaptive Programming Concepts Test (CAPCT) – Designing, Testing, and Practical Implications
Sally Hogenboom, University of Amsterdam
Co-Authors: Felienne F. J. Hermans, Han L. J. van der Maas
Talk 6: Cognitive Correlates of computational thinking in primary school students
Manuel Ninaus, Department of Psychology, University of Innsbruck
Co-Authors: Katerina Tsarava, Korbinian Moeller
Talk 7: Techniques for solving complex problems in computer Science
Bernadette Spieler, Zurich University of Teacher Education
16:15
Summary and Close of the Conference (Room A)
16:30
Gathering in Wonder.me: Networking in Small Groups to Catch up with Colleagues and build New Connections
Link: https://catrob.at/wonderme (same password as for zoom)
Organizing Committee
Wolfgang Slany
(Graz University of Technology)
Vesna Krnjic
(Graz University of Technology)
Michael Herold
(Graz University of Technology)
Bernadette Spieler (Zurich University of Teacher Education)
Karin Landerl
(University of Graz)
Ferenc Kemeny
(University of Graz)
Sabrina Finke
(University of Graz)
You must be logged in to post a comment.