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Introduction

The computer has had a profound impact on many aspects of society, education, and our daily lives. For examples, refer to the discussion of the educational computing in Chapter 1 of your textbook. One way that the computer has impacted us is in the realm of thinking and problem-solving skills. Computational thinking is relatively new conception of certain thinking and problem-solving skills. What is computational thinking? That is what you will have the opportunity to learn in this WebQuest!

What is a WebQuest? A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information used in the activity is drawn from the Web. It is a popular way to integrate Internet resources into education, and you will learn more about WebQuests later in this course. For more information, refer to pp. 194-196 of your textbook. By experiencing this WebQuest, you will learn more about WebQuests while also learning about computational thinking.

The purpose of this WebQuest is to give you the opportunity to:

• create your own definition and understanding of computational thinking,
• design an activity for incorporating computational thinking in the teaching of your discipline, and
• explore and refine your ideas with classmates via an online discussion.

To learn about your goal for this WebQuest, click Task.

 

This WebQuest was developed by the CS4EDU project, which is supported by the National Science Foundation under grant CNS-0938999. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Page last updated: 28-Jan-2011.