{"product_id":"connected-code-why-children-need-to-learn-programming-9780262529679","title":"Connected Code: Why Children Need to Learn Programming","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Yasmin B. Kafai\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: The MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: The MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Teaching - Subjects - Science \u0026amp; Technology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWhy every child needs to learn to code: the shift from “computational thinking” to computational participation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCoding, once considered an arcane craft practiced by solitary techies, is now recognized by educators and theorists as a crucial skill, even a new literacy, for all children. Programming is often promoted in K-12 schools as a way to encourage “computational thinking”—which has now become the umbrella term for understanding what computer science has to contribute to reasoning and communicating in an ever-increasingly digital world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eConnected Code,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Yasmin Kafai and Quinn Burke argue that although computational thinking represents an excellent starting point, the broader conception of “computational participation” better captures the twenty-first-century reality. Computational participation moves beyond the individual to focus on wider social networks and a DIY culture of digital “making.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKafai and Burke describe contemporary examples of computational participation: students who code not for the sake of coding but to create games, stories, and animations to share; the emergence of youth programming communities; the practices and ethical challenges of remixing (rather than starting from scratch); and the move beyond stationary screens to programmable toys, tools, and textiles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45268585676951,"sku":"9780262529679","price":1295.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780262529679.webp?v=1769236179","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/connected-code-why-children-need-to-learn-programming-9780262529679","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}