"Creating Cool Stuff": Pupils' Experience of the BBC micro:bit
"Creating Cool Stuff": Pupils' Experience of the BBC micro:bit
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“创造酷炫的东西”：学生们对 BBC micro:bit 的体验
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2017
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Lucy Yeomans
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Sue Sentance;Jane Waite;Steve Hodges;E. MacLeod;Lucy Yeomans
最近在许多国家将计算机科学（CS）教育引入学校，导致人们对编程工具和方法的兴趣激增，这些工具和方法使CS概念和任务具有吸引力，激励性和可供所有人使用。人们对通过物理计算支持学习重新产生了兴趣，这已被证明是激励性的，同时提供了合作和创造力的机会。在此背景下，英国广播公司最近在英国领导了一个合作企业，以开发一种便携式和低成本的可编程设备。该财团资助并生产了100万台设备，足够英国每一个11-12岁的孩子使用。在本文中，我们报告我们认为是第一次研究调查的可用性和启示的BBC micro：bit。我们采访了英国学校的15名教师和54名学生，了解他们使用该设备的经历，他们对BBC micro：bit的潜力充满热情。我们描述学生的经验，在可用性，创造力，有形的设备和他们的学习编程方面，并分析他们的经验的背景下，以前报告的物理计算的好处。
The recent introduction of computer science (CS) education into schools in many countries has led to a surge in interest in programming tools and approaches which make CS concepts and tasks engaging, motivating and accessible to all. There is renewed interest in supporting learning through physical computing, which has been shown to be motivational whilst offering opportunities for collaboration and creativity. Within this context the BBC recently led a collaborative venture in the UK to develop a portable and low-cost programmable device. The consortium funded and produced one million devices, enough for every 11-12 year-old in the UK. In this paper, we report on what we believe to be the first study to investigate the usability and affordances of the BBC micro:bit. We interviewed 15 teachers and 54 pupils in schools in England about their experiences with the device who were, in general, enthusiastic about the potential of the BBC micro:bit. We describe pupils' experiences in terms of usability, creativity, the tangibility of the device and their learning of programming, and analyse their experiences in the context of previously reported benefits of physical computing.