Mit dem Ansatz kann ich mich anfreunden -- im Kindergarten Vorbereitung auf die erste Programmiersprache,
in der Grundschule die ersten konkreten Algorithmen, um dann in der Sek I richtig zu programmieren.
In der Erweiterung (Sekundarstufe II - auch berufsbildend) wird dann auch mit
anderen Paradigmen gearbeitet, um das »Relearning« feste zu unterstützen.
In the report Learning in the 21st Century, writer Alvin Toffler is quoted saying,
'The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write,
but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.' So what will literacy look like
as we go further into the 21st century? What will it mean to learn, unlearn, and relearn?
I think a recent article in Edutopia magazine is a start to addressing these questions.
The article, Programming: The New Literacy compares the idea of programming to that of scribing.
Author Marc Prensky reminds us that at one time written language was a skill that was
reserved for only a few. When the need arose to communicate with written language,
you needed a scribe to create the message and another scribe on the other end to
decipher the message. How will programming be handled in the next century?
Will be choose to simply pay someone else to do the job for us?
In a small way, programming is already in our daily lives. As Prensky explains,
even VCR's need to be programmed. Do we do it ourselves or do we have a child do it for us?
Children seem to have a natural curiosity and understanding for these tasks.
They are the digital generation. Like, Toffler, Prensky notes the importance of
learning one programming language and then moving on to another higher level
language to accomplish tasks. This sounds like an example of learning, unlearning, and
relearning.
Tell us what you think. What will literacy in the 21st century look like?
How do you think Computer Science and programming fit into this idea of
literacy?
Dave Burkhart
CSTA K-8 Representative
Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:07:19 -0500
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