Coding as a Playground: Programming and Computational Thinking in the Early Childhood Classroom

by Marina Umaschi Bers

Book Overview

Coding as a Playground is the first book to focus on how young children (ages 7 and under) can engage in computational thinking and be taught to become computer programmers, a process that can increase both their cognitive and social-emotional skills. Readers will learn how coding can engage children as producers-and not merely consumers-of technology in a playful way. You will come away from this groundbreaking work with an understanding of how...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138225622
• ISBN13: 9781138225626
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"