Practices of information education with Squeak toward the secure improvement of ´academic ability´

Author

Fujioka, Takeshi ; Karuno, Hiroki ; Kambayashi, Yahiko

Author_Institution

Graduate Sch. of Informatics, Kyoto Univ., Japan

fYear

2004

fDate

29-30 Jan. 2004

Firstpage

130

Lastpage

137

Abstract

This work describes a curriculum of information education using Squeak at Horikawa High School, which is specified as "Super Science High School (SSH)" where teachers try innovative teaching methods to stimulate students\´ interests in science. This curriculum aims to achieve the objectives of a subject "information study" specified by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. We consider that Squeak can provide powerful environments where students can think and try confirming the results visually, and the environments are ideal for them to learn how to design and evaluate graphical user interface. We introduce the first effort to create a curriculum for a subject "basic inquiry" in SSH.

Keywords

Smalltalk; computer aided instruction; computer science education; graphical user interfaces; information science; multimedia computing; teaching; user interface management systems; GUI design; GUI evaluation; Horikawa High School; Squeak; Super Science High School; academic ability; graphical user interface; information education curriculum; science; student interests; teaching method innovation; Communication networks; Computer networks; Councils; Education; Educational institutions; Informatics; International collaboration; Joining processes; Particle measurements; Societies;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Creating, Connecting and Collaborating through Computing, 2004. Proceedings. Second International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2166-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/C5.2004.1314380

Filename

1314380