An Experience with Unplugged Activities from Code.Org in Foreign Language Classes in a State School

  • Sabrina B. Sassi Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
  • Cristiano Maciel Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
  • Vinícius Carvalho Pereira Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso

Abstract


This paper presents an experience report of teaching the concept of algorithm to students of a full-time elementary and high school in the state of Mato Grosso in English classes, with a view to describe the teacher’s view on the use of unplugged computer activities in her classes. Two activities (Happy Maps and Move It, Move It) available on Code.org were carried out, adopting Unplugged Computer Science as a methodology. The results show a great engagement of students and the acceptance of unplugged activities by the teacher and the students.

Keywords: Code.org, Unplugged Computing, Foreign Language

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Published
2020-06-30
SASSI, Sabrina B.; MACIEL, Cristiano; PEREIRA, Vinícius Carvalho. An Experience with Unplugged Activities from Code.Org in Foreign Language Classes in a State School. In: WORKSHOP ON COMPUTING EDUCATION (WEI), 28. , 2020, Cuiabá. Anais [...]. Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, 2020 . p. 131-135. ISSN 2595-6175. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/wei.2020.11144.