Opening Keynote @ Scratch2015AMS in Amsterdam, August 13th, 2015.

1. We are all excited – but why?
Prof. Dr. Beat Döbeli Honegger – The Schwyz University of Teacher Education

2. «Actually the only reason for you to accept should be
the wish to meet the others attending.»

6. Fortunately, Scratch has cloning!

7. hmBot: The exciting arduino robot for 75$

8. The mbot building kit

9. As easy to build as Swedish furniture...

10. Combining Arduino, Robotics and Scratch
ONE ROBOT
PER KID

11. Sphero

12. Look inside and understand

15. 2015

16. «Low floor,
wide walls,
...
»

17. «Low floor,
wide walls,
high ceiling.
»

18. Lambda calculus & more with Snap!

19. Share the excitement

20. Innovators
Early
Adopters
Laggards
AntagonistsProtagonists
ScepticsConservativesPragmaticsVisionariesEnthusiasts
Early
Majority
Late
Majority
Rogers
1962
Dueck
2013
Open
Minds
Closed
Minds
Initiation Contagion Control Integration
Nolan
1973
No,
because...
Over my dead
body!
Yes,
but...
Yes of
course!
I‘ve
got
some-
thing!
Technology & Innovation adoption

21. Early
Majority
Innovators
Early
Adopters
Laggards
Late
Majority
AntagonistsProtagonists
Open
Minds
Closed
Minds
The Scratch Community @ Scratch 2015 AMS
Yes of
course!
Yes ,
but...
No,
because... Over my dead body!

22. Early
Majority
Innovators
Early
Adopters
Laggards
Late
Majority
AntagonistsProtagonists
Open
Minds
Closed
Minds
Geoffrey A. Moore (1991)
Crossing the Chasm
Crossing the Chasm

23. Early
Majority
Innovators
Early
Adopters
Laggards
Late
Majority
AntagonistsProtagonists
Open
Minds
Closed
Minds
The comfort zone

24. Early
Majority
Innovators
Early
Adopters
Laggards
Late
Majority
AntagonistenProtagonisten
Open
Minds
Closed
Minds
The real challenge: Getting the second half

25. Early
Majority
Innovators
Early
Adopters
Laggards
Late
Majority
AntagonistsProtagonists
Open
Minds
Closed
Minds
Mission impossible?: Getting everybody
ONE ROBOT
PER KID

26. “Generate Unstoppable Enthusiasm with One Voice”
Simon Peyton Jones
2012 @ ETHZ, Zürich

27. What are we excited about?

28. What shall I call it?
Cynthia Solomon (1975)
Leading a Child to a Computer Culture

29. What shall I call it?
Cynthia Solomon (1975)
Leading a Child to a Computer Culture

30. r
r
What do we want to share?
Scratch
& Derivatives
Graphical Programming
Programming
Computer
Science
STEM
STEAM

31. What do we want to share?
Scratch
sharing

32. 21st century skills?
21st century
skills

33. But…
Is it important how we call it?
Yes. Think of «Word 2013» , «Text
processing», «collaborative writing»,
«creative writing»
Is it important that we define it?

34. r
r
What do we want to share?
Scratch
& Derivates
Graphical Programming
Programming
Computer
Science
STEM
STEAM

35. 1001 arguments for computer science in school

36. computer science and computers open up a new space

37. computer science is a thinking tool

38. computer science is like a foreign language

39. «Javascript is the new latin!»
http://doebe.li/t17036
http://doebe.li/a1160

40. Seymour Papert: «We need a mathland»

41. constructionism argument
Computer science can help with learning math, geometry, physics,
etc.

42. science argument
Computer science makes possible new scientific insights.

43. Computational XY

44. «objects to think about» / philosophical argument
Computer science helps thinking and discussing about
intelligence, life, free will etc.

45. problem solving argument
Computer science fosters (general) problem solving skills.

46. Computer science = thinking tool
Computer science
= thinking tool

47. 4 aspects of
computer science = thinking tool

48. explanations of the world

49. «explain and shape the world» argument
Computer science helps to understand and shape the digital world

50. conceptual knowledge argument
With computer science knowledge you can better understand
digital tools.

51. explanations of the world
generic competences

52. working method argument
computer science allows to practice general competences.
(planning & working precisely, working & communicating in a team, ...)

53. explanations of the world
generic competencesdidactical

54. feeling of success argument
With computer science students with a technical interest are
addressed. In CS projects the project defines success not the teacher.

55. preparation for study
and job explanations of the world
generic competencesdidactical

56. career choice argument
With computer science in school the career choice of students
will change towards computer science jobs.

57. preparation for
study and job explanations of the world
generic competencesdidactical

58. Early
Majority
Innovators
Early
Adopters
Laggards
Late
Majority
AntagonistsProtagonists
Open
Minds
Closed
Minds
If we want to convince them from our language
we have to understand/speak their language!
Yes of
course!
Yes ,
but...
No,
because... Over my dead body!

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