TeAchnology - Appropriate learning technology
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Abstract
The difficulties encountered in teaching introductory computer programming courses are well known and frequently discussed. Recently I radically reorganised the initial programming module for my first year degree students, abandoning lectures and focussing instead on small group tutorial activity based around an Interactive WhiteBoard. The experiment appears to have been successful. This paper reflects on why this should be so. It comments on some general issues relating to the use of computers in the education system, and in particular on their use in Computing Education. It discusses how Interactive WhiteBoards relate to the concept of 'Calm' computing introduced by Weiser in the context of Ubiquitous Computing and how they provide a mechanism for supporting the apprenticeship model of acquiring programming skills.
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