Bebras: Computional Thinking in Primary & Secondary Schools

Bebras Spain presentation at SCPNA 2024

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1. Bebras Computational Thinking in the schools!
2. What is Bebras? Bebras is an international initiative aiming to promote computational thinking (CT) among school students at all ages.
3. So what the heck is Computational Thinking?
10. Executive Functions “The ability to think about a concrete and specific goal and organize the means to achieve it.” M. Gómez Beldarráin y J. Tirapu Ustárroz. 2012. Neuropsicología de la corteza prefrontal y funciones ejecutivas: una visión panorámica.
11. CT <-> Executive Functions ☗ Anticipate ☗ Inhibition ☗ Decision making ☗ Planification ☗ Concentration ☗ Mental flexibility ☗ Pattern recognition ☗ Evaluation ☗ Algorithms ☗ Decomposition ☗ Abstraction ☗ Modelling & Simulation
12. In Bebras, Computational Thinking is develop through tasks.
13. A good Bebras task should be ☗ Representative of informatics concepts ☗ Easily understandable ☗ Solved within 3 minutes ☗ Short, e.g. presentable at a single screen page ☗ Independent from specific systems ☗ Interesting and/or funny
18. Bebras Spain ☗ Official National Organizer ☗ Participating member since 2013 ☗ Attending International Bebras Workshop annually ☗ but.…
21. So what? ☗ Talk to your friends about it ☗ Talk to other parents about it ☗ Talk to your kids’ teachers about it ☗ And refer anyone what wants to know more info@bebras.es
22. Thanks!!! aitor@bebras.es