Enabling Teenagers to Create and Share Apps

• Published in: IEEE Conference on Open Systems (Online) pp. 25 - 30
• Main Authors: Muller, Matthias, Schindler, Christian, Luhana, Kirshan Kumar, Slany, Wolfgang
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.11.2018
• Subjects: Block Based Programming; Catrobat; Computer Science Education; Encoding; FLOSS; Internet; Mobile Applications; Open Source Development; Pocket Code; Programming profession; Smart phones; Visual Programming; Visualization

Visual coding frameworks and block-based languages became an essential resource for computer science education. Applied in different courses and subjects they foster computational thinking, collaboration, and knowledge-sharing. Furthermore, sharing the outcomes promote the development of an open min...