{"id":682,"date":"2024-02-14T01:58:20","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T01:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpdev.acsu.buffalo.edu\/playfulai\/?page_id=682"},"modified":"2024-02-14T01:58:20","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T01:58:20","slug":"computational-thinking-ct-for-young-children-and-their-caregivers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/playfulai\/projects\/computational-thinking-ct-for-young-children-and-their-caregivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Computational Thinking (CT) for Young Children and Their Caregivers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Computational Thinking (CT) for Young Children and Their Caregivers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/playfulai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/215\/2024\/02\/image18.png\" alt=\"A teacher sharing research with an audience\" class=\"wp-image-484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/playfulai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/215\/2024\/02\/image18.png 1024w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/playfulai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/215\/2024\/02\/image18-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/playfulai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/215\/2024\/02\/image18-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/playfulai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/215\/2024\/02\/image21-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Two teachers\" class=\"wp-image-683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/playfulai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/215\/2024\/02\/image21-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/playfulai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/215\/2024\/02\/image21-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/playfulai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/215\/2024\/02\/image21-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/playfulai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/215\/2024\/02\/image21-1536x1153.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/playfulai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/215\/2024\/02\/image21.jpg 1999w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Timeline: Summer 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In collaboration with the King Urban Life Center, we launched an innovative after-school Computational Thinking (CT) program, specially designed for children and their parents from disadvantaged communities. The program&#8217;s key components include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Engaging Learning Experiences: Providing interactive sessions that introduce foundational CT concepts in an age-appropriate and engaging manner.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Parental Involvement: Encouraging parents to actively participate, fostering a supportive learning environment at home.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Community Focus: Tailoring the program to meet the specific needs and context of the participating families from disadvantaged communities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Feedback-Driven Improvement: Using the collected data to iteratively improve the program, ensuring it remains relevant, effective, and in harmony with the community&#8217;s needs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This CT program represents a crucial step in bringing advanced educational concepts to underserved communities, bridging the digital divide, and laying a strong foundation for future learning and development in computational thinking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Computational Thinking (CT) for Young Children and Their Caregivers Timeline: Summer 2023 In collaboration with the King Urban Life Center, we launched an innovative after-school Computational Thinking (CT) program, specially [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":442,"featured_media":0,"parent":24,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-682","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/playfulai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/playfulai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/playfulai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/playfulai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/442"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/playfulai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/playfulai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/682\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/playfulai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/playfulai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}