The hAPPy-Lab: A Gender-Conscious Way To Learn Coding Basics in an Open Makerspace Setting

Reference Format: Spieler, B.; Grandl, M.; and Krnjic, V. (2020). The hAPPy-Lab: A Gender-Conscious Way To Learn Coding Basics in an Open Makerspace Setting. Proceedings of the International Conference on Informatics in School: Situation, Evaluation and Perspectives, November 16-18, 2020, Tallinn, Estonia.

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[GERMAN] Das PECC-Framework: Gender-Sensibilität und spielerische Programmierung in der informatischen Grundbildung

Zitiervorschlag: Spieler, B. und Girvan, C. (2020) Das PECC-Framework: Gender-Sensibilität und spielerische Programmierung in der informatischen Grundbildung. DELFI 2020 – Die 18. Fachtagung Bildungstechnologien der Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. – Komplettband. In: Zender, R., Ifenthaler, D., Leonhardt, T. & Schumacher, C. (Hrsg.), DELFI 2020 – Die 18. Fachtagung Bildungstechnologien der Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.. Bonn: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. S. 247 – 258. Link

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Radio Discussion on Tonkuhle

Radio “Tonkuhle”
03.08.2020
Radio report, 5 min, in German

Topic: Support actions of the University of Hildesheim in homeschooling. Due corona, homeschooling was suddenly a topic nationwide. Students and teachers stayed completely at home and had to fulfill extensive tasks at home. During the lockdown at the University of Hildesheim Paula Thelen asked questions about homeschooling.

Interview with mathematics didactics Prof. Dr. Barbara Schmidt-Thieme from the Center for Teacher Training and Educational Research and for computer science didactics Dr. Bernadette Spieler.

Link: https://soundcloud.com/radio-tonkuhle-1053/probleme-und-losungen-beim-homeschooling

“RemoteMentor”: Evaluation of interactions between teenage girls, remote tutors, and coding activities in school lessons

Reference Format: B. Spieler, J. Mikats, S. Valentin, L. Oates-Indruchova, and W. Slany, 2020. “RemoteMentor”: Evaluation of interactions between teenage girls, remote tutors, and coding activities in school lessons. In Proceedings of the 7th international conference on learning and collaboration technologies (LCT). July19-24, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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CeLeB: Support for homeschooling

There are various initiatives at the University of Hildesheim to support digital teaching / learning scenarios and to help children and students in learning online. The “Center for Teacher Education and Educational Research” (CeLeB) provides an overview of services for homeschooling (in German).

Link: https://www.uni-hildesheim.de/neuigkeiten/centrum-fuer-lehrerbildung-unterstuetzung-bei-homeschooling-und-kooperationsangebote-fuer-schulen/

and https://www.uni-hildesheim.de/coronavernetzt/

 

Interview Uni Hildesheim

Dr. Bernadette Spieler is currently developing several trainings for teachers in homeschooling and online teaching. In a free online event on May 7, 2020, teachers can ask questions and spark discussions on online teaching. This will be followed in June 2020 by an advanced training series on the topic of “Teaching and learning with digital media”. In an interview, she talks about the online coding weeks for children (in German).

Link: https://www.uni-hildesheim.de/neuigkeiten/schulen-im-digitalen-wandel-interview-mit-informatikerin-dr-bernadette-spieler/

and @idw_online_en Interview: https://idw-online.de/de/news745189

 

The computer scientist Dr. Bernadette Spieler during the online coding course for children. She researches and teaches in the field of computer science didactics at the University of Hildesheim. 21 children have developed small games with the App Pocket Code during the online coding course at the University of Hildesheim and thus learned their first steps in programming in a playful way.