A copy of this work was available on the public web and has been preserved in the Wayback Machine. The capture dates from 2020; you can also visit the original URL.
The file type is application/pdf.
Filters
EUROPA: A Case Study for Teaching Sensors, Data Acquisition and Robotics via a ROS-Based Educational Robot
2020
Sensors
Preserved Fulltext
Finally, an introductory STEM curriculum developed for EUROPA and applied in a class of high school students is presented. ...
In this paper EUROPA, an extensible, open software and open hardware robotic platform is presented focusing on teaching physics, sensors, data acquisition and robotics. ...
It allows programming with introductory or more advanced tools, depending on educational level. Its main controller is the Raspberry Pi 3 B+. ...
doi:10.3390/s20092469
pmid:32349247
fatcat:juu7zcixancoznkkkemdqvyinm
Taking Computer Science and Programming into Schools: The Glyndŵr/BCS Turing Project
2014
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
Preserved Fulltext
A copy of this work was available on the public web and has been preserved in the Wayback Machine. The capture dates from 2017; you can also visit the original URL.
The file type is application/pdf.
The Turing Project uses an innovative combination of Lego NXT Mindstorm robots, Raspberry Pi computers and PicoBoard hardware together with the Robot C and Scratch programming platforms. ...
It describes, in particular, the work of the BCS-funded Glyndwr University 'Turing Project' in introducing Welsh high-school students and staff to high-level programming and 'computational thinking'. ...
Acknowledgements This work was made possible through a British Computer Society (BCS) Educational Grant (under the 2012 'Turing Award' Scheme), the generous support of Computing At School (CAS), Techniquest ...
doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.05.119
fatcat:42funx2kcrcudismys5wxjttda
Educational Programming on the Raspberry Pi
2016
Electronics
Preserved Fulltext
A copy of this work was available on the public web and has been preserved in the Wayback Machine. The capture dates from 2019; you can also visit the original URL.
The file type is application/pdf.
With the original release, the Raspberry Pi included two programming environments in the standard distribution software: Scratch and IDLE, a Python environment. ...
Greenfoot and BlueJ are both now included in the Raspberry Pi standard software distribution, and they differ in many respects from IDLE; they are more graphical, more interactive, more engaging, and illustrate ...
and Scratch Scratch has been available on the Raspberry Pi for introductory programming education longer than Greenfoot, so it is interesting to evaluate how they relate. ...
doi:10.3390/electronics5030033
fatcat:btgjdywidvgdlpl4woc2yttmua
Single Board Computers (SBC): The Future of Next Generation Pedagogies in Pakistan
[article]
2020
arXiv
pre-print
Preserved Fulltext
A copy of this work was available on the public web and has been preserved in the Wayback Machine. The capture dates from 2020; you can also visit the original URL.
The file type is application/pdf.
ARM processors have taken over the mobile industry from a long time now. Future of data centers and the IT industry is estimated to make use of ARM Processors. ...
Projects like Openstack on ARM are enabling use of ARM in data centers . Single board computers (SBCs) based on ARM processors have become the norm these days. ...
The presented solution solves that problem allowing the user to focus on programming the main task. Authors have presented a prototype which is made up of Raspberry Pi 3B and 3B+ SBCs. ...
arXiv:2008.06576v1
fatcat:iggtqrux35dalby6r5l7l6tllq
PiBot: An Open Low-Cost Robotic Platform with Camera for STEM Education
2018
Electronics
Preserved Fulltext
A copy of this work was available on the public web and has been preserved in the Wayback Machine. The capture dates from 2019; you can also visit the original URL.
The file type is application/pdf.
Its computational core is the Raspberry Pi 3 controller board, and the greatest novelty of this prototype is the support developed for the powerful camera mounted on board, the PiCamera. ...
They are publicly available so that students and schools without the physical robot or that cannot afford to obtain one, can nevertheless practice, learn and teach Robotics using these open platforms: ...
Figure 5 . 5 Motors, Raspberry Pi board and PiBot made with 3D printable pieces. ...
doi:10.3390/electronics7120430
fatcat:uma2zqccxndfhbprsr4jz4m7mu
Incorporating Complexity in Computing Camps for High School Students – A Report on the Summer Computing Academy Program at Texas A&M University
2020
The Journal of Computational Science Education
Preserved Fulltext
A copy of this work was available on the public web and has been preserved in the Wayback Machine. The capture dates from 2020; you can also visit the original URL.
The file type is application/pdf.
The hands-on exercises included in the program have received rave reviews from parents and students alike. ...
The Summer Computing Academy (SCA) at is a weeklong cybertraining 1 program offered to high school students by High Performance Research Computing (HPRC) at Texas A&M University (Texas A&M TAMU). ...
(ii) Did you use any of the skills gained from the computing academy (for example started programming as a hobby, experimenting with your Raspberry Pi, used it in school projects etc.? ...
doi:10.22369/issn.2153-4136/11/1/3
fatcat:b3c67dxadfghfbb247j2zihalu
Engaging novices in programming, experimenting, and learning with data
2014
ACM inroads
Preserved Fulltext
A copy of this work was available on the public web and has been preserved in the Wayback Machine. The capture dates from 2017; you can also visit the original URL.
The file type is application/pdf.
Most introductory computer science and programming courses that are taught today, however, focus on the "process" aspect of programming, focusing on algorithmic concepts and related areas such as flow ...
Scratch has been designed especially for young programmers W e describe a number of new and upcoming initiatives within the Scratch project that focus on introducing programming with data to young programmers ...
Brian Silverman and Paula Bonta from the Playful Invention Company have also provided invaluable advice, along with Professor Hal Abelson from MIT CSAIL. ...
doi:10.1145/2684721.2684737
fatcat:l2ldszs54rcbrlaytxksxvwmma
Advanced Autonomy on a Low-Cost Educational Drone Platform
[article]
2019
arXiv
pre-print
Preserved Fulltext
A copy of this work was available on the public web and has been preserved in the Wayback Machine. The capture dates from 2020; you can also visit the original URL.
The file type is application/pdf.
PiDrone is a quadrotor platform created to accompany an introductory robotics course. Students build an autonomous flying robot from scratch and learn to program it through assignments and projects. ...
Our evaluation demonstrates that our autonomous educational framework runs quickly and accurately on a Raspberry Pi in Python, making it ideal for use in educational settings. ...
Soldering directly to the pins of the Raspberry Pi is a difficult task for introductory students. Instead, the Raspberry Pi HAT allows students to solder to pads rather than pins. ...
arXiv:1910.03516v1
fatcat:6z2vkw5ntbcpfcw5aukqp3onbe
Evaluating a Course for Teaching Advanced Programming Concepts with Scratch to Preservice Kindergarten Teachers: A Case Study in Greece
[chapter]
2018
Early Childhood Education [Working Title]
Preserved Fulltext
A copy of this work was available on the public web and has been preserved in the Wayback Machine. The capture dates from 2019; you can also visit the original URL.
The file type is application/pdf.
The aim of using Scratch was to excite students' interest and familiarize them with the basics of programming in an open-ended, project-based, and personally meaningful environment for a semester course ...
The results we obtained were more satisfactory than expected and, in some regards, encouraging if one considers the fact that the research participants had no prior experiences with computational thinking ...
Scratch scores in two randomly selected students' projects. ...
doi:10.5772/intechopen.81714
fatcat:fhxjxlx3tfctzodfo24f4mpvvi
A Review of Interventions to Recruit and Retain ICT Students
2014
International Journal of Modern Education and Computer Science
Preserved Fulltext
A copy of this work was available on the public web and has been preserved in the Wayback Machine. The capture dates from 2017; you can also visit the original URL.
The file type is application/pdf.
The three pedagogical approaches that emerged from an analysis of the successful interventions were: (1) visual programming environments to teach introductory programming, (2) inquiry learning activities ...
This article reviews and analyses the educational research literature on interventions to increase the recruitment and retention of information and communications technology (ICT) students. ...
At the introductory level the Lego MindStorm platform and recent popular platforms such as Arduino, Robotic HomeLab and even Raspberry Pi offer good possibilities for integrating ICT knowledge with interdisciplinary ...
doi:10.5815/ijmecs.2014.03.06
fatcat:q565gr5sznga3prepegjb63iym
DNA sonification for public engagement in bioinformatics
2021
BMC Research Notes
Preserved Fulltext
A copy of this work was available on the public web and has been preserved in the Wayback Machine. The capture dates from 2021; you can also visit the original URL.
The file type is application/pdf.
We report a brief analysis from public engagement events we conducted that featured this method of sonification. Results We report on use of DNA sequence sonification at two public events. ...
We also discuss further directions for research on integration of sonification into bioinformatics public engagement and education. ...
Acknowledgements We thank Craig Steele for work on the project at the Glasgow Picademy event. We thank Edward Martin for comments on an earlier version of this manuscript. ...
doi:10.1186/s13104-021-05685-7
fatcat:rvirqpg5hbcl7npvp4i35z5paa
Bringing computational science to the public
2016
SpringerPlus
Preserved Fulltext
A copy of this work was available on the public web and has been preserved in the Wayback Machine. The capture dates from 2017; you can also visit the original URL.
The file type is application/pdf.
We used low-cost Raspberry Pi computers to provide hands on experience in computer programming and demonstrated the application of computers to biology. ...
This work builds on the original work of the 4273π bioinformatics education program of Barker et al. (2013, BMC Bioinform. 14:243). 4273π provides open source education materials in bioinformatics. ...
We also thank the School of Biology at the University of St Andrews for the use of automated questionnaire-reading software (Remark Office), and Sumit Bains for running it on our behalf. ...
doi:10.1186/s40064-016-1856-7
pmid:27006868
pmcid:PMC4775721
fatcat:2sec6cedoffdtpoimhb2qbkmui
Block.ino: Remote Lab for Programming Teaching and Learning
2020
International Journal of Advanced Engineering Research and Science
Preserved Fulltext
A copy of this work was available on the public web and has been preserved in the Wayback Machine. The capture dates from 2020; you can also visit the original URL.
The file type is application/pdf.
The average scores for the 24 items, arranged on a Likert scale of 5 (-2 to 2) points, were 1.58 for high school and 1.43 for higher education. ...
The results showed that Block.Ino can bring benefits to practical activities in introductory computer programming disciplines, especially outside the classroom environment, by taking advantage of existing ...
Additionally, the arrival of user-friendly tools including Arduino, Raspberry PI, Scratch and LegoNXT are making it easier than ever for students to get started on coding learning [10] . ...
doi:10.22161/ijaers.71.6
fatcat:ntq7u2svhfdepmmvgwyfexp6fq
How to Build a Fast HPC n-Body Engine From Scratch
2017
The Journal of Computational Science Education
Preserved Fulltext
A copy of this work was available on the public web and has been preserved in the Wayback Machine. The capture dates from 2019; you can also visit the original URL.
The file type is application/pdf.
Computational knowledge is especially important due to the tremendous impact that computer programming has had on all scientific and engineering disciplines. ...
Students would undertake projects that explores how to program simple tasks and operations and ultimately ends in a final project aimed at assessing the knowledge accumulated from the course. ...
Some prototyping of HPC code will be performed on the Marmion Academy Raspberry Pi HPC cluster. Grading is formative. ...
doi:10.22369/issn.2153-4136/8/2/6
fatcat:mzuka4z57bbofkwcxochhzf6rm
Blockytalky: A Physical And Distributed Computer Music Toolkit For Kids
2016
Zenodo
Preserved Fulltext
A copy of this work was available on the public web and has been preserved in the Wayback Machine. The capture dates from 2020; you can also visit the original URL.
The file type is application/pdf.
We offer findings from our research on student learning through programming and performance. We conclude by suggesting a number of future directions for NIME researchers interested in education. ...
BlockyTalky is open source and runs on low-cost single-board computers like the Raspberry Pi. ...
Our current iteration of the tools use Sonic Pi for sound sequencing and synthesis. In general, Sonic Pi works well, including on the relatively low-end hardware of the Raspberry Pi. ...
doi:10.5281/zenodo.1176120
fatcat:zaqd2vrwl5gqpjiittceu4zduy
« Previous
Showing results 1 — 15 out of 131 results