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BLOCKS+ 2018 Program
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Sun 4 NovDisplayed time zone: Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey change
Sun 4 Nov
Displayed time zone: Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey change
08:20 - 08:30 | |||
08:30 - 09:00 | |||
08:30 30mTalk | Mental Models, Metaphors and Misconceptions BLOCKS+ | ||
10:30 - 11:00 | |||
10:30 30mTalk | Panel: Block Abstractions for Artificial Intelligence BLOCKS+ A: Evan W Patton Massachusetts Institute of Technology, A: Stefania Druga Massachusetts Institute of Technology, A: Jessica Van Brummelen Massachusetts Institute of Technology, P: Joe Mazzone Teacher at Davies Career and Technical High School, P: Xavier Puig Fernandez MIT-CSAIL Pre-print | ||
11:00 - 12:00 | |||
11:00 10mTalk | Broadening Participation in Computer Science through Block Programming BLOCKS+ Beryl Hoffman Elms College, Ralph Morelli Trinity College, Jennifer Rosato College of St. Scholastica Pre-print | ||
11:10 10mTalk | Reducing the Barriers for Computational Action: How Blocks-Based Programming Can Support Digital Empowerment BLOCKS+ Mike Tissenbaum University of Illinois, Urbana-Champain, Josh Sheldon MIT App Inventor, Hal Abelson MIT Pre-print | ||
11:20 8mOther | Themed Session 2: Whole-group discussions BLOCKS+ | ||
11:28 3mTalk | Educational Robotics with a Twist BLOCKS+ Pre-print | ||
11:31 3mTalk | A Blocks-Based Approach to Internet of Things in MIT App Inventor BLOCKS+ Pre-print | ||
11:34 3mTalk | DevTech Lab - KIBO and ScratchJr Demo BLOCKS+ Catherine Cowell Tufts University, Hannah Riehl Tufts University, Marina Umaschi Bers Tufts University Pre-print | ||
11:37 3mTalk | CloudDB in MIT App Inventor BLOCKS+ | ||
11:40 20mOther | Themed Session 2: Breakout discussions and demos/posters BLOCKS+ | ||
13:10 - 14:10 | |||
13:10 60mTalk | Thinking Outside the Blocks BLOCKS+ R. Benjamin Shapiro University of Colorado, Boulder | ||
14:10 - 15:00 | |||
14:10 10mTalk | Building an Accessible Block Environment BLOCKS+ Emmanuel Schanzer Brown University, Sina Bahram Prime Access Consulting, Shriram Krishnamurthi Brown University, USA Pre-print | ||
14:20 5mTalk | Language Workbench Support for Block-Based DSLs BLOCKS+ Mauricio Verano Merino Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Tijs van der Storm CWI & University of Groningen Pre-print | ||
14:25 5mTalk | Rapid Prototyping for Blocks-based Languages and Environments BLOCKS+ Pre-print | ||
14:30 5mTalk | TypeScript: From JavaScript to Blockly and Back BLOCKS+ Thomas Ball Microsoft Research, Peli de Halleux Microsoft Research, Sam El-Husseini Microsoft, Richard Knoll Microsoft, Michal Moskal Microsoft Research Pre-print | ||
14:35 25mOther | Themed Session 3: Break-out discussions and demos/posters BLOCKS+ | ||
15:30 - 16:15 | |||
15:30 5mTalk | Enhancing and Evaluating Collaborative Blocks Programming in App Inventor BLOCKS+ Pre-print | ||
15:35 5mTalk | Real-time Collaboration and Undo in StarLogo Nova: Technical Approach and Considerations for UX Design BLOCKS+ Denis Li MIT Scheller Teacher Education Program, Lisa Stump MIT Scheller Teacher Education Program, Daniel Wendel MIT Scheller Teacher Education Program Pre-print | ||
15:40 5mTalk | Real-time Collaboration in NetsBlox BLOCKS+ Akos Ledeczi Vanderbilt University | ||
15:45 5mTalk | Multi-Device Grace BLOCKS+ Ben Selwyn-Smith , Craig Anslow Victoria University of Wellington, Michael Homer Victoria University of Wellington | ||
15:50 25mOther | Themed Session 4: Break-out discussions and demos/posters BLOCKS+ | ||
16:15 - 17:00 | |||
16:15 5mTalk | Rethinking OOP in Snap! BLOCKS+ Pre-print | ||
16:20 5mTalk | Custom Blocks in StarLogo Nova: A Template-Based Approach to Abstraction for Improved Ease of Use and Expressive Power BLOCKS+ Hyeonsu Kang MIT Scheller Teacher Education Program, David Wu MIT, Daniel Wendel MIT Scheller Teacher Education Program Pre-print | ||
16:25 5mTalk | Two New Block Features in GP BLOCKS+ | ||
16:30 5mTalk | JSON Interoperability in MIT App Inventor BLOCKS+ Evan W Patton Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Danny Tang Massachusetts Institute of Technology Pre-print | ||
16:35 5mTalk | Scratch 3.0 Design Notes BLOCKS+ | ||
16:40 20mOther | Implementers’ Campfire: Whole group discussions BLOCKS+ | ||
17:00 - 17:05 | |||
17:05 - 17:45 | |||
17:05 40mOther | Playground Demo/Poster Session BLOCKS+ | ||