In this episode I unpack Kafai and Proctor’s (2021) publication titled “A revaluation of computational thinking in K–12 education: Moving toward computational literacies,” which summarizes three key framings of computational thinking and proposes computational literacies in place of computational thinking.

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00:00 Intro

00:20 Abstract

01:09 My single sentence summary

01:58 Paper introduction

02:42 Three framings of computational thinking

03:29 Cognitive framing

04:01 Situated framing

05:31 Critical framing

07:33 Moving toward computational literacies

12:24 Three core questions

15:20 What

17:19 How

19:31 Priorities for K-12 inquiries

20:21 Lingering questions and thoughts

20:27 I like the move away from the word “thinking” to “literacies.”

20:47 What are your thoughts about the term “computational literacies” over “computational thinking?”

21:18 Outro