IT Fluency from a Project-Based Program for Middle School Students
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Information technology (IT) fluency is not well defined for K12 students and this work contributes to filling this gap. In this paper we describe an after-school and summer program that aims to develop IT fluency by teaching computer game construction to middle school girls. Aspects of this program important for IT fluency acquisition are described. The game development software offered both challenges and opportunities for girls to develop IT fluency. We make suggestions for program modifications to achieve similar outcomes in a classroom setting. Our efforts to map projectbased activities to IT fluency are important to the use of programs of this type in public classroom settings and for defining IT fluency in K-12.
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