Robotic Badges for Girl Scouts Coding Exploration Integrated with Multimodal Literacy

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Published: Dec 10, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13001/jtilt.v3i2.8763
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computer science, robots, coding, Girl Scouts, multimodal literacy

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Meize Guo
University of Florida
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3013-964X
Jue Wang
University of Idaho
https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2912-9560

Abstract

This three-day computer science (CS) robotics coding exploration targets three Girl Scouts (n.d.) Brownie (2nd/3rd grades) badges. For each badge, a 60-minute session follows the 5E instructional model, which incorporates various robots to provide learners with diverse coding experiences. Throughout the coding exploration, learners engaged with real-life robot applications and used different robots to complete coding challenges. This learning exploration concluded by having learners complete at least one robot coding challenge per session, tailored to their capability, and utilize their expressive language skills to describe and explain their designed artifacts, algorithms, and block-based codes. This coding exploration can be extended to support broader elementary-level CS instruction. 

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Guo, M., & Wang, J. (2024). Robotic Badges for Girl Scouts: Coding Exploration Integrated with Multimodal Literacy . Journal of Technology-Integrated Lessons and Teaching, 3(2), 30–40. https://doi.org/10.13001/jtilt.v3i2.8763
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Vol. 3 No. 2 (2024): Journal of Technology-Integrated Lessons and Teaching
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Author Biographies

Meize Guo, University of Florida

Dr. Meize Guo is a Research Assistant Scientist at the CSEveryone Center for Computer Science Education at the University of Florida. She centers her professional endeavors on supporting learners and educators in instructional design, technology integration, STEM education, and computer science education.

Jue Wang, University of Idaho

Dr. Jue Wang is an Assistant Professor of Literacy Studies in Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Idaho, the United States. She obtained her doctoral degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the Pennsylvania State University in 2021. Her research specializes in curriculum planning and literacy instruction, in particular for students in underserved communities. Jue has been training graduate students in ethnographic research methods and preservice teachers in early childhood and elementary literacies.