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'''Marina Umaschi Bers''' is the Augustus Long Professor of Education at [[Boston College]]. Bers holds a secondary appointment in Boston College's [https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/schools/mcas/departments/computer-science.html Department of Computer Science]. Bers directs the interdisciplinary [https://sites.bc.edu/devtech/ DevTech Research Group], which she started in 2001 at Tufts University<ref name=":2" />. Her research involves the design and study of innovative learning technologies to promote children’s positive development. She is a pioneer in the field of early childhood computer science with projects of national and international visibility. Dr. Bers is the co-creator of the free ScratchJr programming language, used by 35 million children, and the creator of the KIBO robotic kit, which has no screens or keyboards<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Otoka |first=Isabella |date=12 December 2022 |title=DevTech Research Group |url=https://sites.bc.edu/devtech/ |url-status=live |access-date=12 December 2022 |website=DevTech Research Group}}</ref>. Bers is passionate about the potential of coding playgrounds to foster new ways of learning, to support socio-emotional development, and to engage in critical thinking and creative expression. She seeks to design learning environments that not only teach technical skills, but also develop character strengths to make a better world. Her work involves four dimensions: theoretical contributions, design of new technologies, empirical research to test and evaluate the theory and the technologies, and outreach to disseminate their work<ref name=":5" />. Besides her work on Bers on programming languages such as KIBO and ScratchJr, she has led the development of teaching materials and pedagogical strategies for the professional development of early childhood educators and community engagement.<ref name=":5" />
'''Marina Umaschi Bers''' is the Augustus Long Professor of Education at [[Boston College]]. Bers holds a secondary appointment in Boston College's [https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/schools/mcas/departments/computer-science.html Department of Computer Science]. Bers directs the interdisciplinary [https://sites.bc.edu/devtech/ DevTech Research Group], which she started in 2001 at Tufts University.<ref name=":2" /> Her research involves the design and study of innovative learning technologies to promote children’s positive development. She is a pioneer in the field of early childhood computer science with projects of national and international visibility. Dr. Bers is the co-creator of the free ScratchJr programming language, used by 35 million children, and the creator of the KIBO robotic kit, which has no screens or keyboards.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Otoka |first=Isabella |date=12 December 2022 |title=DevTech Research Group |url=https://sites.bc.edu/devtech/ |url-status=live |access-date=12 December 2022 |website=DevTech Research Group}}</ref> Bers is passionate about the potential of coding playgrounds to foster new ways of learning, to support socio-emotional development, and to engage in critical thinking and creative expression. She seeks to design learning environments that not only teach technical skills, but also develop character strengths to make a better world. Her work involves four dimensions: theoretical contributions, design of new technologies, empirical research to test and evaluate the theory and the technologies, and outreach to disseminate their work.<ref name=":5" /> Besides her work on Bers on programming languages such as KIBO and ScratchJr, she has led the development of teaching materials and pedagogical strategies for the professional development of early childhood educators and community engagement.<ref name=":5" />


== Education ==
== Education ==
Marina Umaschi Bers went to [[University of Buenos Aires|Buenos Aires University]] in Argentina and received her undergraduate degree in Social Communications (1993). In 1994, she earned a Master’s degree in Educational Media and Technology from [[Boston University]]; she also has an M.S. from [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=May 7, 2021|title=CV for Marina Umaschi Bers|url=https://sites.tufts.edu/mbers01/files/2021/09/Bers-CV-05-07-21-3.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=December 13, 2021}}</ref> In 2001, she earned a Ph.D. from the MIT Media Laboratory working under the mentorship of Seymour Papert<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Bers |first=Marina |date=12 December 2022 |title=Marinabers.com |url=https://www.marinabers.com |url-status=live |access-date=12 December 2022 |website=Marina Bers' Website}}</ref>. In 2001 Bers created her research group, the Developmental Technologies, or DevTech, at the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development at Tufts University<ref name=":5" />. In 2018 she was named the chair of the Eliot-Pearson Dept. of Child Development<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Marina Umaschi Bers, PhD {{!}} Professor and Chair, Eliot-Pearson Dept. of Child Study & Human Development; Dept. of Computer Science; Director, DevTech Research Group, Tufts University |url=http://sites.tufts.edu/mbers01/ |access-date=2021-12-12 |language=en-US}}</ref>. <sup> </sup>In 2022 she moved to Boston College as the August Long Professor of Education at the Lynch School of Education and Human Development<ref name=":5" />. Bers received an appointment in Boston College's Department of Computer Science and is an affiliated faculty with the Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Marina Bers - Lynch School of Education and Human Development - Boston College |url=https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/lynch-school/faculty-research/faculty-directory/marina-bers.html |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=www.bc.edu |language=en}}</ref>.
Marina Umaschi Bers went to [[University of Buenos Aires|Buenos Aires University]] in Argentina and received her undergraduate degree in Social Communications (1993). In 1994, she earned a Master’s degree in Educational Media and Technology from [[Boston University]]; she also has an M.S. from [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=May 7, 2021|title=CV for Marina Umaschi Bers|url=https://sites.tufts.edu/mbers01/files/2021/09/Bers-CV-05-07-21-3.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=December 13, 2021}}</ref> In 2001, she earned a Ph.D. from the MIT Media Laboratory working under the mentorship of Seymour Papert.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Bers |first=Marina |date=12 December 2022 |title=Marinabers.com |url=https://www.marinabers.com |url-status=live |access-date=12 December 2022 |website=Marina Bers' Website}}</ref> In 2001 Bers created her research group, the Developmental Technologies, or DevTech, at the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development at Tufts University.<ref name=":5" /> In 2018 she was named the chair of the Eliot-Pearson Dept. of Child Development.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Marina Umaschi Bers, PhD {{!}} Professor and Chair, Eliot-Pearson Dept. of Child Study & Human Development; Dept. of Computer Science; Director, DevTech Research Group, Tufts University |url=http://sites.tufts.edu/mbers01/ |access-date=2021-12-12 |language=en-US}}</ref>  In 2022 she moved to Boston College as the August Long Professor of Education at the Lynch School of Education and Human Development.<ref name=":5" /> Bers received an appointment in Boston College's Department of Computer Science and is an affiliated faculty with the Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Marina Bers - Lynch School of Education and Human Development - Boston College |url=https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/lynch-school/faculty-research/faculty-directory/marina-bers.html |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=www.bc.edu |language=en}}</ref>


Bers co-founded KinderLab Robotics in 2013,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=April 2, 2015|title=Boston Business Journal announces 2015 Women to Watch in Science and Technology honorees|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2015/04/02/boston-business-journal-announces-2015-women-to.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-12|website=www.bizjournals.com}}</ref> and has worked with [[WGBH-TV]] and [[PBS]] on content for children's broadcasting.<ref name=":2" />
Bers co-founded KinderLab Robotics in 2013,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=April 2, 2015|title=Boston Business Journal announces 2015 Women to Watch in Science and Technology honorees|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2015/04/02/boston-business-journal-announces-2015-women-to.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-12|website=www.bizjournals.com}}</ref> and has worked with [[WGBH-TV]] and [[PBS]] on content for children's broadcasting.<ref name=":2" />
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Bers’ research centers around the potential of technology to foster the development of children. Her early work examined storytelling and language in children,<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Bers|first1=Marina Umaschi|last2=Cassell|first2=Justine|date=1998|title=Interactive Storytelling Systems for Children: Using Technology To Explore Language and Identity|url=https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ580135|journal=Journal of Interactive Learning Research|language=en|volume=9|issue=2|pages=183–215|issn=1093-023X}}</ref> robotics in early childhood education,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bers|first=Marina Umaschi|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/156994433|title=Blocks to robots : learning with technology in the early childhood classroom|date=2008|publisher=Teachers College Press|isbn=978-0-8077-4848-0|location=New York|oclc=156994433}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Bers|first1=Marina U.|last2=Ponte|first2=Iris|last3=Juelich|first3=Catherine|last4=Viera|first4=Alison|last5=Schenker|first5=Jonathan|date=2002|title=Teachers as Designers: Integrating Robotics in Early Childhood Education|url=https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/8850/|journal=Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual|language=en|volume=2002|issue=1|pages=123–145|issn=1522-8185}}</ref> and the development of values in virtual environments.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Umaschi Bers|first=Marina|date=2001-10-01|title=Identity Construction Environments: Developing Personal and Moral Values Through the Design of a Virtual City|url=https://doi.org/10.1207/S15327809JLS1004new_1|journal=Journal of the Learning Sciences|volume=10|issue=4|pages=365–415|doi=10.1207/S15327809JLS1004new_1|issn=1050-8406}}</ref> In 2012 she developed the TangibleK robotics program to teach young children about the world of technology.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bers|first=Marina U.|date=2010|title=The TangibleK Robotics Program: Applied Computational Thinking for Young Children|url=https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ910910|journal=Early Childhood Research & Practice|language=en|volume=12|issue=2|issn=1524-5039}}</ref> Bers developed the [[ScratchJr]] programming language collaboratively with [[Mitchel Resnick|Mitch Resnick]], [[Paula Bonta]], and [[Brian Silverman]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=What is ScratchJr?|url=https://www.scratchjr.org/about/info|url-status=live|access-date=December 14, 2021|website=ScratchJr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=October 1, 2014|title=Coding for kindergarteners: App teaches kids computer basics|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/scratch-jr-app-teaches-kindergarteners-the-basics-of-computer-coding/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-14|website=www.cbsnews.com|language=en-US}}</ref> ScratchJr targets children from ages 5 to 7,<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Flannery|first1=Louise P.|last2=Silverman|first2=Brian|last3=Kazakoff|first3=Elizabeth R.|last4=Bers|first4=Marina Umaschi|last5=Bontá|first5=Paula|last6=Resnick|first6=Mitchel|date=2013-06-24|title=Designing ScratchJr: support for early childhood learning through computer programming|url=https://doi.org/10.1145/2485760.2485785|journal=Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children|series=IDC '13|location=New York, NY, USA|publisher=Association for Computing Machinery|pages=1–10|doi=10.1145/2485760.2485785|isbn=978-1-4503-1918-8|s2cid=6439406}}</ref> and is an offshoot of [[Scratch (programming language)|Scratch]] which is used to teach programming to children from 8 to 16 computer programming.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Strawhacker|first1=Amanda|last2=Lee|first2=Melissa|last3=Caine|first3=Claire|last4=Bers|first4=Marina|date=2015-06-21|title=ScratchJr demo: a coding language for kindergarten|url=https://doi.org/10.1145/2771839.2771867|journal=Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children|series=IDC '15|location=New York, NY, USA|publisher=Association for Computing Machinery|pages=414–417|doi=10.1145/2771839.2771867|isbn=978-1-4503-3590-4|s2cid=10064947}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bers|first=Marina Umaschi|date=2018|title=Coding, playgrounds and literacy in early childhood education: The development of KIBO robotics and ScratchJr|url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8363498|journal=2018 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)|pages=2094–2102|doi=10.1109/EDUCON.2018.8363498|isbn=978-1-5386-2957-4|s2cid=44071304}}</ref> Bers also works to train childhood educators on the use of technology in the classroom<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Bers|first1=Marina|last2=Seddighin|first2=Safoura|last3=Sullivan|first3=Amanda|date=2013|title=Ready for Robotics:Bringing together the T and E of STEM in early childhood teacher education|url=https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/41987/|journal=Journal of Technology and Teacher Education|language=en|volume=21|issue=3|pages=355–377|issn=1059-7069}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Bers|first1=Marina Umaschi|last2=Flannery|first2=Louise|last3=Kazakoff|first3=Elizabeth R.|last4=Sullivan|first4=Amanda|date=2014-03-01|title=Computational thinking and tinkering: Exploration of an early childhood robotics curriculum|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360131513003059|journal=Computers & Education|language=en|volume=72|pages=145–157|doi=10.1016/j.compedu.2013.10.020|issn=0360-1315}}</ref> and develops curriculum that can be used to teach programming and computational thinking.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bers|first=Marina Umaschi|url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781003022602/coding-playground-marina-umaschi-bers|title=Coding as a Playground: Programming and Computational Thinking in the Early Childhood Classroom|date=2020-10-06|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-003-02260-2|edition=2|location=New York|doi=10.4324/9781003022602|s2cid=241551929}}</ref> She developed the KIBO robot kit, a robot that young children can program with wooden blocks and serves as a tool to teach children computer programming.<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 19, 2021|title='Coding is the new literacy': How STEM toys teach kids programming skills|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peopleandplaces/coding-is-the-new-literacy-how-stem-toys-teach-kids-programming-skills/vi-AAPG8pk|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-13|website=www.msn.com}}</ref> As of 2021, she has more than 150 publications and an [[h-index]] of 48.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Marina Bers|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=MR75asoAAAAJ&hl=en|access-date=2021-12-14|website=scholar.google.com}}</ref> To view any of DevTech's or Bers' publications please see their website: https://sites.bc.edu/devtech/publications/
Bers’ research centers around the potential of technology to foster the development of children. Her early work examined storytelling and language in children,<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Bers|first1=Marina Umaschi|last2=Cassell|first2=Justine|date=1998|title=Interactive Storytelling Systems for Children: Using Technology To Explore Language and Identity|url=https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ580135|journal=Journal of Interactive Learning Research|language=en|volume=9|issue=2|pages=183–215|issn=1093-023X}}</ref> robotics in early childhood education,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bers|first=Marina Umaschi|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/156994433|title=Blocks to robots : learning with technology in the early childhood classroom|date=2008|publisher=Teachers College Press|isbn=978-0-8077-4848-0|location=New York|oclc=156994433}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Bers|first1=Marina U.|last2=Ponte|first2=Iris|last3=Juelich|first3=Catherine|last4=Viera|first4=Alison|last5=Schenker|first5=Jonathan|date=2002|title=Teachers as Designers: Integrating Robotics in Early Childhood Education|url=https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/8850/|journal=Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual|language=en|volume=2002|issue=1|pages=123–145|issn=1522-8185}}</ref> and the development of values in virtual environments.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Umaschi Bers|first=Marina|date=2001-10-01|title=Identity Construction Environments: Developing Personal and Moral Values Through the Design of a Virtual City|url=https://doi.org/10.1207/S15327809JLS1004new_1|journal=Journal of the Learning Sciences|volume=10|issue=4|pages=365–415|doi=10.1207/S15327809JLS1004new_1|issn=1050-8406}}</ref> In 2012 she developed the TangibleK robotics program to teach young children about the world of technology.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bers|first=Marina U.|date=2010|title=The TangibleK Robotics Program: Applied Computational Thinking for Young Children|url=https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ910910|journal=Early Childhood Research & Practice|language=en|volume=12|issue=2|issn=1524-5039}}</ref> Bers developed the [[ScratchJr]] programming language collaboratively with [[Mitchel Resnick|Mitch Resnick]], [[Paula Bonta]], and [[Brian Silverman]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=What is ScratchJr?|url=https://www.scratchjr.org/about/info|url-status=live|access-date=December 14, 2021|website=ScratchJr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=October 1, 2014|title=Coding for kindergarteners: App teaches kids computer basics|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/scratch-jr-app-teaches-kindergarteners-the-basics-of-computer-coding/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-14|website=www.cbsnews.com|language=en-US}}</ref> ScratchJr targets children from ages 5 to 7,<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Flannery|first1=Louise P.|last2=Silverman|first2=Brian|last3=Kazakoff|first3=Elizabeth R.|last4=Bers|first4=Marina Umaschi|last5=Bontá|first5=Paula|last6=Resnick|first6=Mitchel|date=2013-06-24|title=Designing ScratchJr: support for early childhood learning through computer programming|url=https://doi.org/10.1145/2485760.2485785|journal=Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children|series=IDC '13|location=New York, NY, USA|publisher=Association for Computing Machinery|pages=1–10|doi=10.1145/2485760.2485785|isbn=978-1-4503-1918-8|s2cid=6439406}}</ref> and is an offshoot of [[Scratch (programming language)|Scratch]] which is used to teach programming to children from 8 to 16 computer programming.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Strawhacker|first1=Amanda|last2=Lee|first2=Melissa|last3=Caine|first3=Claire|last4=Bers|first4=Marina|date=2015-06-21|title=ScratchJr demo: a coding language for kindergarten|url=https://doi.org/10.1145/2771839.2771867|journal=Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children|series=IDC '15|location=New York, NY, USA|publisher=Association for Computing Machinery|pages=414–417|doi=10.1145/2771839.2771867|isbn=978-1-4503-3590-4|s2cid=10064947}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bers|first=Marina Umaschi|date=2018|title=Coding, playgrounds and literacy in early childhood education: The development of KIBO robotics and ScratchJr|url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8363498|journal=2018 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)|pages=2094–2102|doi=10.1109/EDUCON.2018.8363498|isbn=978-1-5386-2957-4|s2cid=44071304}}</ref> Bers also works to train childhood educators on the use of technology in the classroom<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Bers|first1=Marina|last2=Seddighin|first2=Safoura|last3=Sullivan|first3=Amanda|date=2013|title=Ready for Robotics:Bringing together the T and E of STEM in early childhood teacher education|url=https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/41987/|journal=Journal of Technology and Teacher Education|language=en|volume=21|issue=3|pages=355–377|issn=1059-7069}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Bers|first1=Marina Umaschi|last2=Flannery|first2=Louise|last3=Kazakoff|first3=Elizabeth R.|last4=Sullivan|first4=Amanda|date=2014-03-01|title=Computational thinking and tinkering: Exploration of an early childhood robotics curriculum|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360131513003059|journal=Computers & Education|language=en|volume=72|pages=145–157|doi=10.1016/j.compedu.2013.10.020|issn=0360-1315}}</ref> and develops curriculum that can be used to teach programming and computational thinking.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bers|first=Marina Umaschi|url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781003022602/coding-playground-marina-umaschi-bers|title=Coding as a Playground: Programming and Computational Thinking in the Early Childhood Classroom|date=2020-10-06|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-003-02260-2|edition=2|location=New York|doi=10.4324/9781003022602|s2cid=241551929}}</ref> She developed the KIBO robot kit, a robot that young children can program with wooden blocks and serves as a tool to teach children computer programming.<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 19, 2021|title='Coding is the new literacy': How STEM toys teach kids programming skills|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peopleandplaces/coding-is-the-new-literacy-how-stem-toys-teach-kids-programming-skills/vi-AAPG8pk|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-13|website=www.msn.com}}</ref> As of 2021, she has more than 150 publications and an [[h-index]] of 48.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Marina Bers|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=MR75asoAAAAJ&hl=en|access-date=2021-12-14|website=scholar.google.com}}</ref> To view any of DevTech's or Bers' publications please see their website: https://sites.bc.edu/devtech/publications/


Bers' research team, the DevTech Research Group, has partnered with institutions, organizations, and nations around the world to implement their technologies and teachings, conduct empirical research, translate their materials, and more. DevTech is currently partnered with 21 organizations across the globe as part of their Scratch Education Collaborative Coding as Another Language Special Interest Group<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |url=https://sites.bc.edu/codingasanotherlanguage/ |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=sites.bc.edu}}</ref>. Bers and her team started the [https://sites.bc.edu/devtech/research/coding-as-another-language/ Coding as Another Language] project, which explores how the process of teaching coding to young children can resemble the educational process used for teaching literacy and a second language and seeks to identify the overlapping associated cognitive and cultural mechanisms<ref name=":6" />.
Bers' research team, the DevTech Research Group, has partnered with institutions, organizations, and nations around the world to implement their technologies and teachings, conduct empirical research, translate their materials, and more. DevTech is currently partnered with 21 organizations across the globe as part of their Scratch Education Collaborative Coding as Another Language Special Interest Group.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |url=https://sites.bc.edu/codingasanotherlanguage/ |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=sites.bc.edu}}</ref> Bers and her team started the [https://sites.bc.edu/devtech/research/coding-as-another-language/ Coding as Another Language] project, which explores how the process of teaching coding to young children can resemble the educational process used for teaching literacy and a second language and seeks to identify the overlapping associated cognitive and cultural mechanisms.<ref name=":6" />


The [https://sites.bc.edu/codingasanotherlanguage/ Coding as Another Language] project involves several dimensions: 1) the creation of programming environments, such as KIBO robotics and ScratchJr explicitly designed with a literacy approach, 2) resources, such as the [https://sites.bc.edu/codingasanotherlanguage/curricula/ CAL (Coding as Another Language) curriculum] for ScratchJr and KIBO, which present the process of coding as a semiotic act, a meaning making activity, and not only a problem-solving challenge, 3) a theoretical framework proposed by Prof. Bers, which is described in her books [https://www.routledge.com/Coding-as-a-Playground-Programming-and-Computational-Thinking-in-the-Early/Bers/p/book/9780367900502 Coding as a Playground] and [https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/beyond-coding Beyond Coding] (see Published Books below) 4) a pedagogical approach with professional development strategies that explicitly highlight the connection between the activity of coding and the mastering of a language and its uses to convey meaning, 5) research studies in classrooms to understand the affordances of this approach compared to others, 6) experimental studies in lab settings to characterize cognitive mechanisms using fMRI to explore if the language networks in the brain activate when programming.<ref name=":6" /> DevTech's curricula has been translated into Spanish and Hebrew and is currently being translated into several other languages<ref name=":5" />. In conjunction with their curricula DevTech provides professional development to educators and professionals interested in their work. In 2021 DevTech launched TeachCAL, a free online professional development module to introduce educators to the functions and programming language of ScratchJr and the pedagogies and curricula of the Coding as Another Language project<ref name=":6" />. At Boston College, DevTech hosts professional development workshops in collaboration with the Lynch School of Education's [https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/lynch-school/sites/professional-continuing-education.html Office of Professional and Continuing Education]<ref>{{Cite web |title=For Educators |url=https://sites.bc.edu/devtech/learn-with-us/for-educators/ |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=sites.bc.edu}}</ref>.
The [https://sites.bc.edu/codingasanotherlanguage/ Coding as Another Language] project involves several dimensions: 1) the creation of programming environments, such as KIBO robotics and ScratchJr explicitly designed with a literacy approach, 2) resources, such as the [https://sites.bc.edu/codingasanotherlanguage/curricula/ CAL (Coding as Another Language) curriculum] for ScratchJr and KIBO, which present the process of coding as a semiotic act, a meaning making activity, and not only a problem-solving challenge, 3) a theoretical framework proposed by Prof. Bers, which is described in her books [https://www.routledge.com/Coding-as-a-Playground-Programming-and-Computational-Thinking-in-the-Early/Bers/p/book/9780367900502 Coding as a Playground] and [https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/beyond-coding Beyond Coding] (see Published Books below) 4) a pedagogical approach with professional development strategies that explicitly highlight the connection between the activity of coding and the mastering of a language and its uses to convey meaning, 5) research studies in classrooms to understand the affordances of this approach compared to others, 6) experimental studies in lab settings to characterize cognitive mechanisms using fMRI to explore if the language networks in the brain activate when programming.<ref name=":6" /> DevTech's curricula has been translated into Spanish and Hebrew and is currently being translated into several other languages.<ref name=":5" /> In conjunction with their curricula DevTech provides professional development to educators and professionals interested in their work. In 2021 DevTech launched TeachCAL, a free online professional development module to introduce educators to the functions and programming language of ScratchJr and the pedagogies and curricula of the Coding as Another Language project.<ref name=":6" /> At Boston College, DevTech hosts professional development workshops in collaboration with the Lynch School of Education's [https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/lynch-school/sites/professional-continuing-education.html Office of Professional and Continuing Education].<ref>{{Cite web |title=For Educators |url=https://sites.bc.edu/devtech/learn-with-us/for-educators/ |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=sites.bc.edu}}</ref>


Bers' work has been covered by media outlets worldwide,<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-08-16|title=Build your child's STEM skills, problem-solving abilities and resilience with coding|language=en|work=The Straits Times|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/parenting-education/build-your-childs-stem-skills-problem-solving-abilities-and-resilience|access-date=2021-12-13|issn=0585-3923}}</ref> including venues such as the ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]],''<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Miller|first1=Claire Cain|last2=Bidgood|first2=Jess|date=2017-07-31|title=How to Prepare Preschoolers for an Automated Economy|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/upshot/how-to-prepare-preschoolers-for-an-automated-economy.html|access-date=2021-12-13|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Martin|first=Claire|date=2014-09-27|title=Turning Programming Into Child's Play|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/28/business/using-robotics-to-teach-computer-programming.html|access-date=2021-12-13|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Pappano|first=Laura|date=2017-04-04|title=Learning to Think Like a Computer|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/04/education/edlife/teaching-students-computer-code.html|access-date=2021-12-13|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> [[NPR]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kamenetz|first=Anya|date=2015-09-18|title=Coding Class, Then Naptime: Computer Science For The Kindergarten Set|language=en|work=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/09/18/441122285/learning-to-code-in-preschool|access-date=2021-12-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Kamenetz|first=Anya|date=2016-01-12|title=The President Wants Every Student To Learn Computer Science. How Would That Work?|language=en|work=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/01/12/462698966/the-president-wants-every-student-to-learn-computer-science-how-would-that-work|access-date=2021-12-13}}</ref> [[CNBC]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sabin|first=Samantha|date=2015-08-04|title=The toys that could help close Silicon Valley's gender gap|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2015/08/04/the-toys-that-could-help-close-silicon-valleys-gender-gap.html|access-date=2021-12-13|website=CNBC|language=en}}</ref> [[CBS News]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Coding for kindergarteners: App teaches kids computer basics|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/scratch-jr-app-teaches-kindergarteners-the-basics-of-computer-coding/|access-date=2021-12-13|website=www.cbsnews.com|language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Wall Street Journal|Wall Street Journal]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|last=Stern|first=Aaron|date=2020-05-05|title=The Best Robot Toys for Building Kids' STEM Skills|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-best-robot-toys-for-building-kids-stem-skills-11588334425|access-date=2021-12-13|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> and ''[[The Economist]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2015-08-01|title=No assembler required|newspaper=The Economist|url=https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2015/08/01/no-assembler-required|access-date=2021-12-13|issn=0013-0613}}</ref> Her book, ''[https://www.routledge.com/Coding-as-a-Playground-Programming-and-Computational-Thinking-in-the-Early/Bers/p/book/9780367900502 Coding as a Playground],'' has been reviewed by Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brown|first=Angela|date=2018-01-24|title=Book Review: Coding as a Playground: Programming and Computational Thinking in the Early Childhood Classroom|url=https://www-dev.aace.org/review/book-review-coding-playground-programming-computational-thinking-early-childhood-classroom/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-14|website=AACE}}</ref> and Medium.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Manik|first=Ismail Ali|date=2018-02-23|title=Kids Coding Course -Part 1 of 101- Coding as exploring powerful ideas?|url=https://ismailalimanik.medium.com/kids-coding-course-coding-as-exploring-powerful-ideas-part-1-of-101-52d7afc318f1|access-date=2021-12-14|website=Medium|language=en}}</ref> During the pandemic, Bers spoke with the ''[[The Boston Globe|Boston Globe]]'' on how children may learn during the isolation introduced by the pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Baskin|first=Kara|date=October 1, 2020|title=Will my kid learn anything this school year? Experts take on the most worrisome questions - The Boston Globe|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/10/01/magazine/will-my-kid-learn-anything-this-school-year-experts-take-most-worrisome-questions/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-13|website=BostonGlobe.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
Bers' work has been covered by media outlets worldwide,<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-08-16|title=Build your child's STEM skills, problem-solving abilities and resilience with coding|language=en|work=The Straits Times|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/parenting-education/build-your-childs-stem-skills-problem-solving-abilities-and-resilience|access-date=2021-12-13|issn=0585-3923}}</ref> including venues such as the ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]],''<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Miller|first1=Claire Cain|last2=Bidgood|first2=Jess|date=2017-07-31|title=How to Prepare Preschoolers for an Automated Economy|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/upshot/how-to-prepare-preschoolers-for-an-automated-economy.html|access-date=2021-12-13|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Martin|first=Claire|date=2014-09-27|title=Turning Programming Into Child's Play|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/28/business/using-robotics-to-teach-computer-programming.html|access-date=2021-12-13|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Pappano|first=Laura|date=2017-04-04|title=Learning to Think Like a Computer|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/04/education/edlife/teaching-students-computer-code.html|access-date=2021-12-13|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> [[NPR]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kamenetz|first=Anya|date=2015-09-18|title=Coding Class, Then Naptime: Computer Science For The Kindergarten Set|language=en|work=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/09/18/441122285/learning-to-code-in-preschool|access-date=2021-12-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Kamenetz|first=Anya|date=2016-01-12|title=The President Wants Every Student To Learn Computer Science. How Would That Work?|language=en|work=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/01/12/462698966/the-president-wants-every-student-to-learn-computer-science-how-would-that-work|access-date=2021-12-13}}</ref> [[CNBC]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sabin|first=Samantha|date=2015-08-04|title=The toys that could help close Silicon Valley's gender gap|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2015/08/04/the-toys-that-could-help-close-silicon-valleys-gender-gap.html|access-date=2021-12-13|website=CNBC|language=en}}</ref> [[CBS News]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Coding for kindergarteners: App teaches kids computer basics|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/scratch-jr-app-teaches-kindergarteners-the-basics-of-computer-coding/|access-date=2021-12-13|website=www.cbsnews.com|language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[The Wall Street Journal|Wall Street Journal]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|last=Stern|first=Aaron|date=2020-05-05|title=The Best Robot Toys for Building Kids' STEM Skills|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-best-robot-toys-for-building-kids-stem-skills-11588334425|access-date=2021-12-13|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> and ''[[The Economist]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2015-08-01|title=No assembler required|newspaper=The Economist|url=https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2015/08/01/no-assembler-required|access-date=2021-12-13|issn=0013-0613}}</ref> Her book, ''[https://www.routledge.com/Coding-as-a-Playground-Programming-and-Computational-Thinking-in-the-Early/Bers/p/book/9780367900502 Coding as a Playground],'' has been reviewed by Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brown|first=Angela|date=2018-01-24|title=Book Review: Coding as a Playground: Programming and Computational Thinking in the Early Childhood Classroom|url=https://www-dev.aace.org/review/book-review-coding-playground-programming-computational-thinking-early-childhood-classroom/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-14|website=AACE}}</ref> and Medium.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Manik|first=Ismail Ali|date=2018-02-23|title=Kids Coding Course -Part 1 of 101- Coding as exploring powerful ideas?|url=https://ismailalimanik.medium.com/kids-coding-course-coding-as-exploring-powerful-ideas-part-1-of-101-52d7afc318f1|access-date=2021-12-14|website=Medium|language=en}}</ref> During the pandemic, Bers spoke with the ''[[The Boston Globe|Boston Globe]]'' on how children may learn during the isolation introduced by the pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Baskin|first=Kara|date=October 1, 2020|title=Will my kid learn anything this school year? Experts take on the most worrisome questions - The Boston Globe|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/10/01/magazine/will-my-kid-learn-anything-this-school-year-experts-take-most-worrisome-questions/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-13|website=BostonGlobe.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
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==Awards and honors==
==Awards and honors==
In 2005, Bers received the [[Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers]] (PECASE), the highest honor given by the U.S. government to outstanding investigators<ref name=":5" />. She also received a National Science Foundation (NSF)‘s Young Investigator’s Career Award, and the [[American Educational Research Association]] (AERA) Jan Hawkins Award for Early Career Contributions to Humanistic Research and Scholarship in Learning Technologies<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":2" />. In 2015, Bers was chosen as one of the recipients of the [[Boston Business Journal]]’s Women to Watch in Science and Technology awards, and in 2016, Bers received the Outstanding Faculty Contribution to Graduate Student Studies award at Tufts University. She was elected fellow of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) in 2022<ref name=":4" />.
In 2005, Bers received the [[Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers]] (PECASE), the highest honor given by the U.S. government to outstanding investigators.<ref name=":5" /> She also received a National Science Foundation (NSF)‘s Young Investigator’s Career Award, and the [[American Educational Research Association]] (AERA) Jan Hawkins Award for Early Career Contributions to Humanistic Research and Scholarship in Learning Technologies.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":2" /> In 2015, Bers was chosen as one of the recipients of the [[Boston Business Journal]]’s Women to Watch in Science and Technology awards, and in 2016, Bers received the Outstanding Faculty Contribution to Graduate Student Studies award at Tufts University. She was elected fellow of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) in 2022.<ref name=":4" />


== References ==
== References ==

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Marina Bers
File:Bers-facultyDevelopment-headshot.jpg
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology,
Scientific career
ThesisIdentity construction environments : the design of computational tools for exploring a sense of self and moral values (2001)
Doctoral advisorSeymour Papert

Marina Umaschi Bers is the Augustus Long Professor of Education at Boston College. Bers holds a secondary appointment in Boston College's Department of Computer Science. Bers directs the interdisciplinary DevTech Research Group, which she started in 2001 at Tufts University.[1] Her research involves the design and study of innovative learning technologies to promote children’s positive development. She is a pioneer in the field of early childhood computer science with projects of national and international visibility. Dr. Bers is the co-creator of the free ScratchJr programming language, used by 35 million children, and the creator of the KIBO robotic kit, which has no screens or keyboards.[2] Bers is passionate about the potential of coding playgrounds to foster new ways of learning, to support socio-emotional development, and to engage in critical thinking and creative expression. She seeks to design learning environments that not only teach technical skills, but also develop character strengths to make a better world. Her work involves four dimensions: theoretical contributions, design of new technologies, empirical research to test and evaluate the theory and the technologies, and outreach to disseminate their work.[2] Besides her work on Bers on programming languages such as KIBO and ScratchJr, she has led the development of teaching materials and pedagogical strategies for the professional development of early childhood educators and community engagement.[2]

Education

Marina Umaschi Bers went to Buenos Aires University in Argentina and received her undergraduate degree in Social Communications (1993). In 1994, she earned a Master’s degree in Educational Media and Technology from Boston University; she also has an M.S. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1] In 2001, she earned a Ph.D. from the MIT Media Laboratory working under the mentorship of Seymour Papert.[3] In 2001 Bers created her research group, the Developmental Technologies, or DevTech, at the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development at Tufts University.[2] In 2018 she was named the chair of the Eliot-Pearson Dept. of Child Development.[4]  In 2022 she moved to Boston College as the August Long Professor of Education at the Lynch School of Education and Human Development.[2] Bers received an appointment in Boston College's Department of Computer Science and is an affiliated faculty with the Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society.[2][3][5]

Bers co-founded KinderLab Robotics in 2013,[6] and has worked with WGBH-TV and PBS on content for children's broadcasting.[1]

Research and work

Bers’ research centers around the potential of technology to foster the development of children. Her early work examined storytelling and language in children,[7] robotics in early childhood education,[8][9] and the development of values in virtual environments.[10] In 2012 she developed the TangibleK robotics program to teach young children about the world of technology.[11] Bers developed the ScratchJr programming language collaboratively with Mitch Resnick, Paula Bonta, and Brian Silverman.[12][13] ScratchJr targets children from ages 5 to 7,[14] and is an offshoot of Scratch which is used to teach programming to children from 8 to 16 computer programming.[15][16] Bers also works to train childhood educators on the use of technology in the classroom[17][18] and develops curriculum that can be used to teach programming and computational thinking.[19] She developed the KIBO robot kit, a robot that young children can program with wooden blocks and serves as a tool to teach children computer programming.[20] As of 2021, she has more than 150 publications and an h-index of 48.[21] To view any of DevTech's or Bers' publications please see their website: https://sites.bc.edu/devtech/publications/

Bers' research team, the DevTech Research Group, has partnered with institutions, organizations, and nations around the world to implement their technologies and teachings, conduct empirical research, translate their materials, and more. DevTech is currently partnered with 21 organizations across the globe as part of their Scratch Education Collaborative Coding as Another Language Special Interest Group.[22] Bers and her team started the Coding as Another Language project, which explores how the process of teaching coding to young children can resemble the educational process used for teaching literacy and a second language and seeks to identify the overlapping associated cognitive and cultural mechanisms.[22]

The Coding as Another Language project involves several dimensions: 1) the creation of programming environments, such as KIBO robotics and ScratchJr explicitly designed with a literacy approach, 2) resources, such as the CAL (Coding as Another Language) curriculum for ScratchJr and KIBO, which present the process of coding as a semiotic act, a meaning making activity, and not only a problem-solving challenge, 3) a theoretical framework proposed by Prof. Bers, which is described in her books Coding as a Playground and Beyond Coding (see Published Books below) 4) a pedagogical approach with professional development strategies that explicitly highlight the connection between the activity of coding and the mastering of a language and its uses to convey meaning, 5) research studies in classrooms to understand the affordances of this approach compared to others, 6) experimental studies in lab settings to characterize cognitive mechanisms using fMRI to explore if the language networks in the brain activate when programming.[22] DevTech's curricula has been translated into Spanish and Hebrew and is currently being translated into several other languages.[2] In conjunction with their curricula DevTech provides professional development to educators and professionals interested in their work. In 2021 DevTech launched TeachCAL, a free online professional development module to introduce educators to the functions and programming language of ScratchJr and the pedagogies and curricula of the Coding as Another Language project.[22] At Boston College, DevTech hosts professional development workshops in collaboration with the Lynch School of Education's Office of Professional and Continuing Education.[23]

Bers' work has been covered by media outlets worldwide,[24] including venues such as the New York Times,[25][26][27] NPR,[28][29] CNBC,[30] CBS News,[31] Wall Street Journal,[32] and The Economist.[33] Her book, Coding as a Playground, has been reviewed by Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education[34] and Medium.[35] During the pandemic, Bers spoke with the Boston Globe on how children may learn during the isolation introduced by the pandemic.[36]

Published books

Awards and honors

In 2005, Bers received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor given by the U.S. government to outstanding investigators.[2] She also received a National Science Foundation (NSF)‘s Young Investigator’s Career Award, and the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Jan Hawkins Award for Early Career Contributions to Humanistic Research and Scholarship in Learning Technologies.[2][1] In 2015, Bers was chosen as one of the recipients of the Boston Business Journal’s Women to Watch in Science and Technology awards, and in 2016, Bers received the Outstanding Faculty Contribution to Graduate Student Studies award at Tufts University. She was elected fellow of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) in 2022.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "CV for Marina Umaschi Bers" (PDF). May 7, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Otoka, Isabella (12 December 2022). "DevTech Research Group". DevTech Research Group. Retrieved 12 December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b c Bers, Marina (12 December 2022). "Marinabers.com". Marina Bers' Website. Retrieved 12 December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Marina Umaschi Bers, PhD | Professor and Chair, Eliot-Pearson Dept. of Child Study & Human Development; Dept. of Computer Science; Director, DevTech Research Group, Tufts University". Retrieved 2021-12-12.
  5. ^ "Marina Bers - Lynch School of Education and Human Development - Boston College". www.bc.edu. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  6. ^ "Boston Business Journal announces 2015 Women to Watch in Science and Technology honorees". www.bizjournals.com. April 2, 2015. Retrieved 2021-12-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Bers, Marina Umaschi; Cassell, Justine (1998). "Interactive Storytelling Systems for Children: Using Technology To Explore Language and Identity". Journal of Interactive Learning Research. 9 (2): 183–215. ISSN 1093-023X.
  8. ^ Bers, Marina Umaschi (2008). Blocks to robots : learning with technology in the early childhood classroom. New York: Teachers College Press. ISBN 978-0-8077-4848-0. OCLC 156994433.
  9. ^ Bers, Marina U.; Ponte, Iris; Juelich, Catherine; Viera, Alison; Schenker, Jonathan (2002). "Teachers as Designers: Integrating Robotics in Early Childhood Education". Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual. 2002 (1): 123–145. ISSN 1522-8185.
  10. ^ Umaschi Bers, Marina (2001-10-01). "Identity Construction Environments: Developing Personal and Moral Values Through the Design of a Virtual City". Journal of the Learning Sciences. 10 (4): 365–415. doi:10.1207/S15327809JLS1004new_1. ISSN 1050-8406.
  11. ^ Bers, Marina U. (2010). "The TangibleK Robotics Program: Applied Computational Thinking for Young Children". Early Childhood Research & Practice. 12 (2). ISSN 1524-5039.
  12. ^ "What is ScratchJr?". ScratchJr. Retrieved December 14, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ "Coding for kindergarteners: App teaches kids computer basics". www.cbsnews.com. October 1, 2014. Retrieved 2021-12-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ Flannery, Louise P.; Silverman, Brian; Kazakoff, Elizabeth R.; Bers, Marina Umaschi; Bontá, Paula; Resnick, Mitchel (2013-06-24). "Designing ScratchJr: support for early childhood learning through computer programming". Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children. IDC '13. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery: 1–10. doi:10.1145/2485760.2485785. ISBN 978-1-4503-1918-8. S2CID 6439406.
  15. ^ Strawhacker, Amanda; Lee, Melissa; Caine, Claire; Bers, Marina (2015-06-21). "ScratchJr demo: a coding language for kindergarten". Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children. IDC '15. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery: 414–417. doi:10.1145/2771839.2771867. ISBN 978-1-4503-3590-4. S2CID 10064947.
  16. ^ Bers, Marina Umaschi (2018). "Coding, playgrounds and literacy in early childhood education: The development of KIBO robotics and ScratchJr". 2018 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON): 2094–2102. doi:10.1109/EDUCON.2018.8363498. ISBN 978-1-5386-2957-4. S2CID 44071304.
  17. ^ Bers, Marina; Seddighin, Safoura; Sullivan, Amanda (2013). "Ready for Robotics:Bringing together the T and E of STEM in early childhood teacher education". Journal of Technology and Teacher Education. 21 (3): 355–377. ISSN 1059-7069.
  18. ^ Bers, Marina Umaschi; Flannery, Louise; Kazakoff, Elizabeth R.; Sullivan, Amanda (2014-03-01). "Computational thinking and tinkering: Exploration of an early childhood robotics curriculum". Computers & Education. 72: 145–157. doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2013.10.020. ISSN 0360-1315.
  19. ^ Bers, Marina Umaschi (2020-10-06). Coding as a Playground: Programming and Computational Thinking in the Early Childhood Classroom (2 ed.). New York: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003022602. ISBN 978-1-003-02260-2. S2CID 241551929.
  20. ^ "'Coding is the new literacy': How STEM toys teach kids programming skills". www.msn.com. October 19, 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. ^ "Marina Bers". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  22. ^ a b c d sites.bc.edu https://sites.bc.edu/codingasanotherlanguage/. Retrieved 2022-12-12. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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