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http://dx.doi.org/10.14352/jkaie.2014.18.1.101

A Study on the Educational Use of Tiny PC in an Elementary School  

Kim, Chul (Dept. of Computer Education, Gwangju National University of Education)
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Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education / v.18, no.1, 2014 , pp. 101-110 More about this Journal
Abstract
The upcoming 'creativity society' beyond the knowledge information era requires 'knowledge producers' being capable of expressing their own ideas creatively, rather than 'knowledge consumers'. These days, in the computing environment, physical computing tools which support learners' productive activities beyond their simple function of operating computers are emerging. Among them, Raspberry Pi is exemplary. The computing PC worthy $35 is economic and supports implementation of interactive physical system through the H/W and programming control to detect and respond to the analog world. As a fundamental study of educational application of Raspberry Pi at elementary school and Raspberry Pi, this work was to look into characteristics, advantages and disadvantages, and application examples of the computing tool. Also this researcher conducted a survey with teachers in field to investigate the suitability of Raspberry Pi as a tool in the category of 'understanding of information devices and to explore their awareness of Raspberry Pi. As a result, it was analyzed that Raspberry Pi was a learning tool to support about 74% of educational contents and that teachers showed positive replies in all categories of the survey of their awareness.
Keywords
Raspberry Pi; Computer Education; STEM Education;
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