Commentaries
There is much scope to elaborate and complement the topics presented at the CONSTRUIT 2017 conference. The Topic Groups construal sets out a possible framework for discussion that could inform this. Many of the presentations could also be complemented by illustrative material drawn from CONSTRUIT/EM publications and the Construit archive. Some brief notes are attached to each of the submissions give pointers to themes and resources that can potentially be developed in this way:
Matti Tedre:
- poses the question How does making construals relate to computational thinking?
Errol Thompon
- discusses the merits of making construals as a way of exploring computational reasoning in game playing
- can make links with existing CONSTRUIT! publications and with the Nim construal in particular
Duncan Maidens
- uses Hangman as a vehicle for teaching elementary Python programming
- we have also use Hangman to demonstrate how Hangman can be programmed by making a construal
Hans-Joachim Petsche
- exhibits an archetypal example drawn from Picasso's art to demonstrate informal experientially mediated semantics
- Would be easy and appropriate to prototype this in Construit
Andrew Csizmadia
- highlights the complexity of the issues surrounding teaching computational thinking at school level
- useful to contrast with CAS proposals from CONSTRUIT! such as 'computer support for computing unplugged'
Nick Pope
- elaborates the idea of software development independent of intended use
Richard Cartwright
- associated the modern software development process with making construals
Daniel Schneider
- simple physical learning objects and principles for making construals unplugged
Diane Burton & Margaret Low
- CAD and 3D printing
Oleg Fryazinov
- SHIVA: Virtual sculpting and 3D printing for SEN children
Dave White
- CS unplugged approaches to programming
Dave Catlin
- Maker Spaces and Robotics
Angeliki Theodosi
- primary school introductory making and computing
Richard Windle, Mike Taylor
- OERs for medicine
Antony Harfield
- Computational thinking / constructionism
Charles Crook
- digital expositions and intersubjectivity
Anders Kluge
- concrete / abstract in mathematics education
Sue Johnston-Wilder
- grid algebra and mathematical resilience
Jonny Foss
- the Artiphon
Willard McCarty
- anthropomorphic computing
John Laudun
- construction of practical nature in a cultural context
Jen Ross and Hamish Macleod
- artcasting -- galleries and museums
Sarah Eagle
- social aspects of construction
Piet Kommers and Hamish Macleod
- playfulness in education -- inquiry-based learning, dialogical teaching, experientrial learning
Hamish Todd
- construal / simulation for decision support: Explorable Explanations
Vanda Sousa
- digital storytelling -- digital artefacts and language
Gabriele Salciute Civiliene
- experiential and informal semantics
Frank James
- Faraday and construal, the role ad nature of construal in science / the history of science
Peter Tomcsanyi & Michal Winczer
- principles for making construals as applied to programming
Valery Adzhiev
- F-Rep as a basis for modelling, animation and 3D printing
Devon Allcoat, Freeha Azmat & Kim Stansfield
- VR and mixed reality in education
Tim Smithers
- making construals and digital art: principles of conceptual design
Emmanouil Zoulias, Rene Alimisi and Dimitris Alimisis
- potential applications for making construals in secondary school
Eemil Tarnanen
- a school student contribution
Lasma Lancmane & Lolita Meza
- online digital resources for ICT
Karl King
- making construals to evaluate and inform government policy: decisiion support
Soha Maad
- Brexit and construal
Tapani Toivonen, Ilkka Jormanainen and Markku Tukianen
- educational data mining based on the principles of making construals
Nouf Almujally & Mike Joy
- communication and knowledge sharing in academia