Robert Parks
Curriculum Developer
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32-G504
Robert is a curriculum developer, writer, and designer for the App Inventor team. He previously designed and wrote educational materials for NASA and for out-of-school engineering programs at WGBH. As a technology journalist, Robert served as a senior editor at Wired magazine and as a contributing writer for Wired, Popular Science, and Make magazines. His 2005 publication, Makers, was the first book about the maker movement.
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Last updated Dec 06 '24
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Pang, HN; Parks, R; Breazeal, C; and Abelson, H
The Effect of the Computational Action Process on Students' Software Prototype Ideas
15th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation; November 9, 2022
Pang, HN; Parks, R; Breazeal, C; and Abelson, H
“How Can I Code A.I. Responsibly?”:
The Effect of Computational Action on K-12 Students Learning and Creating
Socially Responsible A.I.
The Effect of Computational Action on K-12 Students Learning and Creating
Socially Responsible A.I.
Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence; June, 26, 2023
Xiaoxue, D; Parks, R; Tezel, S; Freilich, J; Pang, HN; Abelson, H; Breazeal, C
Designing a Computational Action Program to Tackle Global Challenges
SIGCSE 2023: Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education; March 2, 2023
Pang, HN; Parks, R; Breazeal, C; and Abelson, H
The Effect of Computational Action on Students' Computational Identity and Self-Efficacy
Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies; July 5, 2023
Prerna Ravi, Robert Parks, John Masla, Hal Abelson, Cynthia Breazeal
"Data comes from the real world": A Constructionist Approach to Mainstreaming K12 Data Science Education
SIGCSE Virtual 2024: Proceedings of the 2024 on ACM Virtual Global Computing Education Conference