Computational Thinking Skills Improvement for Islam c and SMPTQ Pangeran Diponegoro Teachers
Posted on: 2022-06-16 16:53:28
The Department of Informatics FSM UNDIP, on March 26, 2022, held a community service activity with the topic of Computational Thinking Skills Improvement aimed at elementary and junior high school teachers, in this case the Pangeran Diponegoro Primary School and SMPTQ Pangeran Diponegoro, which are located at Jln. Jatimulyo No. 19 Pedalang Banyumanik Semarang. This activity was carried out online via Zoom and was attended by 40 teachers, both elementary and junior high school teachers who teach various subjects. Computational thinking or what is also called computational thinking is a term to practice problem-solving skills by reasoning and analysis. Computational thinking is not teaching how to use computers but teaching the thought processes used to support problem solving in all disciplines, including the humanities, mathematics and science. Computational thinking can be taught from an early age even from the elementary school level by making connections in a subject or by providing examples of solving simple problems found in daily activities. Through this community service activity, it is socialized to teachers about computational thinking, with the aim that teachers can add it to the subjects being taught, so that students can get used to solving problems using computational thinking, which when this ability continues to be trained, a problem can be solved. completed properly, quickly and optimally.
The activities are carried out using the following methods:
1. Lectures: Through this method, general Computational Thinking (computational thinking) is conveyed, such as the understanding, constraints, challenges and developments in the industrial revolution 4.0; Then it was also delivered specifically on the use of elementary school level computational thinking materials along with examples of internet pages (websites) that children can use to learn basic computing, such as code.org, bebras.or.id and wolframalpha.com.
2. Practice: This method is held after the teachers receive the theory from the lecture method, the teachers are immediately presented with examples of questions and discussion of Computational Thinking that can be used to encourage students to think creatively and critically in solving everyday problems.
3. Active Discussion: With this method participants can directly ask questions and discuss with the community service team
4. Evaluation In order to know the description of the success of this service and improvement for the next community service, an evaluation is carried out by giving participants questions in the form of a questionnaire before and after the implementation of the service.
With the implementation of this community service, it is hoped that teachers can use and adapt computational thinking materials into each subject they are capable of. The lecture method that explains the meaning, uses and benefits of computational thinking increases the motivation of participants to apply computational thinking, followed by practice and discussion.
