Presentation of the paper “A survey of resources for 
introducing coding into schools” 
 
Francisco José García-Peñalvo 
research GRoup in InterAction & eLearning (GRIAL) 
Research Institute on Educational Sciences 
Computer Science Department 
University of Salamanca 
fgarcia@usal.es 
http://grial.usal.es 
http://twitter.com/frangp 
 
 
Abstract 
Within TACCLE3 – Coding European Project (Ref. 2015-1-BE02-KA201-012307), we 
present the catalogue of resources for introducing computational thinking and 
programming in schools in the 4th International Conference on Technological 
Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality, TEEM 2016, held in the University of 
Salamanca, Spain, November 2-4, 2016. 
 
The paper may be cited as 
García-Peñalvo, F. J., Rees, A., Hughes, J., Jormanainen, I., Toivonen, T., & 
Vermeersch, J. (2016). A survey of resources for introducing coding into 
schools. In F. J. García-Peñalvo (Ed.), Proceedings of the Fourth International 
Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality 
(TEEM’16) (Salamanca, Spain, November 2-4, 2016). New York, NY, USA: 
ACM. 
 
Acknowledgements 
Funded by European Union Erasmus+ KA2 Programme “TACCLE 3 – Coding” (2015-
1-BE02-KA201-012307). 
 
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This 
communication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be 
held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. 
 
Link to the presentation 
http://www.slideshare.net/grialusal/a-survey-of-resources-for-introducing-coding-into-
schools  
 
Keywords 
Computational Thinking; Coding; Resources; TACCLE 3 
 
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