CTiS Conference 2023
The CTiS (Computational Thinking in Schools) conference is an annual event organised by the ACM, India (Association for Computing Machinery India) and the CSpathshala community. It aims to bring together teachers, educators and researchers to discuss issues of curriculum, pedagogy, policy and implementation, related to bringing computational thinking to schools. The conference on Computational Thinking in Schools (CTiS2023) was organised on 7th and 8th July, 2023 at IISER, Pune in partnership with City Pride Group of Schools and SCTR’s PICT ACM Student Chapter (PASC). Dr. Deepali Sawai, our director was the program co-chair for the conference. The conference was conducted in hybrid mode where some of the speakers, presenters and participants attended the conference online. The two-day CTiS conference brought together experts from the field of computer science, including Tim Bell from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and Juraj Hromkovic & Regula Lacher from ETH Zurich, Switzerland, as keynote speakers. This year, the teachers teaching Computer, Maths , Science and language also participated enthusiastically. This year 5 abstracts from City Pride Group of Schools got selected for the presentation, showcasing the effective implementation of computational thinking. 1. Mrs. Amruta Dike , Afrin Usmani (teachers from Nigdi branch and Mihir Sawai(Alumni of CPS, student of PICT, Pune) presented paper of - Unplugged Activity To Teach Concept Of Looping And Conditions Using Computational Thinking. 2. Mrs. Bhakti Mohale (Nigdi Branch) presented paper on – चला शिकूया खेळातून संस्कृत भाषेतील वाक्यरचना 3. Mrs. Divya Roy and Shweta Bhamre (Nigdi Branch) presented paper on – Play With The Ray To Understand The Ray Diagrams. 4. Manisha Shinde , Poonam Kandekr and Poonam More(Moshi Branch) – Teaching Computer Network Through Computational Thinking. 5. Dipalee Badigar (Ravet Branch) - Computational Thinking In Coding Under the able guidance of Dr. Deepali Sawai, teachers shouldered the responsibility of organisation and publicity of the conference successfully.