The expansion of computational thinking in Uruguay

Abstract

In recent years, various actions have been developed in Uruguay to expand Computational Thinking in primary and secondary education. This movement is not new, and is based on the work that Seymour Papert carried out for decades, strongly supported by the Logo language in its different versions. This article makes a tour of the most significant actions developed in the country from 1980 to the present, delving into those that are currently carried out in order to promote the development of Computational Thinking. In particular, preliminary data from a survey of teachers and institutions to find out the activities carried out in our country is presented. In summary, it's based on the Paper's conceptualization (1980) and the difficulties presented for computational development at that time, the evolution of Computational Thinking and the most relevant actions carried out in Uruguay to date are described, trying to show that in this country the projections that Paper originally presented are being achieved.