1. Students’ feedback C2 WORKSHOP WITH STUDENTS IN ATHENS

2. The diary  What went well  What did not go well  What did you like the most  What did you dislike or like the least

3. General information  20 responses  1 st grade of the Experimental Lyceum of Athens  Not all of the students provided answers to the questions.  Some replies were very general or vague that they did not bring any significant information (i.e. ‘I like the program’ ‘I liked everything’ ‘Everything went well’ ‘Nothing to mention’ etc)

4. What did you like the most Interaction with a group of experts/ Support Engagement in programming tasks Related to JS-Eden and construal making tasks Interaction with classmates Related to the general workshop experience Students’ replies were grouped together under coming threads running through them and were summarized 

5. What did you like the most? ThreadsFrequencySelected quotes Interaction with a group of experts/ Support 6 out of 20‘That we were surrounded by many experts who were good people, friendly and very helpful’ (Marios, 15 years old) ‘That I met experts and university students and I worked very close to them on the tasks’ (Dimitris, 15 years old) ‘that we were taught by people from different countries with expertise in the area and willingness to help us learn something new’(Teodora, 15 years old) That when we were facing a problem there was a team of experts who were nice and willing to help us (Fillipos, 15 years old)

6. What did you like the most? ThreadsFrequencySelected quotes Engagement in programming tasks 5 out of 20“They motivated us and we were smoothly introduced to a programming environment.” (Menelaos, 15 years old) ‘Finally we did some serious programming!’ (Vasilis, 15 years old) ‘that I was involved in serious programming tasks!’ (Lefteris, 15 years old)

7. What did you like the most ThreadsFrequencySelected quotes Related to JS-Eden and construal making tasks 4 out of 20‘When we used commands to show pictures.’ (Chris, 15 years old) ‘I like it when we were making figures. It was fun and enjoyable’ (Christos V, 15 years old) ‘The task with the planets moving around the sun was the one that I mostly liked’ (Eleni, 15 years old) ‘The animation’ (Maria, 15 years old)

8. What did you like the most ThreadsFrequencySelected quotes Interaction with classmates 2 out of 20‘that I worked very well with my friend. The tasks were difficult but we made it because we had a good collaboration’ (Paris, 15 years old)

9. What did you like the most? ThreadsFrequencySelected quotes Related to the whole workshop experience 1 out 20That we used English language for communicative purposes (Bartek, 15 years old)

10. What did you like the least Activity design Level of difficulty Technical problems related to JS-Eden Support/ Language barriers Students’ replies were grouped together under coming threads running through them and were summarized 

11. What did you like the least? ThreadsFrequencySelected quotes Activity design (Content and context) 6 out of 20It was a nice course I think but I did not like the fact that the tasks were too many. It would be more interesting if we were able to watch a video in addition to what we did, to make some jokes or even to put some background music on (Natalia, 15 years old) ‘I did not like it when we were trying to make the figures. Why we did this?’ (Eleni, 15 years old) ‘The tasks were too many’ (Christos, 15 years old)

12. What did you like the least? ThreadsFrequencySelected quotes Level of difficulty 5 out of 20‘That what we had to do was very difficult. But I think we made it working collaboratively’ (Paris, 15 years old) ‘It was very difficult but we made it’ (Dimitris, 15 years old) ‘While you were progressing the tasks were becoming even harder. This is what I did not like’ (Marios, 15 years old) “[…]The tasks were difficult and I did not gain a good understanding’ (Argiro, 15 years old)

13. What did you like the least? ThreadsFrequencySelected quotes Technical problems related to JS-Eden 2 out of 20 ‘We did something and then all of the sudden the browser crashed and then we had to do everything from the beginning!’ (Filippos, 15 years old)

14. What did you like the least? ThreadsFrequencySelected quotes Support/ Language barriers 1 out of 20 Some people of the team did not speak good English and I could not get them and they were waiting till we find the solution (Teodora, 15 years old)

15. What went well Context: collaboration with experts Skills (that were practiced)/ Knowledge gained Resources/ Workshop design Students’ replies were grouped together under coming threads running through them and were summarized 

16. What went well ThreadsFrequencySelected quotes Context: Collaboration 2 out of 20 The collaboration with the experts and the university students. They were supportive and nice (Bartek, 15 years old). Skills (that were practiced)/ Knowledge gained 3 out of 20‘I had the opportunity to practice my English. I also realized that there are many people that know a lot about computers apart from me (Paris, 15 years old) ‘We learn a new program and we get familiar with it through the tasks’ (Filippos, 15 years old)

17. What went well? ThreadsFrequencySelected quotes Resources/ Workshop design 2 out of 20We followed the worksheet, made notes on it and we managed to understand the programming language (Teodora, 15 years old) ‘The presentation was very nice. I like it’ (Christos, 15 years old)

18. What did you like the least Language barriers Content/ tasks Technical problems related to JS-Eden environment Technical problems related to the school ICT lab Support Students’ replies were grouped together under coming threads running through them and were summarized 

19. What did not go well ThreadsFrequencySelected quotes Language barriers3 out of 20 There was I think a small issue with English language (Christos, 15 years old). ‘It was not ok that they speak better English than I do’ (Paris, 15 years old) ‘They did not speak Greek and it seems they did not understand our English’ (Dimitris, 15 years old)

20. What did not go well ThreadsFrequencySelected quotes Content/tasks3 out of 20 ‘I think the second part did not go that well. The one with the planet system’ (Menelaos, 15 years old) ‘Some tasks had some tricks and took me a lot of time to understand’ (Eleni, 15 years old) For me the 3 rd task did not go well because it was very difficult. I struggled at finding a solution and I did not submit the task on time. (Christos V, 15 years old)

21. What did not go well ThreadsfrequencySelectes qoutes Technical problems related to JS-Eden environment 2 out of 20 We did not complete the activity. There was a problem with the browser and we had to do it again (Marios, 15 years old) Technical problems related to the school ICT lab 2 out of 20 The keyboard was not working well (Vasilis, 15 years old) Support 2 out of 20Sometimes I was asking for help but I did not get the support I was expecting to get (Argyro, 15 years old)

22. Hard fun (?) Student’s name: Christos V. What did not go well For me the 3 rd task did not go well because it was very difficult. I struggled at finding a solution and I did not submit the task on time. What I like the most I liked it when we were making the figures. It was fun and enjoyable!

23. Collaboration ?  The tasks were considered as ‘difficult’.  Most of the students closely link the successful completion of the tasks to the good collaboration with the Construit! team members and the support they were provided with.  Collaboration with classmates was also mentioned as a vehicle to deal with the problems.

24. Scaffolding  Support  New role for teacher  Value of scaffolding