Abstract:

The technological development of the 21st century requires the design of innovative pedagogical strategies. This project led teachers in training of the Bachelor of Computer Science to "Develop computational thinking skills from artificial intelligence (AI) concepts" in ninth-grade students of the El Dorado Educational Institution of Montería, Vallejo campus ". After characterizing recently formulated models for learning artificial intelligence concepts, the one created by Code.org was selected, which has a gamification approach and makes an abstraction of machine learning concepts and procedures, in a scenario that aims to raise awareness on environmental problems in the oceans. Teachers in training were then trained by making them participate in the co-creation of the methodological strategy using the lesson "Artificial Intelligence for oceans". With these tools, the strategy was applied to four groups, during three sessions, attending mediations to favor the access of some students due to social distancing, reaching the participation of 97 students. Then, the records derived from the implementation were processed, the level of progress in the development of computational thinking was rated, and the results were socialized with the institution. An advance is highlighted in understanding the concepts of data selection, prediction model and bias, when machine learning technology is used, as well as contributions to raising awareness about one of the environmental problems of the oceans. To finalize the process, a socialization process of the results was carried out to the academic community and some distinctions were awarded. As a product derived from this process, the pedagogical strategy "Think-C" was formulated as a guide for teachers who wish to replicate this experience in their institutions.

Keywords:

Computational thinking, artificial intelligence, teaching strategy, code, org, machine learning.