Abstract:

Nowadays the Covid-19 pandemic influences the process and also the quality of teaching. In this period the schools are using online platforms, which is a big challenge both for teachers and students. Teachers try to use methods, with which they can the most effectively and easily present the curriculum and develop the student´s computational thinking, which is not a simple task. In secondary school the computational thinking´s skills we can form by developing algorithmic thinking. Different methods can be used for this, but the researches shows that the visualisation methods are the most effective. In this article we present an effective method for developing computational thinking through one task. The method is based on the programming of microcontrollers. Because the pandemic does not allow to be physically in the school, so we use an online simulator called TinkerCad for teaching. This application is a great way to simulate circuit with microcontrollers and other electronic components, giving student´s a visual experience. Here we do not need electronic hardware physically and it helps to get and develop programming skills.

Keywords:

Computational thinking, microcontrollers, visualisation.