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Beyond computational thinking

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If we are not careful, our fascination with "computational thinking" may lead us back into the trap we are trying to escape.

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            cover image Communications of the ACM
            Communications of the ACM  Volume 52, Issue 6
            One Laptop Per Child: Vision vs. Reality
            June 2009
            128 pages
            ISSN:0001-0782
            EISSN:1557-7317
            DOI:10.1145/1516046
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