THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF THE POSSIBILITIES OF USING VISUAL PROGRAMMING WITH KODU IN COMPUTER MODELING CLASSES FOR 3RD AND 4TH GRADE Cover Image

ТЕОРЕТИЧЕН АНАЛИЗ НА ВЪЗМОЖНОСТИТЕ ЗА ИЗПОЛЗВАНЕ НА ВИЗУАЛНО ПРОГРАМИРАНЕ С KODU В ЧАСОВЕТЕ ПО КОМПЮТЪРНО МОДЕЛИРАНЕ В 3. И 4. КЛАС
THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF THE POSSIBILITIES OF USING VISUAL PROGRAMMING WITH KODU IN COMPUTER MODELING CLASSES FOR 3RD AND 4TH GRADE

Author(s): Tsvetanka Georgieva-Trifonova, Petya Grigorova-Kalcheva
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education
Published by: Национално издателство за образование и наука „Аз-буки“
Keywords: visual programming; Kodu; artificial intelligence

Summary/Abstract: The study explores the possibilities of using the visual programming environment Kodu as an alternative to established block programming environments, offering propaedeutics to the youngest students. Within the context of Bulgarian curricula, the potential of using visual programming with Kodu as an effective tool for teaching Computer Modeling in the 3rd and 4th grade is confirmed. An analysis of the Semantic Web Rule Language (SWRL) is conducted, and an illustrative example of anontology in Kodu is represented. The study shows that the visual programming rules in Kodu can be compared to SWRL rules. This conclusion provides valuable analytica lopportunities to extend teaching practices into the field of artificial intelligence. In this way, the Kodu environment ensures a certain advantage because it can be used not only for the first steps in programming, but it can also serve as a propaedeutic for future training in working with artificial intelligence.

  • Issue Year: 69/2026
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 173-189
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Bulgarian
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