Design Strategy of Indonesian Robotic Visual Programing Language for Pre-School Children

Abstract

Visual robot programming has important benefits in learning computing for early childhood education, such as enhancing creativity, understanding computing concepts, introducing algorithms, improving problem-solving skills, introducing technology, collaboration, and communication. The introduction of computing concepts at pre-schools children helps to prepare them for a future that is increasingly dependent on technology and computing. Visual robot programming language is still difficult to teach to pre-school children, so it is necessary to create a programming language that is easy to teach for children using block programming language. The design of the programming language starts from choosing the appropriate icon, creating the programming language flow and the use of block programs that are suitable for children to learn programming language for robots. The creation of a visual programming language (VPL) design such as the use of icons in block program, object drag and drop rules, programming language structure, suitable robots, and programming languages for pre-schools children using the structure, especially Indonesian programming language, to make it easier for pre-school children to learn in their mother language (using bahasa). This research has developed software designed to facilitate the teaching of robot programming language to pre-school children using block-based programming in Bahasa Indonesia.