Behaviors that Computational Thinking involves JAVIER BILBAO, OLATZ GARCÍA, CAROLINA REBOLLAR, EUGENIO BRAVO, CONCEPCIÓN VARELA, Applied Mathematics Department University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU Engineering School, Alda, Urkijo, s/n, 48013 - Bilbao SPAIN javier.bilbao@ehu.es olatz.garcia@ehu.es carolina.rebollar@ehu.es eugenio.bravo@ehu.es concepcion.varela@ehu.es Abstract: - In this time where the ubiquity of computation is more and more notorious, Computational Thinking is called to play a very important role in Education. Perhaps because its very short history, since we can say that it started its path in education when J. Wing presented her idea in 2006, there are various point of view about what Computational Thinking is and what it involves. In anyway, Computational thinking can be a great help in using new technologies and how to apply them in several fields of the knowledge. It is a new and fundamental way of thinking and problem solving, described as a way for solving problems, designing systems and understanding human behavior by drawing on the concepts fundamental to computer science. Some fundamental concepts of Computational Thinking that are recognized by all different currents of thinking are the abstraction, algorithm design, data collection, decomposition and pattern recognition. Key-Words: - Computational thinking, computer ubiquity, digital competence, education, learning, teaching, skills. 1 Introduction Trends of using programmed devices, from computers to small smart watches or just drones or 3D printers, are changing year by year because the fast speed of the evolution of the technology. Since the last decade, the use of electronic devices has increased exponentially and nobody imagine the future without the presence of computers and microprocessors in their lives. We use them for working, studying, sports, social life, etc. It is the ubiquity of computers and microprocessors in our lives. Almost all fields of innovation are related to computing in some way. And the necessity of knowledge in computing is essential in the global economy market, being a basic tool for competition in the majority of jobs. And this implies that education systems have to include some concepts and skills in the curricula. Engineering educators today are facing a number of challenges [1]. Not only in Engineering, but in all kind of disciplines, from Science to Humanities. But it is more notorious in STEM subjects, that is, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Students entering engineering courses are less skilled in STEM subjects [2] despite being brought up in an environment with all forms of computational and electronic devices. A key challenge faced by engineering educators is to prepare students with the necessary skills and knowledge to work in multidisciplinary design teams upon graduation, solving complex problems using computational tools [3]. Nowadays in the majority of countries it is not strange to have a computer that students usually use to, among different other purposes, to help in their studies. Mark Weiser said in the early 1990s that ubiquitous computing names the third wave in computing, just now beginning. First were mainframes, each shared by lots of people. Now we are in the personal computing era, person and machine staring uneasily at each other across the desktop. Next comes ubiquitous computing, or the age of calm technology, when technology recedes into the background of our lives [4, 5]. Technologists had seen a dramatic shift in computing from many-to-one environment of mainframes to the one-to-one relationship of the personal computer. Drawing this trend out, Weiser foresaw the emergence of a world where one person would interact seamlessly with many computers—a development that he believed would lead to the age of ubiquitous computing. Two decades later, some in the ubiquitous computing community point to the pervasiveness of microprocessors as a realization of J. Bilbao et al. International Journal of Internet of Things and Web Services http://iaras.org/iaras/journals/ijitws ISSN: 2367-9115 1 Volume 1, 2016