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Monday, December 5, 2011

SIGCSE 2011 Paper on My Computing Course for Non-Majors

Weird News I submitted a paper to this year's SIGCSE (ACM's Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education) conference that didn't get in.

Top Ten Technology Trends for the Future

Weird News Carrie Gates of CA Labs gave a talk at this past weekend's Ontario Celebration of Women in Computing: "Technology Trends for the Future, and Their Implications."

Passion and Problem Solving

Weird News There's a new theme over at Comp Sci Woman about what we love, and I wrote the first post for it:

There are two things I love the most about computer science: the ability to connect it with whatever your passion is, and the type of problem solving involved.

Go check out the rest of the post to find out what it is about problem solving and passion that I love, and be sure to share the love by contributing your own post to the site!

View this post and more at The Female Perspective of Computer Science.

Nouvelles de Téléphone et Gadgets

Teaching How to Think Computationally

Weird News One of my three main objectives for this year's "Introduction to Computers for Arts and Social Sciences" course is to teach the class how to think computationally.

Programming Concepts in Scratch

Weird News On Monday I started my lessons on Scratch for my Introduction to Computers for Arts and Social Sciences class.

Why Computer Science is Relevant No Matter What You're Teaching

Weird News I had only half an hour to put forward my case. I wanted to convince the educators who attended a special CU-WISE event last week, Discover WISE, that no matter what subject they taught, they should throw a bit of computer science into the mix.