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Note to Faculty: Don’t Be Such a Know-It-All – Teaching – The Chronicle of Higher Education
Note to Faculty: Don’t Be Such a Know-It-All – Teaching – The Chronicle of Higher Education. This isn’t news. I’ve been doing this for decades. Not long after I started teaching, I came to realize that a good way to … Continue reading
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Democratizing Programming
Just came across a great quote by Chris Crawford…. “What we need is a means of democratizing programming, of taking it out of the soulless hands of the programmers and putting it into the hands of a wider range of … Continue reading
On Mark Guzdial’s Post: Instruction makes student attitudes on computational modeling worse.
From Mark Guzdial’s Blog today: Instruction makes student attitudes on computational modeling worse: Caballero thesis part 3 « Computing Education Blog. I think this is pretty interesting but I can’t say I’m surprised. My reaction: Given the experiences I’ve had … Continue reading
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Frankencode and Other Writing
Students, Reading and Writing – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education. A former student of mine once coined a phrase that he used to describe the phenomenon whereby students take bits of code from various other programs and stitch … Continue reading
Comment on: Data-Oriented Design – A “New” Idea
Gamasutra – Features – Sponsored Feature: Data-Oriented Design – Now And In The Future. I know I probably shouldn’t care, but it really irks me when people attach a schnazzy new name to an old idea a claim the idea … Continue reading
Progress in Algorithms Beats Moore’s Law???
This was mentioned on slashdot… They are claiming that progress on algorithms beats progress in hardware because a few algorithms have gotten a lot faster. Problem is, people are going to believe this is true of all algorithms, and then … Continue reading
CS Education and Outreach, U of Calgary Style…
It’s CS Education Week in Canada and the US. I find it amusing that the very day after complaining about how little most CS departments actually care about CS Ed, I stumble across this: Computer Science Education Week – December … Continue reading
Computational Science needs CS Education: But Does It Need CS?
Computer Science is dead (or should be). I love reading Mark Guzdial’s blog. He so often talks about things I think are important, AND (perhaps not surprisingly) things about which I have strong opinions. Here’s another: Computational Science needs CS … Continue reading
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