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The Female Perspective of Computer Science: July 2014
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Friday, July 18, 2014. Reflections on 'Learn to Program With Python'. This past June, I designed and taught an introductory programming course through Girl Develop It! Called Learn to Program With Python. It was a two-part course hosted at Shopify. You can check out the outline and delve into the detailed contents of the course here. The general feedback was positive, and the sense of community both nights was amazing. Alexandra sums it up well. I think our next courses will start to delve into the core ...
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The Female Perspective of Computer Science: April 2015
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Thursday, April 30, 2015. Two Semesters Teaching CS2 With C and Java. As you may recall. I have been experimenting with a CS2 design that teaches both C and Java in a single semester. I previously reported on the success of the design. After teaching a section of majors and non-majors in the off-term. This semester, we used an iteration of the design with two large sections taught by myself and another instructor. Most students this semester took CS2 immediately after taking CS1 last semester. References...
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The Female Perspective of Computer Science: January 2015
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Monday, January 19, 2015. A Comic About Grace Hopper. Shared a neat little comic with me about Grace Hopper, and said I could share it here. You can look at the comic on their website. Too, where you can also order a Grace Hopper sticker if you live in the US. Enjoy! Posted by Gail Carmichael. Labels: Misc Comp Sci. Tuesday, January 13, 2015. How Gameplay Affects Stories in Games. Figure 1: Our spectrum of how storytelling integrates with gameplay. 7] E Aarseth. From hunt the wumpus to everquest: Int...
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The Female Perspective of Computer Science: April 2014
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Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Reflections on My First Year of Teaching. I did it. I survived my first year of teaching. Exams are marked, and grades are submitted. And while I still have students concerned about their results to meet with, I am finally able to breathe and spend some time reflecting on my experience. Needless to say, a large part of this job is management — of both time and. They sent me really nice comments in email. The thing that makes me feel the most energized of all is thinking about how...
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The Female Perspective of Computer Science: October 2014
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Friday, October 10, 2014. Technology and How It Is Evolving Storytelling in Our Entertainment Experiences / GHC14. An invited technical speaker at GHC wants to talk about storytelling and games! Image from GHC speaker profile. Recent stats: 48% of gamers are women. But where are we on the creation side? Bonnie showed us a video prologue of the Halo story. She asks, what tools and technology have enabled us to tell more immersive stories? Technology had advanced to support this suspension disbelief in man...
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The Female Perspective of Computer Science: Mini-Course 2015: Survey Results
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Tuesday, May 12, 2015. Mini-Course 2015: Survey Results. Another May, another "Computer Science and Games: Just for Girls! On the books. I'm very pleased with how this year went. The course material and games made by the girls are all online. And below I share the results of my usual pre- and post-surveys. I have the girls fill these in the very first day before we start into any course material. Some of them did see the code.org video. What made you decide to take this course? My mom chose for me. My pa...
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The Female Perspective of Computer Science: January 2014
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Friday, January 24, 2014. Sir John Daniel on Open and Distance Education. World authority on open, distance and online learning, came to Carleton for a special briefing on the future of online learning, covering topics such as the changing nature of the student body and its use of technology, myths and distractions in online learning, and opportunities for online learning to meet students’ needs. Via http:/ www.jisc.ac.uk/digifest. So online education won't lock out any particular generation, and it can ...
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The Female Perspective of Computer Science: May 2015
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Wednesday, May 27, 2015. Review / JavaScript and jQuery: Interactive Front-End Web Development. Have you ever had a book that was so beautiful, it was hard to put down? Did it happen to be a programming book? Breaking out of what is normally expected of a technical volume, Jon Duckett's JavaScript and jQuery: Interactive Front-End Web Development. Really is that lovely. But it's not just a pretty face —it makes a good reference, too. After covering the basics through branching, looping, and functions, th...
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The Female Perspective of Computer Science: August 2014
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Friday, August 29, 2014. This Year's Design for 'Computers for Arts and Social Science Students'. I've been working on our non-majors computing course for a while now. Last year was the first time I got to try it with a large group (440 students! And also the first time I tried using Python. I have since refined it to the following design. I will report how it went at the end of the semester, but I have a great set of TAs and am optimistic about using turtle. This course design lives on my portfolio site.
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The Female Perspective of Computer Science: December 2014
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Tuesday, December 9, 2014. An Update on Our CS2 Experiment with C and Java. Back in September, I reported on an experimental course design. I was trying out for our CS2 class. The main idea was to start with C and slowly transition to Java so that we could use the explicit nature of C to better understand what Java is doing behind the scenes. I wondered, will it work? Or will it be a disaster? Danger, unexploded bomb / OxOx. Before reading on, you may want to go read about the course design. Regardless o...