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The COVID Catalyst
The coronavirus pandemic has once again demonstrated the great vulnerability of social and economic systems to microbes.
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Learning Computational Thinking to Dominate the Music Industry
Music can be a context for middle school students to learn about computational thinking and data science. In a game environment, students can play the role in which...
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Would There Be Computers Without Easter?
Finding roots of computing in the computation of Easter.
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Contingency Plans for CS Students in Large Classes
Some of our students will get sick before the end of the term. We need a plan.
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Powerful Online Learning is a Distributed System
In the midst of a pandemic, universities are now rapidly shifting to online and remote learning. Here, I will suggest a core metaphor for what powerful online learning...
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Beware of Hurting Our Weakest Students when Moving Classes Online
Our weakest students should not be the ones bearing the greatest costs of moving classes online.
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Voting as Tallying in Public
Voting requires common acknowledgement. Can that be achieved in automation?
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How Does a Pantograph Work?
Pantographs have been widely used for centuries; for example, in surveying and embroidery. With these devices, drawings can be enlarged and reduced.
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How Do We Make AI More Ethical?
Scientists consider the limits of ethics in the realm of artificial intelligence, and how to mitigate its biases.
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Developing Computational Solutions With Humility: Recommending Morgan Ames' 'The Charisma Machine'
Morgan Ames' book highlights the missing HCI design process for the XO Laptop
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Why IT Professionals Get A Bad Rap For Their Communications
Tips for improving business IT communications.
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The Vote as a Declared Datum
A vote is a datum that sheds its original identity but persists.
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Why Is There No Well-Known Swiss IT Industry?
Herbert Bruderer asks why no information technology industry emerged in Switzerland in the 1950s, despite the appearance of computers from several sources.
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The Internet at 50
A personalized take on three things we have to celebrate about the Internet today.
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Computing Continues to Dominate STEM Career Opportunities
According to the most recent (2018-28) U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, the top five STEM career opportunities are all in computing.
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Inventing Computing Education to Meet All (Especially Teachers) Undergraduates' Needs: CUE.NEXT Workshops
The CUE.NEXT workshops aim to provide computing education for all undergraduates.
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