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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
The Craft of Research
"I still don't know what the f**k I'm doing." I was so relieved when recently I heard a superstar researcher, a full professor in computer science, say this about...
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What Double Fine Adventure Means to Me
The very first feature-length games I played were point and click adventures. I have particularly fond memories of King's Quest and Day of the Tentacle. But those...
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Quick Tips for Teaching Mini-Courses
I've been running my 'Computer Science and Games: Just for Girls!' course for Carleton's annual Enrichment Mini-Course Program for five years now. And so at this...
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Lecturing for a First Year Programming Class
I gave a guest lecture at Carleton last week. It was for the first programming class that both computer science and non-major students take, taught using Processing...
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Where Have I Been Lately, Anyway?
While I managed to get back on the blogging bandwagon in February, I've had a pretty big gap here in March. So where the heck have I been?I'd love to blame mySteph...
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Bear 71: The National Film Board of Canada's Interactive Narrative
How do you get people to care about the diminishing natural habitat of wildlife in Banff National Park and surrounding area? Telling an emotional story from the...
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Building Better Rubrics Using Game Design
Game-like grading systems, a sense of playfulness, and more. Ian Schreiber gave a talk for AltDevConf on using principles of game design when teaching and showed...
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Bastion: Narrating Your Every Move
Who knew that having your every move narrated back to you could be so satisfying? Far from annoying, the compelling nature of the voice-overs in Bastion demonstrate...
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The Little Things Matter When Learning Math
I recently started tutoring someone for grade 11 college prep1 math. Our first topic was trigonometric equations for solving triangles. When my student got stuck...
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Help Design a Book for Computer Science Beginners
Bringing computer science to the masses is my passion, through education and outreach. I've run mini-courses for girls, designed a video game, lead workshops for...
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Celebrate HER
Serena and I were nominated for Celebrate HER.Celebrate HER is an Ottawa-based gender inclusive non-profit organization. Our vision is to facilitate greater social...
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Updated Teaching Philosophy
I've recently updated my teaching philosophy. I tried to make it to-the-point and backed by research. I could have written a lot more, but think I captured the...
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Simple Storytelling in The Legend of Zelda
I love the Legend of Zelda games. They are similar enough to make me feel nostalgic, yet always offer something new. We've been playing the latest, Skyward Sword...
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Life as a Professor
Systers just started a 'best of' blog that highlights useful conversations that have happened on the popular mailing list for technical women. The first post,Life...
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Research as Exploration
Check out this talk that asks the question 'What would it take to create a moonshot factory?' It's given by Michael Crow of Arizona State University as part ofWe...
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The New Science of Teaching and Learning
What do you get when you mix psychology, education, and neuroscience? For Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa, you get MBE (Mind, Brain, and Education) Science. I recently...
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You Will Fail to Have a Great Career
Larry Smith told the TEDxUW (University of Waterloo) audience that they will fail to have a great career. After all, there are ever so many excuses that crop up...
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Real Computer Science in High Schools
As someone who is always looking for outreach opportunities with middle and high school students, I enjoyed The Guardian's recent article called Michael Gove to...
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An Exciting New Year
2011 was special, particularly with the arrival of our daughter Molly. But 2012 is looking pretty great, too!Although I wasn't able to get an NSF grant application...
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