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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
On Telling the World My Life is About to Change
I recently unleashed the following announcement to Facebook and Twitter:BabyFactory.RequestNewInstance(BABY_TYPE_GEEK);Pregnant. by rui guerraThat's right! I'mView...
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What I'm Asking My Arts and Social Sciences Students to Know
There are just two more days of class left for my Introduction to Computers for Arts and Social Sciences course. In each of these classes, there is a quiz forChecking...
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Demoing Gram's House at Games for Change Festival 2011
I'm very excited to announce that I'll be demoing Gram's House at this year's Games for Change Festival. Even though the game did not make it through the first...
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Why Computer Science is Relevant No Matter What You're Teaching
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...
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Storytelling in Education and Games
Imagine bringing the magic of storytelling into your classroom. But not just any classroom - in your math classroom.Storytelling @ Thurdays by kodomutIf that sounds...
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Smaller Class Sizes Can Matter
My Introduction to Computers for Arts and Social Sciences course usually has several hundred students when taught in the fall and winter (when I'm not teaching)...
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Programming Concepts in Scratch
On Monday I started my lessons on Scratch for my Introduction to Computers for Arts and Social Sciences class. My goal is for students to understand boolean values...
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Teaching How to Think Computationally
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...
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2011 Mini-Course: Post-Course Survey Results
Each year at the end of my mini-course, I give the girls a customized survey to try and find out what their attitudes are about computer science after experiencing...
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2011 Mini-Course: Games Students Made
This year's edition of my mini-course (Computer Science and Games: Just for Girls!) wound down at the end of last week. I made sure to get a copy of the girls'...
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Making 'Introduction to Computers for Arts and Social Sciences' Even More Awesome
I'm getting ready to teach our introductory computer course for arts and social science majors again this summer. If you read my blog around this time last year...
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Examples of Games that Teach CS Concepts and Programming
In my previous post I introduced the fact that there weren't very many educational games that specifically aim to teach computer science concepts. Here I'll share...
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Educational Games That Teach Computer Science
There has been an increased interest in educational games lately — especially those that truly give the player a deeper understanding of a topic but are still fun...
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Lessons from an Early 'QR Story Quest' Prototype
I have been working on an iPhone app as I've had time over the last few months. It's essentially a platform to run what I call QR Story Quests, which are somewhat...
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CRA-W Grad Cohort: Non-academic Career Paths
Becoming a professor isn't the only option after getting your PhD. There are plenty of non-academic options in both research and non-research areas. Take a look...
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CRA-W Grad Cohort: Research Proposals
What exactly is a research proposal and how do you prepare a good one? The following advice, given at the 2011 CRA-W Grad Cohort, is mainly intended for your PhD...
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A Fortnight in Boston, Massachusetts
I recently had the fortunate opportunity to participate in the CRA-W Grad Cohort for a third and final time. I love this program because not only do we get toFreedom...
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Last Minute Preparations for our Celebration of Women in Science and Engineering
Tomorrow is our second annual Carleton Celebration of Women in Science and Engineering, hosted by CU-WISE. This is an event I came up with last year after attending...
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The Nicol Challenge and My Latest Idea for Girls, Computer Science, and Games
On a whim, I entered the Carleton Nicol Challenge and was thrilled to make it to the Top 8. I pitched my idea in front of a panel of judges (apparently in Dragon's...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science