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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
CS Principles and the CS 10k Initiative / GHC13
As the opening keynote here at GHC reminded us, computer science has a supply problem. The number of people we need to create technology is increasing at a much...
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An Exciting First Day at GHC13
Today was our first full day in Minneapolis for this year's edition of the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. It's so nice to live the conferencecheck...
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Gearing Up for Grace Hopper Next Week
For me, today is all about getting ready for the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing next week. As usual, I'm involved with the conference in many different...
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A Preview of My GHC13 Gram's House Poster
It's not finalized, but here's a preview of the poster I made about Gram's House, a research project I started a few years ago, for the Grace Hopper Celebration...
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Early Experiences with Poll Everywhere and Peer Instruction
I've now survived the first three lectures in both my classes. Both are introductory computing classes for non-majors: one is heavier on concepts but includeseven...
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Pictures of My New Office
I moved into my new office on Tuesday, and finally decorated a little bit. Here are some photos of my new home!My teaching and office hours are now posted on the...
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Designing an Intro to CS for Non-Majors: From Objectives to Problems
When working on my introductory computer science class for non-majors, I started with the objectives. From there, I thought about the types of assignments andinquiry...
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Introducing the GHC13 Communities Committee
Did you know that the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing has a strong online presence? From Tweeting to blogging to note taking, we've got you covered...
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Designing an Intro to CS for Non-Majors: Starting With the Objectives
I have been working on my course design for my introductory computer science class for non-majors. It is taught in Processing and covers all the basics of programming...
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The Latest on the App Formerly Known as Carleton Quest
I've been making good progress on the app formerly known as Carleton Quest. I've rewritten the story to include more faculty-specific info and general school spirit...
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Making the Most of Your Messaging in 'Women in Computer Science' Outreach
If you've ever done outreach with girls to try to get them into computer science, you may have wondered what the best way to do it is. After all, we've been at...
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Female Friendly Narrative Modding in Games
Why is it that there are still so few video games stories with awesome female protagonists that don't play into the usual gender stereotypes? What's a gamer toZelda...
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A Picture of Me Dancing With Graphs
On Wednesday, I did my annual mentoring with Girls @ Virtual Ventures, the all-female section of the popular science and engineering camp held at Carleton. AsCS...
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Brenda Romero at G4C13: The Games Need to Change
In the games for change movement, what needs to change? Brenda Romero, designer in residence at UC Santa Cruz, thinks it's the games.In her Games for Change 2013...
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Encouraging Students to Make Mistakes and Learn How to Debug
I've been slowly reading Papert's Mindstorms as I've had time (finally!). This paragraph (pg 114) really jumped out at me:It is easy to empathize. The ethic of...
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When You Picture an Engineer, You Probably Don't Picture Me
Debbie Sterling has experienced life as someone who doesn't fit in. In her inspiring TEDx talk, she shares her story of how she discovered engineering, and makes...
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Active Learning in Large Lectures
One of my (self-assigned) tasks lately has been to go through my teaching notes before I start planning my fall courses. The latest topic I dug into was teaching...
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Improving Computer Science and Programming Education for Women Improves It for Everyone
We know that computing fields are gender imbalanced. While 57% of all undergraduate degrees in the United States were earned by women in 2009, women made up only...
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Earnest Games, Not Serious Games
Why is it that after ten years of Games for Change festivals guys like Ian Bogost are still making the same argument: games have the power to depict complexityGames...
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