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ITICSE
2006
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
High school computing clubs: a pilot study
While classes in IT skills are endemic, high school students in the UK rarely experience computer science. We present a pilot of a scheme that aims to go some way towards addressi...
Andrew Bennett, Joanna Briggs, Martyn Clark
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
104views Education» more  SIGCSE 2008»
13 years 4 months ago
Inspiring blind high school students to pursue computer science with instant messaging chatbots
Blind students are an underrepresented group in computer science. In this paper, we describe our experience preparing and leading the computer science track at the National Federa...
Jeffrey P. Bigham, Maxwell B. Aller, Jeremy T. Bru...
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
128views Education» more  SIGCSE 2008»
13 years 4 months ago
Cybercivics: a novel approach to reaching k-12 students with the social relevance of computer science
This paper describes CyberCivics, a novel approach to computer science outreach that integrates hands-on computing experiences with the study of contemporary social and political ...
Jim Owens, Jeanna Matthews
SIGGRAPH
2009
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Educating technophile artists: experiences from a highly successful computer animation undergraduate programme
Over the past few decades, the arts have become increasingly dependent on and influenced by the development of computer technology. In the 1960s pioneering artists experimented w...
Peter Comninos, Leigh McLoughlin, Eike Falk Anders...