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CHI
2007
ACM
16 years 5 days ago
Storytelling alice motivates middle school girls to learn computer programming
We describe Storytelling Alice, a programming environment that introduces middle school girls to computer programming as a means to the end of creating 3D animated stories. Storyt...
Caitlin Kelleher, Randy F. Pausch, Sara B. Kiesler
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
151views Education» more  SIGCSE 2009»
16 years 11 days ago
A CS unplugged design pattern
"Computer Science (CS) Unplugged"is an educational method for introducing non-specialists to concepts of CS through hands-on activities that don't require the use o...
Tomohiro Nishida, Susumu Kanemune, Yukio Idosaka, ...
SIGGRAPH
2003
ACM
15 years 5 months ago
Forum: a new approach for the production of educational content
eLearning is developing at an ever increasing rate as universities and colleges recognize its vast potential to reach a deeper and fragmented student pool. For a while, eLearning ...
Christine Daviault, Marcelo Coelho
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
107views Education» more  SIGCSE 2009»
16 years 11 days ago
Foss 101: engaging introductory students in the open source movement
Can engaging students in free and open source software (FOSS) pique their interest in computer science? This paper describes an introductory computer science course that introduce...
Ralph Morelli, Trishan R. de Lanerolle
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
116views Education» more  SIGCSE 2008»
14 years 11 months ago
Evaluating a breadth-first cs 1 for scientists
This paper presents a thorough evaluation of CS for Scientists, a CS 1 course designed to provide future scientists with an overview of the discipline. The course takes a breadth-...
Zachary Dodds, Ran Libeskind-Hadas, Christine Alva...