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Beyond Computer Science: Computational Thinking Across Disciplines, Amber Settle, Debra S. Goldberg, Valerie Barr Jun 2013

Beyond Computer Science: Computational Thinking Across Disciplines, Amber Settle, Debra S. Goldberg, Valerie Barr

Amber Settle

In her influential CACM article, Jeannette Wing argues that computational thinking is an emerging basic skill that should become an integral part of every child’s education [14]. The potential impact of any approach for incorporating computational thinking into the curriculum is limited by the low enrollment in computing classes and the homogeneous population choosing these classes. While there are continuing efforts to draw students into computing courses, a complementary approach is to bring computational thinking into courses already taken by a diverse set of students. Because computing is transforming society and impacting many areas of study, providing students with meaningful …

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Fast And Free: Apps And Websites You Can Use Today, Amanda Hartman May 2013

Fast And Free: Apps And Websites You Can Use Today, Amanda Hartman

Amanda Hartman McLellan

This workshop will cover some websites and mobile apps that are free and easy to use for a variety of purposes, from organization to just plain fun. If you've got a laptop, iPad or other mobile device, please bring it so you can play along!

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Session E-1: Hiding In Plain Sight, Micah Fogel Mar 2013

Session E-1: Hiding In Plain Sight, Micah Fogel

Professional Learning Day

Were the plays of William Shakespeare really written by Francis Bacon, who left a coded signature in plain sight? Can spies send messages without using codes and without getting caught? Steganography is the art of hiding messages in plain sight but in a way so that only those in on the secret can find them. We'll learn a few tricks about how to hide messages in pieces of text or sound and image files on a computer.

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Session F-4: Using Web Tools And Strategies To Enhance Student Engagement, Jackie Naughton, Frank Tomsic Mar 2013

Session F-4: Using Web Tools And Strategies To Enhance Student Engagement, Jackie Naughton, Frank Tomsic

Professional Learning Day

Web tools and strategies will be introduced and modeled. Teachers will leave this session able to immediately implement the tools and strategies in their classrooms. Participants must bring their own devices.

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Warcreate And Wail: Warc, Wayback, And Heritrix Made Easy, Mat Kelly, Michael L. Nelson, Michele C. Weigle Jan 2013

Warcreate And Wail: Warc, Wayback, And Heritrix Made Easy, Mat Kelly, Michael L. Nelson, Michele C. Weigle

Computer Science Faculty Publications

[First slide]

The Problem

Institutional Tools, Personal Archivists

  • ON YOUR MACHINE

-Complex to Operate

-Require Infrastructure

  • DELEGATED TO INSTITUTIONS

-$$$

-Lose original perspective

  • Locale content tailoring (DC vs. San Francisco)
  • Observation Medium (PC web browser vs. Crawler)

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