Busy as he may be, Santa is still finding time to reply to his email on computer science matters.
Judy Robertson
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Game Design Through Mentoring and Collaboration
About the successful game design program for students at McKinley Tech and George Mason University which encourages young people to study STEM.
Should Students Buy an iPad or a Year’s Supply of Pot Noodles?
Considering whether an iPad would be a good educational investment for a student.
The Importance of Quest to Learn
Why we need more educational projects like Quest To Learn, a New York program in which children's learning is based around game playing and design.
Interface Design For New Mothers
Why is there so little research into interface design for new mothers? Interface designers—hear my cry! Here are some pointers for designing interfaces for mothers and babies.
Valuing High School Computing Teachers
Thoughts on why high school computing teachers are so important and how we can help them.
Thoughts about using laptops in higher education classes, relating to a recent journal article about what students actually do with their laptops in class while pretending to study.
Turns out That Brain Training Games Don’t Work
A brief article pointing to a new large scale study published in Nature about the effect of brain training games.
Encouraging Girls to Study Geeky Subjects (part 2): Programmable Bracelets
Some thoughts about novel ways to attract girls to study computing: e-textiles and computational crafts.
Shape the Future of Computing
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