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The African Enigma: Who Knows More?
Tally sticks and notched bones are among the oldest digital data carriers.
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The Call to Teach Computing to Everyone
Major media sites are exploring the idea of teaching computer science to everyone, as a requirement for understanding one's world.
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What We Owe Google, and What Google Owes S
We rely on online information sources--maybe too much. What is our responsibility to make sure that they're accurate, and what responsibility do the sources have...
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The Long Road to a Seat at the Table
Computer science is still a new discipline compared to the rest of STEM. It will take a while for people to know what a "computer scientist" is in the same way...
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At the Nsf Ce21 Meeting: We Have Such a Long Way to Go
The NSF CE21 Community Meeting highlighted the opportunity that computing has to catch up with the rest of STEM on education issues.
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Let's Teach Malware When It's Ready: The Purpose of ndergrad CS
Ledin's call for teaching malware to all undergraduate students conflicts with my understanding of the purpose of an undergraduate CS degree.
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Computer Science as Value Added to a Liberal Education
Computer science education is valuable, even to those who do not major in computer science. Those non-CS major informants who talk about that value are doing us...
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Computer Science Needs Education Schools. Desperately.
Improving high-school computer science in the United States is critical for the success and growth of computing education. To do that, we need teachers. To get...
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Computer Science Left out of National Academies Report
The new draft framework from the National Research Council on "science, engineering, and technology" makes no mention of computer science.
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Albion College Eliminates Computer Science
Albion College decides to eliminate the computer science major due to budget cuts and low enrollment, because it's not really part of 21st century work.
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The Complicated Issues of Computing Education in Qatar
The ACM Education Board visited Qatar at the beginning of May. At Qatar University, 70% of the students in CS are women, and those we met are hungry to produce...
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Are There Too Many It Jobs or Too Many It Workers?
The latest US Bureau of Labor Statistics report is out, and it says that computing is booming! So why are there so many IT workers complaining about being laid...
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Ap Cs No Longer Counts For High School Graduation in Georgia (for Now)
Georgia used to count AP CS as a fourth "science" class towards high school graduation. As of 1 October 2009, that is no longer true.
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Perception Matters
The rapid pace of technology means that there are solutions that worked well, but are now abandoned -- not always for technical reasons. Perceptions about a technology...
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How We Make Decisions About Cs1
How do we decide what to put in our introductory courses, and for who, and using what language? My experience suggests that we make our decisions more on the basis...
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Correction and pdates on Role of Apcs in ndergraduate Enrollment
The number of students taking the Advanced Placement Exam in Computer Science (APCS) is distressingly low. My earlier data were wrong, but even with these data...
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Nudging Computing Education
The nudges of libertarian paternalism have insights for computing education.
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The Impact of Apcs on ndergraduate CS Enrollment
The critics and detractors of the Advanced Placement exam in Computer Science (APCS) are many. But the flaws of APCS most likely have no effect on undergraduate...
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Only the Developed World Lacks Women in Computing
The developing world has lots of women in computing. Great talks at this week's NCWIT meeting explain why the difference.
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'there's an App For That,' and You Could Write It
The challenge of computing education today is convincing students that not every application is done and available for download.
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