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ChatGPT (and Other Generative AI Applications) as a Disruptive Technology for Computer Science Education: Obsolescence or Reinvention
Generative AI may turn out to be disruptive technologies for computer science education, but generative AI can also be conceived…
From BLOG@CACM
Want Kids to Love Math and Science? Don't Use Those Words
At Mindbenders, we want kids to put down their textbooks and learn by creating and doing.
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Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
What SIGCSE's Top 10 Lists tell us about the growing field of Computer Science Education (and computer science more broadly).
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How Did the Romans Calculate?
Experts are still wondering how the Romans calculated with their number system.
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The Growing Tension Between Undergraduate and K-12: Is CS for All, or Just Those Who Get Past the Caps?
Are we repeating the 1980's? It's even worse now.
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The Ethical Responsibilities of the Student or End-User Programmer
If a student's program goes awry, who is responsible? How do we protect society and encourage people to learn about code?
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Broadening Participation in Computing Is Easier Than You Think
Some small steps that can make a big difference.
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There Are No Digital Humanities
Many think that the opposite of digital is analog or mechanical.
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FictionStein
Science fiction like Frankenstein nudges readers to confer humanity but nudges them away from moral fortitude.
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Direct Instruction is Better than Discovery, but What Should We be Directly Instructing?
We should teach students directly, not expect them to discover for themselves. What should we be teaching directly?
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A Tale of Two CTs (and a Revised Timeline for Computational Thinking)
Rethinking the timeline of Computational Thinking to recognize several computer scientists in addition to Jeannette Wing.
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What Children Want to Know About Computers
Does a super computer have a really big chip in it? Would we be more or less clever if computers had never been invented? These are the sorts of questions which...
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Changing Who Pays for CS Professional Development in the U.S. and Who Controls It: It Has to be Local
In the U.S., a shift in who pays to prepare computer science (CS) teachers.
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Tech User Responsibility
User support presents serious challenges that are aggravated by indeterminate client responsibility.
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Computational Thinking, Education for the Poor and Rich, and Dealing with Schools and Teachers As They Are: A Twitter Convo
A Twitter conversation turned into a narrative on computational thinking
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Computer Science Encyclopedia Can Fill a Gap
Our profession has the credibility and resources to create an Encyclopedia that will serve as the professional standard.
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Moving Computing Education Past Argument from Authority: Stuart Reges and Women Who Code
Computing educators often make decisions based on arguments from authority. Time to move on.
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Discussing Empirical Answers to Questions of Software Engineering
Focusing on what helps software developers.
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My First Interaction, Design, and Children Conference, IDC 2018
IDC 2018 was a fun conference with lots of great insights.
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