tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post5832377241656844395..comments2023-07-10T07:12:16.641-04:00Comments on The Female Perspective of Computer Science: The "Why Are We Learning This?" Guide for Arts and Social SciencesGail Carmichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14173555781667297996noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-7336755135229371482013-11-16T16:42:04.400-05:002013-11-16T16:42:04.400-05:00We did that too (in class). :)We did that too (in class). :)Gail Carmichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14173555781667297996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-28732068745550931002013-11-16T14:55:09.410-05:002013-11-16T14:55:09.410-05:00I think that " But now that you know how much...I think that " But now that you know how much less space grayscale images can take, you might decide that they are the better choice when colour is not needed" is a poor example. Artists would quite rightly say that the choice of color or black-and-white is an artistic one that should not be dictated by small differences in storage costs.<br /><br />You would do better talking about vector vs. raster representations for images, which affects how they scale and and whether they can be cut as stencils.<br /><br />Or talk about resolution and compression and how grabbing a low-resolution, poorly compressed image from the web does not produce good results when scaled up and printed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-61682289866914810382013-11-08T12:12:45.275-05:002013-11-08T12:12:45.275-05:00I have, and in fact I make use of them in class! P...I have, and in fact I make use of them in class! Perhaps not enough. ;)Gail Carmichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14173555781667297996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-11943614900193486462013-11-08T11:52:51.549-05:002013-11-08T11:52:51.549-05:00Have you come across the book Computational Fairy ...Have you come across the book Computational Fairy Tales - which almost answers your question as lewis carroll would have done? If you are trying to explain to arts students, a story seems a good place to start!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-84561692378224747542013-11-05T04:00:35.642-05:002013-11-05T04:00:35.642-05:00Two things to throw into the mix:
All learners nee...Two things to throw into the mix:<br />All learners need to understand what it means to be part of the digital world. Digital footprints, unlike those we make in the sand, do not disappear with the wind or incoming tide, they persist.<br />And as an argument for the link between creativity and programming http://jiscrsc.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2013/04/knitting-like-programming/gingerbloxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04756404249913882532noreply@blogger.com