tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post7894069424348685846..comments2023-07-10T07:12:16.641-04:00Comments on The Female Perspective of Computer Science: Making 'Introduction to Computers for Arts and Social Sciences' Even More AwesomeGail Carmichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14173555781667297996noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-38247764651260418632011-05-13T17:41:46.300-04:002011-05-13T17:41:46.300-04:00That sounds exciting to geeks like us, not non-CS ...That sounds exciting to geeks like us, not non-CS majors. ;)Gail Carmichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14173555781667297996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-61043788368067827422011-05-13T17:39:18.996-04:002011-05-13T17:39:18.996-04:00Hey... spreadsheets can be entertaining.. to the r...Hey... spreadsheets can be entertaining.. to the right mindset. :P The satisfaction of manipulating a vast spread of data and forcing out some useful metric.Olihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15208552993437798014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-65150511366846947682011-05-13T15:46:44.445-04:002011-05-13T15:46:44.445-04:00I'm definitely going to cover them, and do so ...I'm definitely going to cover them, and do so after seeing how to program in Scratch and after learning a couple of algorithms. Hopefully they will be able to see and make use of the connections.<br /><br />On the other hand, spreadsheets are SO. BORING. :)Gail Carmichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14173555781667297996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-34880860095461117572011-05-13T15:44:05.511-04:002011-05-13T15:44:05.511-04:00I think spreadsheets are the perfect gateway drug ...I think spreadsheets are the perfect gateway drug to computer science. They're not perfect but I think they are good for showing how you can automate common tasks and then you can pull that out into how programming is a more general tool of solving automation problems.Shrutarshi Basuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14725861711475141449noreply@blogger.com