tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post8465655477436215087..comments2023-07-10T07:12:16.641-04:00Comments on The Female Perspective of Computer Science: Teach Me Computer Science EarlierGail Carmichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14173555781667297996noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-19407177495547224012009-08-21T05:57:19.196-04:002009-08-21T05:57:19.196-04:00Hello friends
I m Dimitri a computer science gra...Hello friends <br /><br />I m Dimitri a computer science graduate.....could plzz guide me wat's the procedure to take admission in the college....I wanted my sister to be in a gud college....thats why i m asking....<br />presently i m working for organisation.<br /><br />thank you<br />Dimitri<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.iwaayinternetmarketing.blogspot.com/2009/08/cash-online-get-easy-cash-at-your-door.html" rel="nofollow">Cash Online Get Easy cash at your door step</a>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17088377703944673495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-18559587108655563252009-08-19T17:01:30.330-04:002009-08-19T17:01:30.330-04:00Thanks Chris! Always cool to see that many of us a...Thanks Chris! Always cool to see that many of us are thinking about it :)Gail Carmichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14173555781667297996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-46880313297847589662009-08-19T10:38:34.460-04:002009-08-19T10:38:34.460-04:00This is a really interesting post. I posted someth...This is a really interesting post. I posted something related today, and then got passed a link to your post.<br /><br />My post - <a href="http://my.opera.com/ODIN/blog/2009/08/19/how-do-we-educate-the-web-standards-kids" rel="nofollow">How do we educate the web standards kids?</a>Chris Millshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16193063453482901549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-32255812211882913722009-08-14T22:48:55.444-04:002009-08-14T22:48:55.444-04:00Whoa - I definitely do not "know how between ...Whoa - I definitely do not "know how between 3rd grade (long division) and whenever it is they teach algebra, you learn basically nothing about math, just keep practicing the old stuff?"<br /><br />I didn't learn long division until grade five or six!!<br /><br />Your math experience sounds great! I'm a little jealous ;) I wonder if many have the same experience...?Gail Carmichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14173555781667297996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-24018816071317981852009-08-14T22:45:20.146-04:002009-08-14T22:45:20.146-04:00Gail:
You know how between 3rd grade (long divisio...Gail:<br />You know how between 3rd grade (long division) and whenever it is they teach algebra, you learn basically nothing about math, just keep practicing the old stuff? At my school that would've meant learning nothing in 4th, 5th, or 6th grade, except in 6th grade I had a math teacher who decided he wasn't going to teach to the curriculum. <br /><br />He taught us how to think about math theoretically. We learned ternary. And we were tested on ternary with a bonus question in binary. You could only get the binary question right if you really understood the theory behind changing bases.<br /><br />And he taught us how math could actually be used (aside from calculating how much 15% off sales would save). He had us make scale drawings of our rooms, of furniture we'd like, figure out square footage of paint and carpet required, etc. and do our own interior design with a $2000 budget. That was a great teacher.<br /><br />And I totally agree on having computer teachers who actually know how to use computers. Learning how to use Microsoft Word every year for 6 years isn't helping any. Especially when it's "how to make really horrendously ugly stuff with too many fonts that looks like it belongs on a c. 1997 website complete with <blink> tag"!Mackenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03695808411116664337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-91862581942874767772009-08-14T12:40:47.995-04:002009-08-14T12:40:47.995-04:00Hey! great blog , your information tips and tricks...Hey! great blog , your information tips and tricks,which you provided really gud ...this is gud way to provide the information..nice work<br /><br />gaurvi<br /><a href="http://tech.orangy.in" rel="nofollow">orangy tech</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-81054289002219369702009-08-14T10:19:27.376-04:002009-08-14T10:19:27.376-04:00Barb, this is actually something that came up a lo...Barb, this is actually something that came up a lot during our discussion about CS Education at the Google Scholars' Retreat (see <a href="http://compscigail.blogspot.com/2009/07/google-scholars-retreat-tech-talks-cs.html" rel="nofollow">this blog post</a>). The key was to integrate CS stuff into already existing curriculum. For example, teaching addition? Do an activity on binary counting (yes, you can do these activities at very young ages). Teaching science? Show how lots of data gets sorted with a sorting activity. The possibilities are there - someone just needs to show teachers what they can do and how to do it. CS connects to everything. Maybe this is where CU-WISE can help! ;)Gail Carmichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14173555781667297996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-88268844134574075952009-08-13T23:12:59.424-04:002009-08-13T23:12:59.424-04:00At the IEEE's TISP (Teacher In-Service Program...At the IEEE's TISP (Teacher In-Service Program) workshop this year I spoke to a few high school teachers who are really enthusiastic about teaching computers. One of them used to work in industry. He said that their school "doesn't have the funds for computer courses". He said it's not an excuse, but that's what he is told. I'm not sure what to do about that one. But hopefully soon programs like TISP, CU-WISE and all the outreach programs out there start to take effect in pre-university curriculums.Barbora Dejhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04064495869369841676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-7677802811427066632009-08-13T20:48:04.600-04:002009-08-13T20:48:04.600-04:00I think that's exactly where activities like C...I think that's exactly where activities like CS Unplugged can do wonders. These fun activities make CS seem normal, and even non-CS people can teach them! :)Gail Carmichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14173555781667297996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-76824045767368225962009-08-13T17:02:07.236-04:002009-08-13T17:02:07.236-04:00One problem for getting students in general (not j...One problem for getting students in general (not just girls) is that computer science is considered arcane and exotic. I was telling a fellow student about my summer research (he's a geo major) and the exact I used was "I analyzed programs for performance problems" which isn't quite true, but the least technical one liner I could come up with. His answer was "You lost me at 'program'". Stuff like geo, bio, even other sciences and engineering disciplines have an aura of normalcy about them that CS lacks.<br /><br />Its not that understanding or creating programs is hard, but lots of people think it is. Also compared to the old days when your home computer probably came with a ROM chip with BASIC burned in and precious little else, learning programming was upfront, in-your-face. Its quite the opposite where you have to go and find a compiler/interpreter, download, install, learn to use etc. Unless if you're on a Linux box. But then if you're a young student on a Linux box you probably want to learn about CS anyways.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17632225038534628968noreply@blogger.com