CS News – Creative College Intro Courses
http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/news/cso.pdf http://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cs39N/fa09/ http://www.cs.rutgers.edu/~mlittman/courses/cs105-08/ Both of these courses use Scratch and cover some really cool...
View ArticleAP CS Principles Website
AP CS Principles Website The AP CS Principles course website is now up and running. Information regarding the work of the commission has been posted as well as some general information on the AP...
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Pac-Man 30th Anniversary
Google Pac-Man People Playing Google Pac-Man Wastes 4.8 Million Hours The 30th anniversary of Pac-Man has come and gone. What a cool game! I remember playing Pac-Man on 25 cent arcade machines when I...
View ArticleCS News – CMU Using Robots to Create CS Majors
CMU Using Robots to Create CS Majors CMU is going to use the tremendous interest in robotics to get more students interested in Computer Science. Many of us at the high school level have been doing...
View ArticleCS News – Lack of CS Grads and Quality CS Programs
CS Education Act Press Release The link above is to the press release detailing the Computer Science Education Act. New Bill Focuses on Lack of CS Grads The CS Ed Act should provide a much needed focus...
View ArticleTCEA Panel Summary – What is the Future of AP Computer Science?
Today in Austin, Texas at the TCEA state convention, Bill Dunklau organized a panel to discuss the proposed AP CS Principles course. Bill served as the panel moderator. Teresa Dahlberg, representing...
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CMU kicks OOP to the curb in intro CS
CMU says adios to OOP in intro CS OOP was all the rage a few years ago, but appears to be losing some of its luster. CMU has gone and done what lots of folks have been discussing on blogs and lists...
View ArticleJumping from Engineering to English
Prospective engineering students switching majors This is an interesting article and it does point out some of the reasons students bail out on Computer Science and Engineering. It seems that CS and...
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