Using History to Teach Computer Science
General June 27th, 2008
I’m going to re-blog Greg Downey’s post about finding a Computing Research Association publication on using history to teach computer science and related fields. It’s a long report (319 pages,) but just reading the table of contents makes me think this is something I should read. Computer Science, Informatics, LIS: they aren’t just studies of technologies and methodologies, algorithms and analysis. They are cultures, evolutions, people, social networks, and are disciplines filled with resumes of triumphs and failures. Their histories are greater than the product of where they currently are. The first paper’s abstract says, “attention to the history of computing might help to make a computer scientist into a better teacher and, on a broader level, might make computer science itself into a better discipline.” I agree.
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Most excellent
Oh no chipotle
General June 19th, 2008
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| Calories 1053 | Cal from Fat 356 | ||||||||||
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| Total Fat 41g | 63% | ||||||||||
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| Cholesterol 95mg | 32% | ||||||||||
| Sodium 2651mg | 110% | ||||||||||
| Total Carbs 112g | 37% | ||||||||||
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| INGREDIENTS: 13″ Tortilla,Rice,Black Beans,Steak (4oz),Red (Hot) Salsa,Guacamole (4oz),Lettuce,Cheese | |||||||||||
But, see, I get mine without the cilantro, so it’s healthier. (I don’t care if you are bad for me — I still love you, Chipotle.)
Summer band program June 19, 2008
General June 18th, 2008
University of Illinois
Summer Band
2008
Daniel Neuenschwander, Conductor
*Program*
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Star spangled banner
Espirt de corps / Robert Jager
Concord / Clare Grundman
National emblem march / E.E. Bagley
Second suite in F / Gustav Holst
Amparito Roca / Jaime Texidor
Puszta / Jan Van Der Roost
Shenandoah / Frank Ticheli
Armed forced salute / Bob Lowden
Illinois loyalty / T.H. Guild
[ Concert starts at 7pm on the south patio of the Union/Quad, and should last about an hour. ]
[ Edit: 6/19 4pm Corrected the date from 6/18 to 6/19. Whoops. ]
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@marc: Yes.
General June 17th, 2008
Humor is repetition.
OMG EVDO N CU
General June 17th, 2008
It looks like Sprint has flipped the switch on their high-speed, 3G data network in the Champaign-Urbana area. As of this morning, my phone is showing the same data icon I see in the St. Louis and Chicago areas. I don’t use the broadband much on my phone, but I’m looking forward to the increased speed — even if it’s as much a perception of speed than true evolved functionality. It makes us not seem so rural when we have the same data plans as urban areas.
Now, to gets me a new smartphone to use all this tasty bandwidth…
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