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Politicians and educational reform
The president of the United States just started his second term, and Mr. Obama has spent a lot of time recently making his agenda for that term clear. In an interesting twist for computing educators, part of what he’s mentioned … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Amber Settle
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Examining failure
I had an interesting experience recently on my personal blog that started me thinking about failure and computing education. I’m teaching a new class, and I wrote a blog post in which I discussed my preparations for the first lecture … Continue reading
Posted in Amber Settle, Contributors, Opinion
Tagged computer science, computing, failure, programming, retention
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Social scientists who want to program
I just returned from a trip to Arizona to visit family, and one of the interesting conversations I had was with my sister. She is a newly-hired faculty member in the government department at the College of William and Mary. … Continue reading
Posted in Amber Settle, Press
Tagged artists, humanities, innovation, press, programming, social science
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Are technology companies ready for a culture change?
A convergence of events has me thinking about a possible cultural change for technology companies. But it will take me a while to explain what I mean, so forgive a personal digression. I hope that it will be worth the … Continue reading
Posted in Amber Settle, Gender
Tagged computer science, diversity, gender, industry, recruiting
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ICER’s chicken-and-egg problem
In the December issue of ACM Inroads, Raymond Lister has an article entitled Rare Research: Why is Research Uncommon in the Computing Education Universe? In it he correctly notes that while the SICSE Symposium typically has an attendance of roughly … Continue reading
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