-
Recent Posts
- Presenting Pleasant Provisions of the Python Programming Platform for the Pedagogy of Discrete Mathematics
- Please Vote for LEGO to Produce a Set Featuring Lovelace, Babbage, and the Analytical Engine
- I recommend Sydney Padua’s ‘THRILLING(!!!) Adventures of LOVELACE and BABBAGE’
- Continuing Revision of Discrete Mathematics Courses with Attention to Computer Science Curricula 2013
- Continuing the Conversation on Programming in the Non-majors CS Course
Recent Comments
- Moti Ben-Ari on Continuing the Conversation on Programming in the Non-majors CS Course
- Anthony Ruocco on We Aspire to Comply with the ACM/IEEE CS Curriculum Guidelines — But…, But…, But….
- Simone D'Angelo on Fewer Female Software Engineers than thought?
- One reason we have so much engineering and so little computer science taught at US high schools. | ACM Inroads | Computing Education Blog on One reason we have so much engineering and so little computer science taught at US high schools.
- Moti Ben-Ari on Is the STEM Shortage (and by implication computer science and information technology) a myth?
Archives
Categories
Author Archives: Joseph Kmoch
Best practices backed up by research at the recent NCWIT Summit
A couple of weeks ago I attended the annual NCWIT Summit. As usual, it was a smashing success including excellent sessions, lots of networking and lots of food. Amy Dalal, an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Carleton College, attended … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Guest Blog – Barb Ericson on requiring CS for entry into college – prior experience helps a lot
To a question about Requiring CS for Entry into College? Barb Ericson posted this on the CSTA list recently. With her permission I’m reposting her comments here – they contain much of relevance to both high schools and colleges. At … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
1 Comment
CS Resources Abound But There’s Still a Crisis in CS Education
Late last week I attended and spoke at the Wisconsin Mathematics Council Annual Meeting at Green Lake. They allowed me to speak twice about computer science. In fact, we are lucky enough to have a math organization that encourages a … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged advocacy, cs resources, diversity, gender, programming
Leave a comment
CSTA 2013 Conference – Excellent Learning and Network Opportunity
For over a decade the CSTA Conference (formerly the CS and IT Symposium) has been an excellent forum for K-12 teachers to network and learn. I’ve been to nearly all of them and always look forward to attending. I have … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Context-free Content
Recently, I ran into an article in Education Week entitled “The Math Standards and Moving Beyond the Worksheet.” In it a high school mathematics teacher (Algebra 2 and AP Calculus) described the laminated poster she had in her classroom where … Continue reading
Employability Skills – Cooperation Between a School and its Business Advisory Board
Milwaukee Washington HS of IT has an advisory board made up of about 20 representatives from area businesses and post-secondary institutions. These members are focused on IT and engineering occupations. We meet monthly throughout the year. Based on a retreat … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Networking: You’ll Never Walk Alone
I just returned from another excellent SIGCSE conference, this time in what became snowy Denver. I had several days to catch up on new ideas, get refreshed on old ones and I even heard presentations that reaffirmed ideas for me. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Meritocracy – Are We There Yet?
I’ve recently come across two well known individuals in the IT world who believe that the IT entrepreneurial and employment worlds are a meritocracy, that gender and race don’t matter, only the quality matters. One of the articles is on … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
What? Change the way we teach CS???
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. — Albert Einstein On a recent Saturday, I had the distinct privilege of being part of one of the workshops being offered to Chicago Public School … Continue reading
STEM Hijacked?
I’ve gone to a number of STEM conferences locally and a few nationally. In nearly all cases, all I’ve ever heard about is engineering. In fact a local STEM conference I’ve attended for 8 years had a single panel discussion … Continue reading
Posted in Contributors, Joseph Kmoch
2 Comments
