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ACMSE
2007
ACM
15 years 8 months ago
Integrating BlackBerry wireless devices into computer programming and literacy courses
In this paper we describe our experience in integrating the RIM's BlackBerry handheld wireless device into programming and literacy courses at the University of Guelph and th...
Qusay H. Mahmoud, Allan Dyer
SIGCSE
2005
ACM
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15 years 9 months ago
Design process for a non-majors computing course
There is growing interest in computing courses for non-CS majors. We have recently built such a course that has met with positive response. We describe our design process, which i...
Mark Guzdial, Andrea Forte
145
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FDG
2009
ACM
15 years 10 months ago
Emphasizing soft skills and team development in an educational digital game design course
Engineering education has evolved from providing students solely with technical skills to providing them with courses that provide students with the non-technical “soft skillsâ€...
Quincy Brown, Frank J. Lee, Suzanne Alejandre
135
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SIGCSE
2009
ACM
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16 years 4 months ago
QuickDraw: bringing graphics into first year
This paper describes a new tool for introducing computer graphics and multimedia applications into first year, called QuickDraw, and our experience using it. QuickDraw provides an...
Ben Stephenson, Craig Taube-Schock
ITICSE
2010
ACM
15 years 4 months ago
When CS 1 is biology 1: crossdisciplinary collaboration as CS context
We present the curriculum, deployment, and initial evaluation of a course, BioCS1, designed to serve as CS1 and Biology1 for majors of either (or both) disciplines. Cotaught by pr...
Zachary Dodds, Ran Libeskind-Hadas, Eliot Bush