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CHI
1998
ACM
13 years 12 months ago
The Progress Portfolio: Designing Reflective Tools for a Classroom Context
A great deal of effort has gone into developing open-ended inquiry activities for science education as well as complex computer tools for accessing scientific data to help student...
Ben Loh, Josh Radinsky, Eric Russell, Louis M. Gom...
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
213views Education» more  SIGCSE 2009»
14 years 8 months ago
Engaging middle school teachers and students with alice in a diverse set of subjects
This paper describes the integration of the Alice 3D virtual worlds environment into a diverse set of subjects in middle school, including the development of tutorials, example wo...
Susan H. Rodger, Jenna Hayes, Gaetjens Lezin, Henr...
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
167views Education» more  SIGCSE 2009»
14 years 8 months ago
Python CS1 as preparation for C++ CS2
How suitable is a Python-based CS1 course as preparation for a C++-based CS2 course? After fifteen years of using C++ for both CS1 and CS2, the Computer Science Department at Mich...
Richard J. Enbody, William F. Punch, Mark McCullen
WWW
2008
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
VoiKiosk: increasing reachability of kiosks in developing regions
One of the several initiatives to bridge the digital divide in developing countries has been the deployment of information kiosks or knowledge centers in villages in rural parts o...
Sheetal K. Agarwal, Arun Kumar, Amit Anil Nanavati...
WWW
2005
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
eBag: a ubiquitous Web infrastructure for nomadic learning
This paper describes the eBag infrastructure, which is a generic infrastructure inspired from work with school children who could bene t from a electronic schoolbag for collaborat...
Christina Brodersen, Bent Guldbjerg Christensen, K...