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Techniques for Teaching
Ballroom C
Monday, 15:30, 1 hour 30 minutes | 7 | · | 8 | · | 9 | · | 10 | · | 11 | · | 12 | · | 13 | · | 14 | · | 15 | · | 16 | · | 17 | · | 18 | · | 19 | · | 20 | · | 21 |
- If I had a model, I'd model in the mornin'
- Kurt Fenstermacher
University of Arizona
kurtf@eller.arizona.edu
Despite the importance of modeling in producing high-quality
software, modeling often receives scant attention in academic
curricula. The recent (sometimes heated) discussion of the
Object Management Group'sModel-Driven Architecture (MDA) has
created an opportunity and offered the motivation for making
modeling a more central part of the study of software designs.
This paper discusses the rationale for modeling, how modeling
is currently taught in one graduate program in Management
Information Systems and some experiences in the teaching of
modeling to masters' level graduate students.
- Event-Driven Programming Facilitates Learning Standard Programming Concepts
- Kim B. Bruce
Williams College
kim@cs.williams.edu
Andrea Danyluk
Williams College
andrea@cs.williams.edu
Thomas Murtagh
Williams College
tom@cs.williams.edu
We have designed a CS 1 course that integrates event-driven
programming from the very start. We argue that
event-driven programming is simple enough for CS 1 when
introduced with the aid of a library that we have developed.
In this paper we argue that early use of event-driven
programming makes many of the standard topics of CS 1 much
easier for students to learn by breaking them into smaller,
more understandable concepts.
- Activity Session: Framegames!
- Steve Metsker
CapTech Ventures
steve.metsker@acm.org
William Wake
Independent Consultant
william.wake@acm.org
To help your students be motivated, active, and alert in class,
it helps to include interactive simulations and games in your
teaching. It takes a lot of preparation, though, to create new
games for your classes.
Framegames offer an approach to including interactive content
without wearing yourself out. A framegame is a shell into which
you can load a lesson-of-the-day to quickly create an enjoyable
and instructive game. In this hands-on session, we'll introduce
two frames and four games, and give you the chance to test out
the games. You'll walk away with a pair of frames that you can
apply immediately to spice up your curriculum and energize your
students without exhausting yourself!
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