CT Cafe

Here is a recording of her presentation to the Yahoo Big Thinker forum in the Summer of 2009. The pres is aimed at a computer science audience but includes many examples of computational thinking applied to various disciplines. She also approaches some of the practical challenges in pedagogy with respect to embedding CT and STEM in K-80 curricula. Hmmmm. PT

Jeannette Wing: The Computational Thinker (click this link for IEEE article about Jeannette Wing)

See details of her upcoming presentation at the end of July. She will be speaking as one of Yahoo’s 2009 Big Thinkers.

Computational Thinking and Thinking About Computing
Speaker: Jeannette Wing
When: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 - 11:00 - 12:00
Location: Santa Clara, CA

I found this fascinating quote today:

Been listening and reading to Jon Udell talk about Computational Thinking. Still need to wrap my head around the whole concept, but wanted to introduce the topic and hope that others would also find this topic interesting.Computational Thinking, May 2009

You should read the whole article.

Please check out the power point presentation with the above title by clicking the link under meeting notes to the right.

Find the answers to these questions:

1) What characteristics are common to engineering and computer science students?
2) Who is hiring engineers and computer scientists?
3) What fuels the current and future needs?
4) Which jobs are in most demand?
5) What are the starting salaries?
6) What does Sacramento State Unversity have to offer?


“This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0722172. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF).”

Hello CPATH friends,

Please see the link under meeting notes entitled "Why Choose Engineering or Computer Science?" to see a power point presentation from Sac State with the answer to that question!


Thanks,

CPATH Team