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Second Workshop on Using History to Improve Undergraduate Computer Science Teaching

First Floor
Elmer L. Andersen Library
222 21st Avenue South
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, 55455
April 26-28, 2002

Final Program

Friday, April 26

8:30 am Continental Breakfast
9:00 William Aspray
- Opening remarks
- Results from 1st Workshop
- Uses of History in Teaching Other Mathematical, Scientific, and Engineering Disciplines
9:45 Steve Russ
Using History in the Computer Science Logic Course
10:30
Break
11:00  Gordon Davies
Teaching Object-Oriented Programming with the Use of Historical Materials
Noon
Lunch
1:30 pm Arthur Norberg
Using History to Prepare Students for their Careers
2:15 J.A.N. Lee
Historical Materials in the Virginia Tech Professionalism Course
3:00
Break
3:30 Elisabeth Kaplan
Using Primary Sources in the Undergraduate Classroom: New Tools for Old Documents (lecture, plus tour of the Charles Babbage Institute Archives)

 

Saturday, April 27

8:30 am Continental Breakfast
9:00 Steve Russ
The History of Computing Course in the Computer Science Curriculum
9:45 John Impagliazzo
Using History in the Computer Architecture Course
10:30 
Break
11:00 Thomas Drucker
Standing on the Shoulders of Historians
Noon
Lunch
1:30 pm Janet Abbate
Including Women in Computer Science: How History Can Help [web links]
2:15 Michael Williams
Using Artifacts and Simulated Artifacts in Teaching Computer Science
3:00
Break
3:30  Discussion Groups
Attendees can share their experiences and ask questions

 

Sunday, April 28

8:30 am Continental Breakfast
9:00 Thomas Bergin
American University/Sloan Foundation Software History Website
9:45  Atsushi Akera
The IT Program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
10:30 
Break
11:00  Joyce Currie Little
Using History to Teach Software Engineering
11:35 Wrap-up

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