Becka Morgan has a recent (2012) Ph.D. in Computer Science Education — her dissertation: “How does a Collaborative Community Affect Diverse Students’ Engagement with an Open Source Software Project: A Pedagogical Paradigm”.
VEX Robotics @ West Salem
Agile Software Methodology
Learn how the pros develop software. Agile Development is a technique for enabling teams to produce high quality products that meet customer demands in a fixed amount of time. It is the most widely used software development methodology in the software industry.
Teaching Computational Thinking
Computational thinking – the logic of algorithms – is the heart of computer science and an essential skill for the 21st century. We will look at ways to expose non-coders to the beauty of algorithms and computer science and to broaden the perspective of students who already know how to code.