Connecting IT Education to the Physical World using Smartphones David Starobinski, ECE/ENG Boston University Instructional Innovation Conference March.

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Connecting IT Education to the Physical World using Smartphones David Starobinski, ECE/ENG Boston University Instructional Innovation Conference March 26, 2010

IT Curriculum

US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment of computer software engineers and computer programmers is projected to increase by 21 percent from 2008 to 2018, much faster than the average for all occupations. By 2015, more than 75 percent of the jobs will require workers with special skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Computer Software Engineering Traditional ViewModern View

Smartphone Mini laptop/netbook +…. Powerful sensors

Smartphone Sensing Apps Remote Health Care (AirStrip) Smart Energy (Google PowerMeter)

Curriculum Innovation Smartphone programming assignment Developed by Idan Warsawski (BS, Eng ‘12) and Hongchang Wu (MS, Eng ’10) Offered in EC 441 (Intro to Computer Networking)

Android Socket

Main Screen

Finger Paint App

Sensor App Shaking of a phone causes the paired phone to vibrate

Smart Transportation T-Nav Senior Design project Subway arrival predictor Developed by Abin Ajayakumar (Eng ‘09), Moses Chen (Eng ‘09), Nael Musleh (Eng ‘09), Chris Ogorzalek (Eng ‘09), Patrick Raspante (Eng ‘09).

T-Nav: Social Networking + GPS

T-Nav: Graphical User Interface

Summary Smartphone is a disruptive technology – Sensing capabilities enable rich interaction with the physical word Inter-disciplinary: – Computing – Engineering – Physical and life sciences – Health care – Sociology… Lots of opportunities

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