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1 Computational Thinking across the Curriculum Workshop Amber Settle and Ljubomir Perkovic DePaul University June 11, 2010 Work supported by the National Science Foundation

2 Overview Three-year project (July 2008 – June 2011) funded through the NSF CPATH program Overview ▫Integration of CT into existing, discipline-specific courses  Categorization of CT instances across disciplines  Inclusion of a wide range of disciplines  Traditional: Computer science, information technology  Allied: Animation, statistics, the sciences  Others: Art, digital cinema, history ▫Broad and diverse faculty participation  First year: College of Computing and Digital Media (CDM)  Second year: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and other Chicago-area universities (IIT, Loyola, UIC)  Third year: The University of Chicago Lab Schools

3 What is computational thinking? The application of computational processes/concepts/techniques to reason about problems in any field ▫It is a way of thinking ▫It provides an approach for:  Framing questions  Solving problems  Gaining new insight It is something people in many fields are already doing ▫Biology: Understanding DNA ▫Economics: Modeling financial systems ▫Humanities: Mining crime databases

4 What is NOT computational thinking? Computer literacy ▫May be a necessary prerequisite to CT Simple application of computational tools to problems ▫Using statistical software ▫Publishing materials online ▫Creating a database Computational thinking should use computational tools/concepts/ideas in a significant way to ask new questions or gain new insight into problems

5 Great Principles of Computing Peter Denning’s Great Principles of Computing ▫Computation ▫Communication ▫Coordination ▫Recollection ▫Automation ▫Evaluation ▫Design Used by us as a way of classifying/understanding computational thinking concepts

6 Courses in the first year of the project Scientific inquiry ▫CSC 233: Codes and Ciphers (Marcus Schaefer) ▫CSC 235: Problem Solving (Iyad Kanj) ▫CSC 239: Personal Computing (Jacob Furst) ▫HCI 201: Multimedia and the World Wide Web (Craig Miller) ▫IT 130: The Internet and the Web (Craig Miller) ▫ECT 250: Internet, Commerce, and Society (Xiaowen Fang) Arts and Literature ▫ANI 201: Animation I (Scott Roberts) ▫ANI 230: 3D Modeling (Josh Jones) ▫DC 201: Introduction to Screenwriting (Matt Irvine) ▫GAM 224: Introduction to Game Design

7 Courses in the second year of the project Scientific Inquiry ▫ENV 216: Earth System Science (Mark Potosnak) ▫ENV 230: Global Climate Change (Mark Potosnak) ▫ENV 340: Urban Ecology (Liam Heneghan) ▫GEO 241: Geographic Information Systems I (Julie Hwang) Liberal Studies First Year Program ▫LSP 112 : The Moon (Chris Goedde) Understanding the Past ▫HST 250: Origins of the Second World War (Eugene Beiriger) ▫HST 221: Early Russia (Brian Boeck) Arts and Literature ▫HAA 130:European art-Pre-history to 20th century (Elena Boeck) Honors Program ▫HON 207: Introduction to Cognitive Science (Bob Rotenberg)

8 Information in folders Workshop schedule ▫Participant presentations: 9:40 – 12 pm ▫Lunch: 12 – 1 pm ▫Panel session: 1 – 3 pm ▫Concluding remarks: 3 – 3:30 pm Reference materials ▫Executive summary of the project ▫Denning’s Great Principles of Computing ▫ITiCSE 2010 article about the project ▫These slides

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