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CHI
2010
ACM
16 years 2 months ago
Deception and magic in collaborative interaction
We explore the ways in which interfaces can be designed to deceive users so as to create the illusion of magic. We present a study of an experimental performance in which a magici...
Joe Marshall, Steve Benford, Tony P. Pridmore
CHI
2010
ACM
16 years 2 months ago
Asl-stem forum: enabling sign language to grow through online collaboration
American Sign Language (ASL) currently lacks agreed-upon signs for complex terms in scientific fields, causing deaf students to miss or misunderstand course material. Furthermor...
Anna Cavender, Daniel S. Otero, Jeffrey P. Bigham,...
SIGCSE
2010
ACM
182views Education» more  SIGCSE 2010»
16 years 2 months ago
Frances: a tool for understanding code generation
Compiler and programming language implementation courses are integral parts of many computer science curricula. However, the range of topics necessary to teach in such a course ar...
Tyler Sondag, Kian L. Pokorny, Hridesh Rajan
SIGCSE
2010
ACM
154views Education» more  SIGCSE 2010»
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Teaching computational thinking through musical live coding in scratch
This paper discusses our experience in teaching an interdisciplinary general education course called Sound Thinking that is offered jointly by our Dept. of Computer Science and De...
Alex Ruthmann, Jesse M. Heines, Gena R. Greher, Pa...
SIGCSE
2010
ACM
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16 years 2 months ago
Interfaces first (and foremost) with Java
ion is a critical concept that underlies many topics in computing science. For example, in software engineering, the distinction between a component’s behavior and its implement...
Paolo A. G. Sivilotti, Matthew Lang