"How Does Google Search for Everything - Computer Science at Work," Talking with 8th Graders from Durham Public School System, Duke University, Durham, NC, Oct 16, 2009. (pdf) and (handout)
"Best Practices for Introductory Computer Science", Panel at The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, Tucson, Arizona, October 1, 2009. (pdf)
"Increasing Engagement in Automata Theory with JFLAP," Visual Thinking Workshop, Duke University, Durham, NC, May 4, 2009. (pdf)
Poster: "Adventures in Alice Programming: Engaging Middle School Teachers and Students with Alice in a Diverse Set of Subjects", 2008-2009 Durham Public Schools Educational Technology Showcase, Durham, NC March 19, 2009. Slides for poster (pdf)
Increasing Engagement in Automata Theory with JFLAP, SIGCSE 2009, Chattanooga, TN, March 7, 2009. pdf or handout
Engaging Middle School Teachers and Students with Alice in a Diverse Set of Subjects, SIGCSE 2009, Chattanooga, TN, March 6, 2009. pdf or handout
Using Peer-Led team Learning in Introductory Computer Science, SIGCSE 2009, Chattanooga, TN, March 5, 2009. pdf or handout (talk given by Susan Horwitz)
Teaching Strategies and Learning Styles, CRA-W Workshop, Chattanooga, TN, March 4, 2009. pdf or handout
Attracting Kids to Computer Science via Programming in Virtual Worlds,
Duke Virtual Reality and Serious Games Symposium, Duke University, Durham,
NC, October 23, 2008.
pdf (1 per page) and
pdf (4 per page) and
ppt
The Teaching of Computing Should be Challenging, Exciting and Hands-on:
Then They Will Come, Broadening Participation in Computing Disciplines
Conference, Virginia Beach, VA,
October 10, 2008.
pdf
Findings, Challenges, and Recommendations in Academia, Panel,
The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing,
Keystone, CO, October 2, 2008
pdf
Adventures in Alice Programming - K-12 Outreach, Durham FM Assocation,
Durham, NC, November 13, 2007.
pdf
Adventures in Alice Programming - K-12 Outreach, IBM K-12 Day at IBM University Days,
October 30, 2007.
pdf
Increasing Interaction and Support in the Formal Languages and
Automata Theory Course, The 12th Annual Conference on Innovation and
Technology
in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE 2007), Dundee, Scotland, June 25,
2007
pdf
An Innovative Approach with Alice for Attracting K-12 Students to Computing,
IBM University Days, Research Triangle Park, May 7, 2007.
pdf
Experimenting with Grammars to Generate L-Systems, Duke Up Close, Duke
University,
April 10, 2007.
pdf
Teaching Strategies and Learning Styles, CRA-W Workshop, Covington, KY, March 7, 2007. pdf
An Interactive Approach to Formal Languages and Automata with JFLAP, NSF CCLI Showcase at SIGCSE 2007, March 9, 2007 pdf
Creating a 3D Interactive Story, Duke FEMMES event, Duke University, February 24, 2007. html
Computer Science Concepts Come Alive, Computer Science Colloquium, The Citadel, Feb. 20, 2007. pdf
Teaching Computer Science with Interaction and Visualization,
Workshop on Current Progress of Education and Research in Computer
Science, Duke University, Dec. 4, 2006.
pdf
Creating Animations and 3D Virtual Worlds - Programming for Beginners,
Duke Up Close Faculty Seminar, Duke University, April 2, 2006
pdf
Turning Automata Theory into a Hands-on Course,
Thirty-seventh SIGCSE Technical Symposium on
Computer Science Education, Houston, Texas,
March 3, 2006.
pdf
"A New Approach to Introductory Programming - Building Virtual Worlds with
Alice",
Durham Technical Community College, Durham, NC
October 7, 2005.
pdf
"A New Approach to Introductory Programming - Building Virtual Worlds with
Alice",
Visualization Seminar, Duke University, Durham, NC
September 23, 2005.
pdf
"Teaching Strategies and Learning Styles", CRAW Workshop, St. Louis, MO
February 23, 2005.
pdf
An Interactive and Visual Approach to Learning Computer Science, Department
of
Computer Science, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, November 30, 2004.
pdf
Panel -Being an Effective Teacher, Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in
Computing, Chicago, Illinois, October 8, 2004.
html
A Visual and Interactive Automata Theory Course with JFLAP 4.0,
Thirty-fifth SIGCSE Technical Symposium on
Computer Science Education, Norfolk, Virginia,
March 4, 2004.
pdf
Panel on Teaching Panel Positions,
Thirty-fifth SIGCSE Technical Symposium on
Computer Science Education, Norfolk, Virginia,
March 5, 2004.
html
Learning Computer Science Concepts via Interactive Visualizations
Department of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University,
July 24, 2003.
html
JAWAA: Easy Web-Based Animation from CS 0 to Advanced CS Courses,
Thirty-fourth SIGCSE Technical Symposium on
Computer Science Education, Reno, NV
Feb. 21, 2003.
html
Using Hands-On Visualizations to Teach
Computer Science from Beginning Courses
to Advanced Courses, Second Program Visualization Workshop, HornstrupCentret,
Denmark, June 28, 2002.
html
Introducing Computer Science Through Animation and Virtual Worlds,
Thirty-third SIGCSE Technical Symposium on
Computer Science Education, Cincinnati, Ohio,
March 1, 2002.
html
Using JFLAP for Visualization and Interaction in the Automata Theory
Course, and JAWAA for automatic animation of data structures,
Dagstuhl, Germany, May 25, 2001.
html
Experience the Interactive Computer Classroom, Duke Alumni Association,
Duke
University, April 21, 2001
html
Integrating Visualization and Animation into the Teaching of Computer Science
Courses, The Advance Program, Duke University,
February 26, 2001
html
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