97: Bubblesort Yourself

Published: April 15, 2015, 7:36 p.m.

Professor Paul Fishwick joined us to talk about CS and STEM education, excellent analogies, and the crossover of\xa0art and technology.\xa0

The Linker post related to this episode managed to be reasonably topical for a change.

Paul's work:

\xa0Radiolab\xa0Color Episode

Forrester System Dynamics

Max is a visual programming language for music and multimedia.

CS Unplugged is a collection of free learning activities that teach Computer Science through engaging games and puzzles that use cards, string, crayons and lots of running around.\xa0

There are many bubblesort dance videos\xa0(mindboggling)\xa0but this is the one Elecia knew about previously.

The Computer History Museum is awesome. If you are in the area, you should definitely go.\xa0

Conference and contact notes:

  • There is a party/hack event\xa0in Pasadena May 9th and 10th, email if you want more info (and an invite).
  • Elecia will be speaking at SOLID in SF in June, giving an\xa0intro to inertial.\xa0\xa0She's got a\xa0coupon to share if you ask.
  • ESC Minneapolis' call for proposals is open but closing soon.
  • Elecia\xa0will be\xa0at ESC Silicon Valley in July, speaking on being a Maker (or not).\xa0