CSP Materials
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 17:52
Reading Article on an alternative approach to artificial intelligence tasks. While the standard approach to difficult AI problems is to write more sophisticated algorithms, it is sometimes more effective to embed the task into a video game...
Tags: CSP LO 7.4.1 - Connect computing within economic, social, and cultural contexts BYOB/SNAP! Impact Student reading
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 18:01
Ted Talk: Kevin Slavin In this TED Talk, Kevin Slavin argues that we're living in a world designed for -- and increasingly controlled by -- algorithms. He shows how these complex computer programs determine espionage tactics, stock prices...
Tags: CSP LO 7.4.1 - Connect computing within economic, social, and cultural contexts BYOB/SNAP! Impact Student reading
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 17:46
Reading November, 2010 Article from MSNBC about Microsoft's Kinect. Discusses what makes it special (software) and what lies in its future.
Tags: CSP LO 7.2.1 - Connect computing with innovations in other fields BYOB/SNAP! Impact Student reading
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 17:49
WSJ Reading Wall Street Journal: November, 2010 Article from the Wall Street Journal discussing the 2010 Supreme Court case on the constitutionality (and morality) of banning minors from purchasing violent video games.
Tags: CSP LO 7.4.1 - Connect computing within economic, social, and cultural contexts BYOB/SNAP! Impact Student reading
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 17:41
Reading Snippet: May, 2010 This article examines the fusion of creativity and technology during the production of Toy Story 3.
Tags: CSP LO 7.2.1 - Connect computing with innovations in other fields BYOB/SNAP! Impact Student reading
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 17:29
Youtube: Programmed or Be Programmed Description: November, 2010 Douglas Rushkoff expounds on his new book "Program or Be Programmed" in the Computers & Society Speaker Series at the Courant Institute New York University on November 3...
Tags: CSP LO 7.3.1 - Analyze the beneficial and harmful effects of computing BYOB/SNAP! Impact Student reading
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 17:57
ACM Reading November 2009 Article on the Scratch programming language and the motive for creating it. Specifically, scratch is intended to appeal to people who don't necessarily see themselves as programmers. It lets everyone -...
Tags: CSP LO 7.4.1 - Connect computing within economic, social, and cultural contexts BYOB/SNAP! Impact Student reading
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 17:35
Professor Harvey's Reading Snippet: August 2010 The classic example is thinking about a car. Cars are made of nuts, bolts, metal rods, big metal blocks, rubber or paper gaskets, plastic containers for fluids, rivets, wires, and so on...
Tags: CSP BYOB/SNAP! Impact Student reading
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 17:13
WSJ Reading Snippet: Wall Street Journal: August 11, 2011 This week, Hewlett-Packard (where I am on the board) announced that it is exploring jettisoning its struggling PC business in favor of investing more heavily in...
Tags: CSP LO 7.4.1 - Connect computing within economic, social, and cultural contexts BYOB/SNAP! Impact Student reading
(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 16:57
Tags: CSP LO 7.3.1 - Analyze the beneficial and harmful effects of computing BYOB/SNAP! Data Impact Internet Student reading
