[racket-dev] [plt-edu] Re: TeachScheme! wikipedia page update

There's definitely a big move afoot in this part of the world to
incorporate "Design Thinking" into science classes and other parts of
the curriculum as well.  IDEO and the d-school at Stanford are big
forces behind that.  I'm not sure whether this is an argument that
TeachDesign has some synergy or that the name would be prone to cause
confusion, though.

--Joshua


On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Gregor Kiczales <gregor at cs.ubc.ca> wrote:
> I like TeachDesign.
>
> Except that without a qualifier like TeachDesign(ofPrograms) it runs into confusion with at the very least the product design notion of design. And it could draw unwanted flack for that reason.
>
> I know, I know, I know, I know  that by teaching a systematic approach to designing programs we prepare students for all kinds of systematic problem solving and in that sense for any kind of design. But unwanted flack is unwanted flack nonetheless.
>
> Perhaps a domain name of teachdesign but a landing page that quickly qualifies it would be enough to finesse that?
>
>
>
>
> On 2010-06-16, at 1:48 PM, Karen J. North wrote:
>
>> I love TeachDesign as this fits with all grade levels and the K-8 computing curriculum I am working on.
>>
>> Karen
>> www.build-a-brain.com
>>
>>
>> On Jun 16, 2010, at 3:15 PM, Matthias Felleisen wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I like TeachDesign.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jun 16, 2010, at 4:12 PM, Todd O'Bryan wrote:
>>>
>>>> How about going someplace completely different?
>>>>
>>>> TeachDesign
>>>> Data-Centric Program Design
>>>> Programming Literacy for Teachers
>>>>
>>>> OK, those are just awful, but you get the idea.
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Robby Findler
>>>> <robby at eecs.northwestern.edu> wrote:
>>>>> It is unfortunate that the name "TeachScheme!" requires an immediate
>>>>> explanation. :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Robby
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Matthias Felleisen
>>>>> <matthias at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for reminding me and for getting started.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have made small changes to the page (de-emphasizing Scheme some more).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The real question is whether we should abandon the name TeachScheme! and
>>>>>> move on. TeachRacket! comes to mind but Racketeering! and others are
>>>>>> available, too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- Matthias
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jun 16, 2010, at 12:15 PM, John Clements wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I beat on the TeachScheme! wikipedia page, with reasonable but not stellar
>>>>>>> results.  In particular, sentences like "TeachScheme doesn't depend on
>>>>>>> Scheme" become a bit more opaque after the Scheme->Racket substitution.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anyone else who feels like doing 5 minutes of outreach is welcome to edit
>>>>>>> it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> John
>>>>>>>
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