[plt-edu] Re: [plt-scheme] behaviour of void?

Yes, the focus is on htdp with advanced students working on projects that use programming in other disciplines.  I really believe that computer science should be central to a strong technical background.  In fact, a computer science student should be able to compute circles around any other student.

Dan Anderson


--- On Sat, 2/14/09, Grant Rettke <grettke at acm.org> wrote:

> From: Grant Rettke <grettke at acm.org>
> Subject: Re: [plt-edu] Re: [plt-scheme] behaviour of void?
> To: geb_a at yahoo.com
> Cc: "Prabhakar Ragde" <plragde at uwaterloo.ca>, "Matthias Felleisen" <matthias at ccs.neu.edu>, "plt edu" <plt-edu at list.cs.brown.edu>, "Shriram Krishnamurthi" <sk at cs.brown.edu>, "PLT List" <plt-scheme at list.cs.brown.edu>
> Date: Saturday, February 14, 2009, 8:35 PM
> On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 8:23 PM, geb a
> <geb_a at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > So what kinds of exercises are you looking for?  I
> guess I'm in the unique position of being able to use
> programming to teach Science, Technology, Engineering and
> Mathematics projects.   As a high school teacher, I feel
> like computer science should be about integrating these
> disciplines.
> 
> I wish I had gone to school where you teach. Is it common
> practice for
> highschools these days to include CS? What is your title?
> CS teacher?