%0 Journal Article %1 Cordova2011 %A Cordova, Jose %A Eaton, Virginia %A Taylor, Kimberly %C USA %D 2011 %I Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges %J J. Comput. Sci. Coll. %K sms th3 %P 16--22 %T Experiences in Computer Science Wonderland: a success story with Alice %U http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1961574.1961577 %V 26 %X Computer Science Wonderland, a non-residential camp involving 36 students and 12 teachers from area high schools, was held on the campus of our institution during the summer of 2010. The focus of the camp was to engage teachers and students in the development of graphical animations using the Alice programming environment, with the objective of introducing teachers and students to programming and logical problem solving. A secondary objective was to generate interest in the computing profession by presenting and completing activities in the areas of computing history, computing ethics, computing careers, Boolean logic, binary number representation, and cryptography. Throughout the camp, emphasis was placed on a few recurring themes: teamwork, creativity, and interdisciplinary relationships between computing and the arts/humanities. This paper offers a model for and evaluation of a computer science camp for middle/secondary school students and teachers.

@article{Cordova2011, abstract = {Computer Science Wonderland, a non-residential camp involving 36 students and 12 teachers from area high schools, was held on the campus of our institution during the summer of 2010. The focus of the camp was to engage teachers and students in the development of graphical animations using the Alice programming environment, with the objective of introducing teachers and students to programming and logical problem solving. A secondary objective was to generate interest in the computing profession by presenting and completing activities in the areas of computing history, computing ethics, computing careers, Boolean logic, binary number representation, and cryptography. Throughout the camp, emphasis was placed on a few recurring themes: teamwork, creativity, and interdisciplinary relationships between computing and the arts/humanities. This paper offers a model for and evaluation of a computer science camp for middle/secondary school students and teachers.}, acmid = {1961577}, added-at = {2011-10-20T13:41:43.000+0200}, address = {USA}, author = {Cordova, Jose and Eaton, Virginia and Taylor, Kimberly}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/21dfa28573c544293fedaea2ea4bf3690/ajlakanen}, description = {Experiences in Computer Science Wonderland}, interhash = {8de40a951944821bbcec108b6383c2d0}, intrahash = {1dfa28573c544293fedaea2ea4bf3690}, issn = {1937-4771}, issue = {5}, issue_date = {May 2011}, journal = {J. Comput. Sci. Coll.}, keywords = {sms th3}, month = may, numpages = {7}, pages = {16--22}, publisher = {Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges}, timestamp = {2011-10-20T13:41:43.000+0200}, title = {Experiences in Computer Science Wonderland: a success story with Alice}, url = {http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1961574.1961577}, volume = 26, year = 2011 }