Java Posse #333 - Roundup '10 - Teaching Computer Science

Roundup '10 - Teaching Computer Science Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com Recorded at the Java Posse Roundup 2010, in Crested Butte, CO. Join us for the next Roundup from Feb 21st to 25th in Crested Butte, Registration now open at: http://www.mindviewinc.com/Conferences/JavaPosseRoundup/ University of Maryland http://www.umd.edu/ Programming for Kids http://davebsoft.com/programming-for-kids Active Learning http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_learning Effective Java - Josh Bloch http://java.sun.com/docs/books/effective/ Concurrency http://www.amazon.com/Java-Concurrency-Practice-Brian-Goetz/dp/0321349601 Distributed Computing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_computing Pair Programming http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pair_programming Scratch http://scratch.mit.edu/ Alice http://www.alice.org/ Python http://www.python.org/ Greenfoot http://www.greenfoot.org/ BlueJ http://www.bluej.org/ Thanks Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect Kirsty Doherty, Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork Theme Music: Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI), written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney. Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad. Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1) To contact us: Visit our homepage - http://javaposse.com Post on our Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse Pose a question on our Google Moderator group - http://tinyurl.com/q4javaposse Call us with questions and feedback - (408) 465-4626 Or send us email - [email protected] The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Joe Nuxoll and Dick Wall