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An HCI Approach to Computing in the Real World

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Pamela Krolikowski,

Taneshia Marshall,

Amy BruckmanAuthors Info & Claims

Journal on Educational Resources in Computing (JERIC), Volume 8, Issue 3

Article No.: 9, Pages 1 - 20

https://doi.org/10.1145/1404935.1404938

Published: 01 October 2008 Publication History

Abstract

We describe the implementation of a six-week course to teach Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) to high school students. Our goal was to explore the potential of HCI in motivating students to pursue future studies in related computing fields. Participants in our course learned to make connections between the types of technology they use in their daily lives and the design processes that went into creating these technologies. We suggest that by portraying computing through the lens of HCI, as an innovative, creative, and challenging field with authentic, real-world applications, we may be able to motivate students to become more interested in computing.

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Bolante KChen KChen QZhang AStephenson BStone JBattestilli LRebelsky SShoop L(2024)Bringing Social Computing to Secondary School ClassroomsProceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 110.1145/3626252.3630795(123-129)Online publication date: 7-Mar-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3626252.3630795

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An HCI Approach to Computing in the Real World
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
      2. Model curricula

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Published: 01 October 2008

Accepted: 01 August 2008

Revised: 01 August 2008

Received: 01 April 2008

Published in JERIC Volume 8, Issue 3

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Bolante KChen KChen QZhang AStephenson BStone JBattestilli LRebelsky SShoop L(2024)Bringing Social Computing to Secondary School ClassroomsProceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 110.1145/3626252.3630795(123-129)Online publication date: 7-Mar-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3626252.3630795

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