Sentences with phrase «computer science student used»

Researchers at the University of Washington are about to present a report on a pilot project that had computer science students use a Kindle DX for their course reading.

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-- Jeremy Keeshin, cofounder and CEO of CodeHS, an online platform to teach computer science in high schools and middle schools used by hundreds of thousands of students

It can be used for a whole range of tasks, from playing high - def video to word processing, and its designers, a group of Cambridge University computer scientists, came up with the idea of Raspberry Pi to encourage more children to get involved with the programming side of computer science, after seeing skill levels among A level students dwindle since the mid 1990s.

Formed as a public / private partnership, Teachers Who Code will use the Girls Who Code model to equip New York City public school teachers with the computer science skills to educate students for high tech jobs of today and tomorrow.

«Cryptographers are coming up with curves with different properties, and they use different primes,» says Utsav Banerjee, an MIT graduate student in electrical engineering and computer science and first author on the paper.

Millan, a UCI graduate student researcher in Earth system science, and his colleagues analyzed 20 major outlet glaciers in southeast Greenland using high - resolution airborne gravity measurements and ice thickness data from NASA's Operation IceBridge mission; bathymetry information from NASA's Oceans Melting Greenland project; and results from the BedMachine version 3 computer model, developed at UCI.

«Parental involvement and direct supervision were both associated with fewer peer problems and less online victimization for teens, but neither of these factors correlated with the use of parental control apps,» said Arup Kumar Ghosh, a doctoral student in UCF's College of Engineering and Computer Science, who conducted this research as part of his dissertation.

«One of the ideas that came out of this work is to include non-programmers in computer science group projects, so that students can get used to that dynamic,» Murphy - Hill says.

In the Nature Methods paper, Corrada Bravo, UMD computer science doctoral student Florin Chelaru, and undergraduate research assistants from Williams College in Mass. and Washington University in St. Louis used Epiviz to visualize and analyze DNA methylation and gene expression data in colon cancer.

«Most of today's smart devices including smart TVs, Google Home, Amazon Echo and smartphones come with built - in microphones and speaker systems — which lets us use them to play music, record video and audio tracks, have phone conversations or participate in videoconferencing,» said co-lead author Rajalakshmi Nandakumar, a UW doctoral student in computer science and engineering.

To better understand how changes in diet, lifestyle, and exposure to modern medicine affect primates» guts, a team of researchers led by University of Minnesota computer science and engineering professor Dan Knights, veterinary medicine professor Tim Johnson, and veterinary medicine Ph.D. student Jonathan Clayton, used DNA sequencing to study the gut microbes of multiple non-human primates species in the wild and in captivity as a model for studying the effects of emigration and lifestyle changes.

Somewhat ironically, to generate test sentences to feed to black - box neural nets, Jaakkola and David Alvarez - Melis, an MIT graduate student in electrical engineering and computer science and first author on the new paper, use a black - box neural net.

«Our paper is about using Bitcoin to prevent online services from getting away with lying,» says Alin Tomescu, a graduate student in electrical engineering and computer science and first author on the paper.

«Fingerprinting on computers is invisible to most people but there are companies out there who are already using these techniques to learn more information about individuals, about their interests and their habits,» says Lachlan Kang, a Computer Science PhD student who is conducting this study as part of a wider project on privacy, within the University's Schools of Computer Science and Mathematical Sciences.

Now a team of researchers led by Yinzhi Cao, assistant professor computer science and engineering at Lehigh University (Bethlehem, PA)-- and including graduate student Song Li, also of Lehigh University and Erik Wijmans of Washington University in St. Lous — has developed the first cross-browser fingerprinting technique to use machine - level features to identify users.

With the new Raspberry Pi Projects Kit from Science Buddies, students can explore a series of activities that combine creativity, electronics, and computer programming using Scratch — no prior experience required!

Science Buddies Project Ideas in Video & Computer Games assist students in exploring science and engineering questions both by using video games and by designing theScience Buddies Project Ideas in Video & Computer Games assist students in exploring science and engineering questions both by using video games and by designing thescience and engineering questions both by using video games and by designing their own.

The materials are often used by students age 9 - 15 and provide everything needed for learning to code, so no computer science background is necessary for the instructor.

In the postsecondary space, the Gates Foundation made a number of grants — both directly and through NGLC — to intriguing ventures with the potential to improve education dramatically, including some of my disruptive favorites: start - up MyCollege Foundation, which will establish a non-profit college that blends adaptive online learning solutions with other services at a low cost; University of the People, the world's first tuition - free, non-profit, online academic institution dedicated to opening access to higher education globally; New Charter University, a competency - based university that charges only $ 199 per month for students seeking a degree and for which NGLC will fund a research study of its online students and a comparative one of students enrolled in a blended - learning environment delivered through a partnership with the Community College of the District of Columbia; Southern New Hampshire University, which under its President Paul LeBlanc has already created an autonomous online division and will now pioneer the «Pathways Project,» which will offer a self - paced and student - centric associates degree; and MIT, which will use the funds to create a free prototype computer science online course for edX.

This computer science program is sponsored by Google and offers free materials for helping students learn to code using Scratch in a fun, supportive club atmosphere.

94 Computer science challenge cards that can be used to extend students.

My students LOVED it; I've used it with all of my year 7 Computing groups as a fun end of term lesson AND with my lower ability year 9 Computer Science GCSE group as an ice breaker introductory lesson to programming basics.

«Many times, I worked with a science teacher to help students use the Internet to learn about planets, hurricanes, earthquakes, and so on,» said retired K - 8 computer teacher / coordinator Betty Kistler.

GCSE Computer Science / BTEC ICT / BTEC DTT An audio recording to use at the start of Computing lessons as students are logging on.

So when I recently learned that PISA (the Programme for International Student Assessment, a worldwide evaluation of 15 - year - old school pupils» scholastic performance — and one of the main sources of concern over the state of reading, math, and science education in the US) had released an overview of performance in digital reading, navigation and computer use in 2009, I was excited.

Although these investments might be good for students in the short term, we would miss an opportunity to use computer science as a starting point to rethink a new model for managing human capital in education.

U.S. Students Know What, But Not Why Science Insider, June 19, 2012 «The computer simulations offer NAEP a much better way to measure skills used by real scientists than do multiple - choice questions, says Chris Dede, a professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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While schools have worked hard to integrate computers into the classroom and many do a great job teaching students how they work, many schools do not even consider teaching the art / science of using a keyboard.

Using the information gathered during science class, students created computer presentations about watersheds.

From the age of 14 students should have an entitlement to study a pair of GCSEs, similar in structure to English Language and English Literature in which Computer Science is the language element (how computers work) and Information Technology is the application element (how we use them).

The computer science teacher introduces students to iMovie, and to green - screen technology using the Veescope app.

I am using this «diary» that I created for my students to go with their coursework for the OCR Computer Science J276 GCSE.

For years, technology use in schools had a limited role, primarily as a supplemental tool, sometimes only for computer science or word processing by students to type reports.

Computational thinking, at least to our 6 - 8th grade students, means solving hard problems of all kinds using ideas from computer science.

Certainly, the complexity is a challenge, but it's also the language that the AP Computer Science A exam uses, which requires students to have a healthy knowledge of Java and the Java Standard Library.

Find out how you can get your students solving real - world problems using code and computer science skills.

Given the ways computer technology — from the iPhone and YouTube to uses in medical research and national security — is changing so many facets of life, you might imagine that schools have been stepping up students» exposure to computer science to help drive the digital revolution.

Computational thinking is a method of thought that is used in computer sciences, but experts argue that it can also influence the way students solve any problem.

Using a single computer effectively to teach science in a classroom of 25 students is seldom practical or even possible.

According to the national survey conducted by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center (Takeuchi & Vaala, 2014), only 42 % of game - using teachers reported that computer games have been effective in improving students» science learning, while 71 % reported that computer games have been effective in improving students» mathematics learning.

Other science students used computer simulations to conduct experiments in chemistry.

Our main goal in this study was to determine whether the use of computer animation and illustration activities in high school can contribute to student science achievement in molecular genetics.

In a review of research on computer simulations and science education and other closely related science, technology, education, and mathematics (STEM) fields, Rutten et al. (2012) examined 48 empirical studies that focused on the use of computer simulations aimed at changing knowledge or skills of high school and undergraduate students.

Students (K - 12) complete a fun, interactive 45 - 60 minute lesson to learn the basics of computer science using tutorials from hourofcode.org.

CS 195: Computer Science for Elementary & Middle School * Students will be able to create computer programs using a programming environment suitable for teaching programming skills to elementary and middle school students, such as App Inventor for Android, Scratch, and varioComputer Science for Elementary & Middle School * Students will be able to create computer programs using a programming environment suitable for teaching programming skills to elementary and middle school students, such as App Inventor for Android, Scratch, and varioStudents will be able to create computer programs using a programming environment suitable for teaching programming skills to elementary and middle school students, such as App Inventor for Android, Scratch, and variocomputer programs using a programming environment suitable for teaching programming skills to elementary and middle school students, such as App Inventor for Android, Scratch, and variostudents, such as App Inventor for Android, Scratch, and various apps.

HB 728 by Rep. Bobby Guerra / Sen. Juan Hinojosa requires the SBOE to develop an advanced computer science program under which students in participating school districts can meet an advanced math or science credit by completing an advanced computer science course focused on the creation and use of software and computing technologies.

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The expanded space was custom - designed for student use and includes a regulation - size gymnasium, Maker Lab, art room, science laboratory, several computer labs, and classrooms for small group work and seminars.

Pre-K 3 through Grade 8; Universal Pre-K; High School Coordinator; AdvancEd Accredited; Laptops for use in classrooms; variety of after - school programs through 5:45 P.M.; Breakfast and lunch programs; Diverse multicultural student body; Academic enrichment programs run through computer lab, science lab, art studio, and music program; Daily Religious instruction; Full Sacramental preparation; School choir; Sports programs and PE conducted in our full - size gym; Counseling services; Parent School Association (PSA); Resource room, Title I services; interactive displays in every classroom.