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SIGCSE Reads: Time for Book Discussion (Abstract Only)

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Judy Goldsmith,

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SIGCSE '15: Proceedings of the 46th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

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Published: 24 February 2015 Publication History

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Did you read any of the common reads for SIGCSE 2015? Now's your chance to talk about them! Three books: I, Robot by Isaac Asimov (Bantam Spectra, 1950), Bellwether by Connie Willis (Bantam Spectra, 1997) and Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (Broadway Books, 2012) were proposed at the end of the 2014 conference. If you're interested in science fiction, whether on a personal, academic, or pedagogical level, come join us in this BoF and discuss one or more of the three suggested books. We'll provide potential topics and discussion questions targeting how to incorporate these books into a CS course, but the discussion will be open. The BoF will close with a discussion of potential books for the 2016 conference.

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SIGCSE Reads: Time for Book Discussion (Abstract Only)
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education

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SIGCSE '15: Proceedings of the 46th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

February 2015

766 pages

ISBN:9781450329668

DOI:10.1145/2676723

General Chairs:
Adrienne Decker
Rochester Institute of Technology
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Kurt Eiselt
University of British Columbia
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Program Chairs:
Carl Alphonce
University at Buffalo
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Jodi Tims
Baldwin Wallace College

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Association for Computing Machinery

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Published: 24 February 2015

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SIGCSE '15

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SIGCSE '15: The 46th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

March 4 - 7, 2015

Missouri, Kansas City, USA

Acceptance Rates

SIGCSE '15 Paper Acceptance Rate 105 of 289 submissions, 36%;

Overall Acceptance Rate 1,787 of 5,146 submissions, 35%

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