The Electronic Textual Cultures Laboratory at the University of Victoria (http://etcl.uvic.ca/) invites you to attend the second meeting of the 2014-15 Brown Bag Speaker Series. This is a series of informal lunchtime seminars for faculty and graduate students in the Faculty of Humanities and across the university to discuss issues in digital literacy, digital humanities, and the changing face of research, scholarship, and teaching in our increasingly digital world. For an hour once per month, we meet to hear from an invited speaker, share ideas, and build knowledge.
On Monday, 6 October, from 12 until 1 p.m., Mantis Cheng (Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Victoria) will be presenting a talk entitled, “Teaching Computer Science in the Middle School Classroom.” Details are below. Please share this announcement with anyone who might be interested in attending.
Monday, October 6, noon-1pm.
C111 Clearihue, University of Victoria
Abstract: Dr. Cheng will discuss his current project, intended to increase undergraduate enrolment in the fields of computer science and engineering. For the project, Dr. Cheng has developed a repository of online lessons and video tutorials to teach younger students from high schools, middle schools, and elementary schools about computer science and Scratch programming. Most recently, he has been visiting schools on Vancouver Island to introduce Scratch and to teach students how to use these online video lessons to learn computer programming. The aim is to engage younger students in learning more about computer technologies in general and about computer programming in particular.
Bio: Dr. Cheng is assistant professor in the faculty of Computer Science at the University of Victoria. Early on, he worked mainly in the field of logic and functional programming. He is currently involved in the research and teaching of embedded real time systems and has lately become interested in the field of mechatronics.
Bring your lunch and join us to discuss digital technologies and research in our community!
