Date: 14 Mar 2012
From: jyrki@diku.dk
Subject: Informal presentation: CS Unplugged

Informal presentation: Computer Science Unplugged: Examples, 
Experiences, and Reflections
Speaker: Bengt Aspvall
Time: Tuesday, 20 March 2012 at 14.05–15.00
Place: Meeting room 3-1-25 (Universitetsparken 1)

Abstract:

In this interactive presentation I will illustrate some Computer
Science (CS) Unplugged activities. Also, I will report how these
activities have been received by various audiences in different
contexts in different countries.

We regularly use CS Unplugged activities for, and with, young people
at study visits, schools, and science centres. We have also used them
successfully in connection with our "laboratory mathematics" course
targeted for teachers and teacher students from the Royal Institute of
Technology and Linnĉus Universiy. Moreover, I will tell about the
recources set for this project and my six-year collaboration with Tim
Bell, the primus motor of the CS Unplugged project from the University
of Canterbury.  Hopefully, it will also be possible to hear comments
on the participants' own experience.

Bengt's home page: http://www.ide.se/~bia/
PE-lab's home page: http://www.diku.dk/~jyrki/PE-lab/