Computer Science Symposia

Computer Science & Information Technology Symposium 2003

Session Presentations

The Use of the Internet in Computer Science Courses
by Doug Peterson

In this session, we'll discuss the rationale for having Computer and Information Science students use the Internet to address the curriculum. What can Internet activities contribute towards the study of Computer and Information Science? There are differing levels of sophistication for Internet use and examples of each will be shown along with related Web sites.

• Presentation (PDF, 435 KB, PDF Instructions)

Commentary:

Doug described several categories of Internet content for use in computer science. He provided rationales for and examples of their use in addition to giving many links to the resources. His overall goal seems to be one of moving Internet usage from a relatively superficial to a more in-depth and academically useful activity. Some of the categories he included were "stuff" (interesting and useful but not particularly educational), programming contests, Web quests, and lists of resources. His discussion was friendly and informative. The links contained in his presentation should provide a significant resource to computing teachers.

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For more information, please contact Linda Keller, Project Manager, ISTE at: lkeller@iste.org.