What IS JCSE Online?
JCSE Online is a production of the Special Interest Group for Computing Teachers (SIGCT) of ISTE. The mission of SIGCT is to enhance precollege instruction in computer science. Toward that end, we seek and share information with our membership through JCSE Online. Items included normally address the content or pedagogy of programming and computer literacy/fluency courses or instructional aids for them. We are interested in
- articles
- well-reasoned opinion pieces
- book, software, and site reviews
- reports of/from conferences, programming contests, and so on
- letters to the editor
- advertisements for and announcements of appropriate instructional materials and profession conferences
Submission Guidelines for JCSE Online
1. Publication Process
We publish articles online as they are ready rather than stockpiling them for publication as an issue. Individual articles will be published during the school year.
Submitting an article to JCSE Online is simple. Send an e-mail message to the editor, John Thompson, at thompsjt@buffalostate.edu describing your article and indicating whether you desire editor- or peer-review (for “refereed” publication). Attach to that message a file in MS Word or rich text format (RTF). If you desire peer-review, attach a copy of the submission in which you have replaced obvious references to author names, institutions, and publications with “omitted for anonymous review.”
Within a few days the editor should acknowledge receipt of the submission. Our goal is to provide an indication of the article’s suitability for JCSE within a week and comments for author consideration as to revision within three months. (Peer review comments will be summarized and communicated to the submitter by the editor.) Authors not receiving such information in a timely manner should feel free to electronically “nudge” the editor with an e-mail reminder or question as to outcome.
Submissions are assessed assuming (perhaps substantial) revision is possible, unless the submitter indicates a desire that the article be reviewed “as is”. For topically-acceptable articles, the editor(s) will combine reviewer and editor suggestions for revision. Several rounds of review and revision may occur. Authors are free to reject suggestions but (in rare cases) may risk article rejection.
2. Submission Content
Our primary goal is to provide well-written and clearly communicated information, ideas, and practices useful to teachers of computing in K–12 educational settings. A variety of material (article types) is published on nearly anything concerning the teaching of computing in K–12 Education or the professional development of such teachers.
As JCSE Online is meant to enhance pre-college instruction in computing, we seek and share information with our membership through periodic, Web-based publication of items of interest to those who teach about computers, computing, and computer science. Items included normally address the content or pedagogy of programming, computer literacy/fluency, and computer skills courses or instructional aids for them. Our interests include but are not limited to:
- Academic and research articles relating to the teaching of computing in K-12 education
- Pedagogical articles describing and explaining the rationale for some teaching practice, approach, or lesson
- Theoretical articles explaining or arguing particular principles or models of learning, teaching, curriculum development, content perspective-taking, etc.
- Explanatory articles providing teachers with professional development information, e.g., understanding hardware and software (TCP/IP, worm/virus operation, file systems, etc.), conceptual understanding (e.g., encryption, XML), etc.
- Reports concerning computing, e.g., curriculum and policy recommendations
- Well-reasoned opinion pieces
- Book, software, and site reviews
- Reports of/from conferences, programming contests, etc.
- Letters to the editor
- Announcements of appropriate instructional materials and professional conferences
If you have something in mind that is not on this list, contact the editor(s). If you think the article would have relevance for teachers of computing in pre-college education we want to consider it.
3. Submission Format
We ask that authors follow some simple guidelines. We have produce a document that both describes and illustrates our desired layout. That document was prepared in MS Word on a Macintosh computer. Perhaps the easiest way to ensure format compatibility is simply to down-load the template file, and replace the content with your own material.
There are no formal limits to the length of articles (short or long). We want authors to be able to clearly communicate the desired information. That being said, communication is not always enhanced with more words. Strunk and White (1979) encourage conciseness and clarity. So do we.
JCSE Publication Guide (MS Word, 67 KB)
JCSE Publication Guide (PDF, 62 KB; PDF Instructions)
NOTE: The Publication Guide template is best viewed with Microsoft Word (version 2000 or later) which should be installed on your computer to make use of the file. The template is also available in PDF format for those without Microsoft Word available.
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