Interesting Links 7 February 2011–TCEA Notes
I spent the weekend in Miami for a meeting of a joint ACM and IEEE committee working on a new/updated set of curriculum recommendations for four-year college computer science programs. It was a great meeting with a lot of learning on my part. A very exciting project. Today I head over to Austin TX for TCEA. I’ll be doing some talks about Small Basic among other activities. Lots of Microsoft scheduled events at the bottom of this post. If you are at TCEA I hope you find something there worth attending. They’ll all be good.
Andrew Parsons and I were interviewed for .NET Rocks last week. You can listen to us talking about education, the Imagine Cup and more at https://bit.ly/gyZiDD Sound on me could be better as I was recording my piece while on the Auto Train heading south.
If you are or know of a student interested in the Imagine Cup Game design or Software Design Invitational there are fewer than 10 days to go enter here in the US.Check it out at https://imaginecup.us
Speaking of the Imagine Cup - Why should you compete in the Imagine Cup Software Design competition? Rob Miles (@RobMiles) asks "Why wouldn't you?"
RT @MSTechStudent: Windows Phone 7 Design Guidelines – Cheat Sheet https://dld.bz/JT9V
Microsoft Education Labs has released some new prototypes. Read about them here - https://bit.ly/e9BskO You may want to take a special look at the MSR Collaboration: Chemistry Add-In for Word added to Outercurve Foundation’s Research Accelerators Gallery: https://bit.ly/iaoid2
Side Meeting Schedule TCEA 2010
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TCEA Sessions By Microsoft People
Monday, February 7th | 2:15 – 3:15 PM | Presentation Room 15
· The Cloud Defined (System Administrators Academy), Presenter - Barbara Chung
Tuesday, February 8th | 8:00 – 11:00 AM | Room 5B
· Introduction to Windows 7 and Office 2010, Presenter Scott Thompson
Discover how easy it is to navigate Windows 7. Find your files, create digital storytelling projects, manage TV and more using Windows 7. Learn how you can use your voice to control your computer, explore the Internet, and compose documents. Also learn about free tools you can download and use in your classroom to improve teaching and learning.
Wednesday, February 9th | 5:00 – 6:00 AM | Room 16b
· The Cloud Defined, Presenter Barbara Chung
Learn about the Cloud in this engaging session and how you can harness the Cloud in your school district and classroom.
Thursday, February 10th | 10:30 – 11:30 AM | Room 3
· Instructional Innovations on your PC, Presenter Scott Thompson
In this fast paced session, Scott Thompson is back, showing you how to take back your classroom using Microsoft Office 2010. Develop high quality instructional content and spend less time on the small stuff.
Comments
Anonymous
February 08, 2011
The times you list do not match up with what is on the TCEA site. I am especially interested in the XNA session.Anonymous
February 08, 2011
Jake, either stop by the Microsoft booth or Room 9 on the Mezzanine level first thing and we can double check things. We're doing XNA sessions in that room a couple of times. Or find me an I'll do an intro to the teacher who is doing the sessions.