Sue and I chose the theme for SIGCSE 2009 Engaging Computer Science Education for two meanings, each of which we wanted for the 2009 symposium.
The first meaning is engaging as in "attracting or delighting" (which is what you get when you Google "define: engaging"). We want our education to be attractive, to engage the students' minds and attention. How do we do that? We encourage people to submit papers, posters, BOFs, special sessions, and panels about what makes computing education engaging. What gets your students thinking hard? What makes your classes inviting, attractive, or even "delightful"?
The second meaning is engaging as in "engagement" (go on, Google "define: engagement") -- "a meeting arranged in advance" or even "a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war." To be frank, computer science education is in trouble. Our enrollments are dropping, and mostly male. Some are explicitly claiming that "Computer Science is Dead" (consider the British Computer Society's take: http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.9662). We need to engage in serious discussion of the future of our field, and our role as educators.
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I am studying in computer system technician program at a community college. Well, this is very serious matter. But After reading that article i must say that that's true. But, if computer science will die than what to do & I'm little bit scared about my future .
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