[Colloq] Special Seminar, Tuesday May 24, 2011
Lynne Panarese
panarese at ccs.neu.edu
Tue May 17 10:52:33 EDT 2011
The College of Computer and Information Science presents:
Invited lecture by:
Ivan Kalas
Department of Informatics Education
Comenius University
Bratislava, Slovakia
When: May 24, 2011 (Tues.) 11AM - 12PM
Where: WVH366
Title: Building Modern Informatics as a Subject. And Culture
Abstract:
In my presentation I will concentrate on two points: (a) in brief I will describe the recent situation concerning the Informatics education in Slovakia - and there really is a lot to say, and (b) within this picture I will elaborate on how our department takes its part in this process. Honestly, I can say - we are trying our best to build new Informatics not only as a proud and equal partner of other subjects, but probably as something new: new door opened to modern pedagogy, modern relations between all actors involved in the process (including parents), new culture in (slowly) transforming schools in the digital age.
Bio:
Ivan Kalas is an associate professor at Comenius University, Bratislava. He received his Ph.D. in the field of knowledge representation. His work focuses on making computer science an integral part of elementary and secondary education - through the design of software, curricula, textbooks, and through teacher education. He is the head of the Department of Informatics Education at Comenius University and together with Andrej Blaho and Peter Tomcsanyi is a co-author of SuperLogo for Windows. He is a member of the IFIP Working Group 3.5 on Elementary Education.
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