Posts published in March, 2016

Week 9 response

by on March 2, 2016 5:47 pm
I am taking the “Beyond Bits and Atoms” course with Prof. Blikstein this semester so I was very familiar with the content in his article and that of Peppler and Bender. I think it’s important to share with the students in this class some of what we’ve discussed there, because there are critical tensions between… Read more Week 9 response

Week 9 Thu Ngo

by on March 2, 2016 2:21 pm
The Margolis reading was an exciting read for me as it mentioned the flowering of computer science as a field of study. It reminded me of when CS was a very unpopular and even stigmatized field. It was also exciting to see that a program such as ECS was in place and that it was… Read more Week 9 Thu Ngo

Week 9 - On Maker Spaces

by on March 2, 2016 10:10 am
What I love most about this article is that it opened my eyes and introduced me to a whole new world that I hadn’t known existed! I had heard the term “Maker Space” before, but never really knew what it was until reading this article. So firstly, I am grateful for the opportunity to have… Read more Week 9 - On Maker Spaces