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Use Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery as a source for current CS news to help students understand the cultural importance of the field.

  • The CACM is a publication for computing and information technology fields used by professionals.
  • CACM can be found at http://cacm.acm.org

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  • Interdisciplinary Connections to CS
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To appeal to students, assign interdisciplinary projects that allow them to combine programming with work from subjects that interest them.
Bring in real stories about software, specifically games, sometimes going wrong! It is important for students to learn that development usually takes more than just a day and there is no ultimately correct solution.
Highlight key differences between math, CS, and engineering to give students context for why CS is a distinct field in itself. Let students know that you don’t necessarily have to excel in one field to excel in the others.

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