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  The last lecture
Pausch R., Zaslow J., Hyperion, 2008. 224 pp.  Type: Book (9781401323257), Reviews: (2 of 2)

In his last lecture, Randy Pausch--a professor of computer science, human-computer interaction, and design at Carnegie Mellon University--delivers a powerful, inspirational message. This phenomenal work captures his c...
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Jan 7 2009  
  The last lecture
Pausch R., Zaslow J., Hyperion, 2008. 224 pp.  Type: Book (9781401323257), Reviews: (1 of 2)

Ordinarily, this review would be about a book on computer science. Instead, it is about the memoir of a computer scientist. Moreover, it deals with a philosophical observation made by Marshall McLuhan in 1964. In his text [1], McLuhan ...
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Sep 4 2008  
  Carnegie Mellon’s entertainment technology center: combining the left and right brain
Pausch R., Marinelli D. Communications of the ACM 50(7): 50-57, 2007.  Type: Article

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) created its Entertainment Technology Center in 1999, to prepare students for the themed and digital and video-game entertainment industries. This paper describes this very interesting innovative course ...
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May 30 2008  
  Learning to program with Alice (Brief ed.)
Dann W., Cooper S., Pausch R., Prentice-Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2006. 160 pp.  Type: Book (9780132397759)

Alice is a visual, object-based introduction to object-oriented (OO) programming. This textbook includes a CD containing the full version of Alice 2.0. Alice was written by a team at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), head...
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May 23 2008  
   Using storytelling to motivate programming
Kelleher C., Pausch R. Communications of the ACM 50(7): 58-64, 2007.  Type: Article

This very important and readable paper addresses important propositions, including: we must increase the number of students studying computer science (CS) in the US. We cannot possibly consider this increase a success if we double the ...
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Feb 15 2008  

 
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