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"Numeri e Macchine":a virtual museum to learn the history of computing

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Giangrandi, Paolo Mirolo, Claudio
Abstract	Considering a historical perspective may be not only, in Knuth's witty words [?], "one of the ways to help make computer science respectable," but also a valuable tool for education purposes. After outlining the main reasons for teaching the history of computing, in this paper we present a virtual museum on the subject, addressed to Italian students, developed in a cooperative project engaging both university and school teachers. It is meant first of all as an opportunity to experiment a learning environment suitable to explore the cultural roots of computer science, especially in the school ages. We are now planning classroom experiences to assess this tool, as well as proposing it in a curricular course on the history of computer science for training secondary school teachers.
Starting Page	78
Ending Page	82
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00978418
DOI	10.1145/1140123.1140147
Journal	ACM SIGCSE Bulletin (SGCS)
Volume Number	38
Issue Number	3
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	1978-02-01
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Courseware Secondary education Computing history Instructional technologies
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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