Math and (therefore) Computer Science is Everywhere!

Today was my first leading a session. We talked about the course goals, compared and contrasted the posters in the CSE building and science fair backboards that I brought in. We discussed their project a bit, how we learn and communication. I think some of the students were surprised at how much of communication is nonverbal and how important it is to use the body language and tone of voice to convey ideas and findings. Their first research paper is due Monday night, emailed to me. It is about the structure of a movie. This is to help them start pre-planning what it takes to make a movie for their final project. It was important to me to have them research a relevant topic for the cluster. This is our first step in working toward the final project.

I enjoyed Krista's discussion today. AI is a fascinating topic. It is interesting how the movies cause/help us think about the ramifications of it and maybe cause some fear. It's funny how "I, Robot" came up in the discussion because I just re-watched it last night. A friend came over to hang out and we told her to pick a movie and that's what she picked. Another example of how "It's a small world" and funny how things in life intersect! The students came up with a good list and ideas of where AI is, and where Computer Science is. We talked about that some in my section too. At least, I imparted by thoughts on how its everywhere, even if the fan in the window doesn't "use" computer science, CS was used to design and create it!

Today is the COSMOS Olympics. I asked the cluster to do the cheer today before lunch, and they didn't want to. They said that I had to come tonight to see it. I'll be there -- with my video camera!