Saturday, October 04, 2003

Assignment Calculator http://www.lib.umn.edu/help/calculator/ A wonderful teaching tool from the University of Minnesota librarians. Input the date due and the date you'll start working on the paper, and the subject area of the assignment, and they'll map out a day by day plan for searching the catalog, the appropriate databases, and the web, using the AskUs service at the library, visiting the writing lab, writing the paper, and citing sources. [Neat New Stuff] 7:49:06 AM

Interesting... Master of Fine Arts in Software. Richard P. Gabriel's proposal for a Master of Fine Arts in Software looks like it's getting some serious consideration from the University of Illinois (via Sam Buchanan). The idea of programming as a creative art has been around for a long time, so teaching it in this way is in some ways a logical progression. Personally I'm intrigued by the focus on reading other people's code - "the work of masters". This is something that been sadly lacking in my BSc course at Bath. Aaron Swartz started a collection of links to Quality Software last year, but other than that I don't know of any resources dedicated to highlighting "classic" code that deserves to be studied. [Simon Willison's Weblog] 7:48:01 AM