XRDS

Crossroads The ACM Magazine for Students

Subscribe | About | Submit | Facebook Page Twitter Page RSS Page

Sign In

Association for Computing Machinery

Articles Tagged: Computing literacy

Articles & Features

SECTION: Features

"View source"

View source code is a statement about open access to knowledge. Even though you are not able to modify it, or even understand code, it is an invitation to learn and the key for balancing control and power among users and developers. In this article, we explore the potential of software to enable new practices and transform old ones.

By Lila Pagola, July 2020

PDF | HTML | In the Digital Library

The Hour of Code: An initiative to break the barriers of coding

DEPARTMENT: Updates

The Hour of Code: An initiative to break the barriers of coding

By Anshuman Majumdar, April 2018

PDF | HTML | In the Digital Library

SECTION: Features

Leveraging personal experience for academic research and outreach

Use your individuality to build your career path whether it leans toward academia, outreach, or both. The existing underlying threads between your experiences and the pursuit of research problems might surprise you.

By Joslenne Peña, December 2017

PDF | HTML | In the Digital Library

Meeting point: the computer lab

DEPARTMENT: Labz

Meeting point: the computer lab

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany

By Johanna Schacht, June 2016

PDF | HTML | In the Digital Library

Opinion: why are people afraid of computers?

By Scott Ramsey MacDonald, November 1995

PDF | HTML | In the Digital Library