Part Two of the Welcome to the Family podcast by David Alan Grier.

Becoming a professional means joining the family, with all the rights, responsibilities, and discipline that come with membership.

In computer science education, we tend to emphasize the knowledge that we need to impart to our students and the skills they need to develop, but we generally fail to talk about the emotional and cultural aspects of their growth.

In computer science education, we tend to emphasize the knowledge that we need to impart to our students and the skills they need to develop, but we generally fail to talk about the emotional and cultural aspects of their growth.

Host David Alan Grier shares with us the trials of the Computer Museum's staff as they work on getting an IBM 1401 back in working order. The challenges they faced despite the computer being less than 50 years old are a great example of how fast technology vanishes from our lives in this day and age.

In computer science education, we tend to emphasize the knowledge that we need to impart to our students and the skills they need to develop, but we generally fail to talk about the emotional and cultural aspects of their growth.

Original article link: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MC.2009.236

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