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Computer Science New Projects Course Brings Technology to the Community
A new course developed by associate professor Elizabeth Jessup is drawing an unusually broad range of students into computer science by teaming them up to work on projects helping non-profit agencies in the Boulder community. The "Technology for the Community" course was started with a Virtual Development Center grant from the Institute for Women in Technology, a California-based organization working to increase the involvement of women in technology. The idea, already tested at some other universities — though not in the field of computer science, is to appeal to women through a course linking technology with meeting people's needs. More Students Create 'Toolbox' to Support Boulder Valley Special Education Teachers
Special education teachers in the Boulder Valley School District are getting some welcome support from CU computer science students, who are developing an information technology "toolbox" to aid them in working with children who have cognitive disabilities. The project was initiated in summer 2000 within the Center for LifeLong Learning and Design, as one of the first research projects in the college funded by computer science professionals and philanthropists Bill and Claudia Coleman. Doctoral student Rogerio DePaula
and undergraduate Eddie Caley initially worked with special education
teacher Anja Kintsch on a collection of approximately 200 software applications
relevant to cognitively disabled children, making them available to teachers
on a CD-ROM. While this provided a comprehensive repository of applications,
they found that teachers still had trouble identifying and selecting appropriate
programs for their students, especially given the time constraints in
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