{"id":20554,"date":"2020-09-18T09:20:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T13:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=20554"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:04:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:04:47","slug":"history-class-as-a-vehicle-for-learning-computer-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/18\/history-class-as-a-vehicle-for-learning-computer-science\/","title":{"rendered":"History class as a vehicle for learning computer science"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/guzdial-content-700x466.jpg\" alt=\"Prof. Mark Guzdial\" class=\"wp-image-20555\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\"\/><figcaption>Prof. Mark Guzdial (College of Engineering)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mark Guzdial<\/strong>, professor in computer science, wants more people to have access to the power of programming, so he has proposed a new way to engage high school students: integrate the use of purpose-built computer science tools that include programming into history courses. Under a new grant from the National Science Foundation, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.engin.umich.edu\/2020\/09\/teaching-cs-in-history-class\/\">Guzdial is working with high school social studies teachers this fall<\/a> to realize this vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is collaborating with Michigan alumnus\u00a0Tamara Shreiner\u00a0at Grand Valley State who teaches data literacy to future social studies educators. He provides the tools to Shreiner\u2019s curriculum. \u201cThis project is being built into new, interactive course materials that will allow students to build data visualizations in history classes as part of an inquiry process. We use programs to capture the students\u2019 process as they investigate historical questions,\u201d says Guzdial.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Guzdial, professor in computer science, wants more people to have access to the power of programming, so he has proposed a new way to engage high school students: integrate the use of purpose-built computer science tools that include programming into history courses. Under a new grant from the National Science Foundation, Guzdial is working with high school\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/18\/history-class-as-a-vehicle-for-learning-computer-science\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[290,854],"class_list":["post-20554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-coe","tag-computer-science"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/guzdial-content-e1601570884854.jpg",600,399,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/guzdial-content-200x133.jpg",200,133,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/guzdial-content-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/guzdial-content-768x511.jpg",665,442,true],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/guzdial-content-700x466.jpg",600,399,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/guzdial-content-1536x1022.jpg",1536,1022,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/guzdial-content-e1601570884854.jpg",600,399,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/guzdial-content-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/guzdial-content-60x42.jpg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/guzdial-content-658x300.jpg",658,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/guzdial-content-665x442.jpg",665,442,true],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/guzdial-content-e1601570884854.jpg",376,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"News Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mitnewsadm\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Mark Guzdial, professor in computer science, wants more people to have access to the power of programming, so he has proposed a new way to engage high school students: integrate the use of purpose-built computer science tools that include programming into history courses. 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