[nfbcs] Best techniques for group computer science projects

[Jude DaShiell]

That all depends on the university's goals for those exposed to computer 
science education.  Where I went to college noone who taught there  was 
ever considered elligible to teach there until they had been successful 
in the real world and they were expected to bring their experiences into 
the classroom as teaching tools too.

On Mon, 28 Oct 2013, Larry Wayland wrote:

> I would think it is because it is not a real world situation. It is a
> learning environment.
> 
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> Why is it necessary for everyone to see an entire project?  That rarely
> happens in the real world for industrial espionage protection reasons.  
> Waterfall model gives a project leader the main control module to write. 
>  Several other modules get mentioned in that main control module.  Each
> subordinate is given one of those modules to write with instructions as to
> input; processing, or output and what variables to use and what to use them
> for along with what constants to use and what to use them for as well.  Much
> contract and subcontract work gets done that way.  Any such project can turn
> into two projects if maintenance possibilities get concieved by the project
> leader but no subordinate is allowed to maintain the code they wrote.
> Everyone swaps with everyone else.  That very often happens in the real
> world too.  For a computer science class, it will teach students that not
> everybody thinks alike and give each of the students a window into another
> student's mind.
> 
> On Mon, 28 Oct 2013, Suzanne Germano wrote:
> 
> > I have a group project in one of my computer science classes and 
> > several more to come before I finish the degree. Most sighted people 
> > sit around one computer and all look at the screen. I use ZoomText so 
> > no one likes to look at my screen since you lose so much view but
> obviously I can't see theirs.
> > 
> > What techniques do you find work best for situations like this. It is 
> > not a situation that we could run dual monitors and mirror them with 
> > one having zoom text enlarged. I am also not super fond of that since 
> > what I see depends on where they have the mouse which may not be the 
> > area we are talking about.
> > 
> > Thank you
> > 
> > Suzanne
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