Mar 20, 2007
Tim and Tom discuss the Speaking of Software project at Michigan
Tech and interview professors Chuck Wallace, Bob Johnson, and Ann
Brady about improving the training of software engineers at the
undergraduate level. If you're an educator or industry professional
curious about innovations in teaching software engineering, this
episode is for you.
Before you listen to the interview, we encourage you to read the article as published in Technical Communication, Volume 53, Number 3, August 2006, pp. 317-325. Unfortunately, the Society for Technical Communication does not sell this article online. If you do not subscribe to the journal, check a local college library or read the draft at
http://www.cs.mtu.edu/~wallace/research/papers/TCRevision_3-27.pdf
Ann, Bob, and Chuck would like to hear from you. Replace [AT] with the @ sign (and eliminate spaces on either side) to send them email at the addresses below.
Ann: mabrady [AT] mtu.edu
Bob: rrjohnso [AT] mtu.edu
Chuck: wallace [AT] mtu.edu
The project's website (and this summer's Chautauqua invitation) is at
http://www.speaksoft.mtu.edu/
Read some history of the Chautauqua Movement at
http://members.aol.com/alphachautauquan/what.html
Read Tim's original interview with Bob at the start of the Speaking of Software project two years ago: http://www.miupa.org/bjohnson_interview.html
House band Peter Grey sings "This One" to round things out.
Before you listen to the interview, we encourage you to read the article as published in Technical Communication, Volume 53, Number 3, August 2006, pp. 317-325. Unfortunately, the Society for Technical Communication does not sell this article online. If you do not subscribe to the journal, check a local college library or read the draft at
http://www.cs.mtu.edu/~wallace/research/papers/TCRevision_3-27.pdf
Ann, Bob, and Chuck would like to hear from you. Replace [AT] with the @ sign (and eliminate spaces on either side) to send them email at the addresses below.
Ann: mabrady [AT] mtu.edu
Bob: rrjohnso [AT] mtu.edu
Chuck: wallace [AT] mtu.edu
The project's website (and this summer's Chautauqua invitation) is at
http://www.speaksoft.mtu.edu/
Read some history of the Chautauqua Movement at
http://members.aol.com/alphachautauquan/what.html
Read Tim's original interview with Bob at the start of the Speaking of Software project two years ago: http://www.miupa.org/bjohnson_interview.html
House band Peter Grey sings "This One" to round things out.