1. Computer Literacy… …not!

2. Why not CL? It’s not my job… If it were my job, I could do it better than you… If you could do it better, it doesn’t matter…

3. It’s not my job… An English professor spends 10 years learning the tools of her/his trade. Computation is not naturally endemic to her/his work Computation distracts from the actual work

4. It’s not my job… Computation History

5. If it were, I could do it better than you… Computation takes place within the context of a discipline It only makes sense within that context To teach computation (even with examples) outside of that context doesn’t make sense

6. If it were, I could do it better than you… Just-in-time learning: introduce computation as the need arises in the context People in the discipline know what computation is really useful and necessary.

7. If you could do it better, it doesn’t matter… The discipline of computer science is dedicated to developing computational tools. One aspect of this goal is to make the tools more accessible and flexible. As the discipline matures, the tools it produces also become more mature. We’ve succeeded!

8. If you could do it better, it doesn’t matter… • Ten years ago students knew • what a folder or directory was, • how to create, rename, and move files, how to install programs, • how to change basic operating system settings.

9. If you could do it better, it doesn’t matter… • Today students are experts at • finding papers on the web, • installing apps on their cell phones, • all sorts of communication technology from cell phones to texting to facebook. • They have mastered today’s technology! • They are already literate at what they need to do

10. Conclusion Many people in various disciplines feel that we’re in the post-computer age Technology has (almost) achieved it’s goal: it has become ubiquitous and invisible The use of technology (literacy) has thus become domain centric