Making the History of Computing Relevant

IFIP WG 9.7 International Conference, HC 2013, London, UK, June 17-18, 2013, Revised Selected Papers

Arthur Tatnall, Tilly Blyth, Roger Johnson (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

XI, 321 Seiten

2016 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2013
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-662-52521-0 (ISBN)

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This book constitutes the refereed post-proceedings of the IFIP WG 9.7 International Conference on the History of Computing, HC 2013, held in London, UK, in June 2013. The 29 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers cover a wide range of topics related to the history of computing and offer a number of different approaches to making this history relevant. These range from discussion of approaches to describing and analyzing the history through storytelling and education to description of various collections, working installations and reconstruction projects. The papers have been organized in the following topical sections: the importance of storytelling in museums; spotlight on some key collections and their future plans; thoughts on expanding the audience for computing history; spotlight on some research projects; integrating history with computer science education; putting the history of computing into different contexts;celebrating nostalgia for games - and its potential as Trojan horse; the importance and challenges of working installations; and reconstruction stories.

The importance of storytelling in museums.- Spotlight on some key collections and their future plans.- Thoughts on expanding the audience for computing history.- Spotlight on some research projects.- Integrating history with computer science education.- Putting the history of computing into different contexts.- Celebrating nostalgia for games - and its potential as Trojan horse.- The importance and challenges of working installations.- Reconstruction stories.

Erscheinungsdatum	22.09.2016
Reihe/Serie	IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Zusatzinfo	XI, 321 p. 131 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	533 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Unterrichtsvorbereitung ► Unterrichts-Handreichungen
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
	Informatik ► Software Entwicklung ► User Interfaces (HCI)
Schlagworte	archives • Computer Games • Computers and education • Computer Science • Computing and information technology • Educational equipment and technology, computer-aid • History of Computing • History of engineering and technology • Human-Computer interaction • Internet • User interface design and usability • user interfaces and human computer interaction
ISBN-10	3-662-52521-6 / 3662525216
ISBN-13	978-3-662-52521-0 / 9783662525210
Zustand	Neuware