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Connecting IT Education to the Physical World using Smartphones

Connecting IT Education to the Physical World using Smartphones. David Starobinski, ECE/ENG Boston University Instructional Innovation Conference March 26, 2010. IT Curriculum. Computer Architectures. Programming Languages. Algorithms. US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Connecting IT Education to the Physical World using Smartphones

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  1. Connecting IT Education to the Physical World using Smartphones David Starobinski, ECE/ENG Boston University Instructional Innovation Conference March 26, 2010

  2. IT Curriculum Computer Architectures Programming Languages Algorithms

  3. US Bureau of Labor Statistics • Employment of computer software engineers and computer programmers is projected to increase by 21 percent from 2008 to 2018, much faster than the average for all occupations. • By 2015, more than 75 percent of the jobs will require workers with special skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

  4. Computer Software Engineering Traditional View Modern View

  5. Smartphone • Mini laptop/netbook • +…. • Powerful sensors Motion (Accelerometer) Location (GPS) Camera Microphone Compass

  6. Smartphone Sensing Apps Remote Health Care (AirStrip) Smart Energy (Google PowerMeter)

  7. Curriculum Innovation • Smartphone programming assignment • Developed by IdanWarsawski (BS, Eng ‘12) and Hongchang Wu (MS, Eng ’10) • Offered in EC 441 (Intro to Computer Networking)

  8. Android Socket

  9. Main Screen

  10. Finger Paint App

  11. Sensor App • Shaking of a phone causes the paired phone to vibrate

  12. Smart Transportation • T-Nav Senior Design project • Subway arrival predictor • Developed by AbinAjayakumar (Eng ‘09), Moses Chen (Eng ‘09), NaelMusleh (Eng ‘09), Chris Ogorzalek (Eng ‘09), Patrick Raspante (Eng ‘09).

  13. T-Nav: Social Networking + GPS

  14. T-Nav: Graphical User Interface

  15. T-Nav: Graphical User Interface

  16. Summary • Smartphone is a disruptive technology • Sensing capabilities enable rich interaction with the physical word • Inter-disciplinary: • Computing • Engineering • Physical and life sciences • Health care • Sociology… • Lots of opportunities

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