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Sustainability as first step in Agile Development Methodology
Sustainability in first iteration of software development gives basis for design. (trying out a template adapted from Creative Communities for CfS Agenda, item 7: resources). Solution Sustainability is considered as a major part of ethical design early in our software development process. We follow a methodology that is an integration of structured methodology under an […]
Presenting exemplar learning for sustainability resources?
July 25, 2007
Almost universally, people agree with the concept of integrating education for sustainability but then ask how they go about it? and, do we have any examples? The seventh item on the CfS Agenda is: 7. Identify and promote exemplar resources and teaching strategies, initially identifying sustainability related areas missing from current curriculum. This includes the […]
Agenda encourages and empowers computing education for sustainability
July 16, 2007
Following up on the NACCQ policy statement on computing education for sustainability, here is the agenda for achieving this vision. We hope that it is empowering and engaging. It is deliberately both top down and bottom up. It is deliberately both incremental and transformative. It is deliberately aimed at the champions and the “ordinary lecturer”. […]
Posted in: agenda, CfS_Agenda, Computing for Sustainability, curriculum, NZ Computing, sustainability
Sustainability an “inane fad”? Let’s ride the wave!
July 15, 2007
Bob Jones describes green building as an “inanity” (stuff.co.nz). “I’m picking this to last about four years with the private sector and a decade with the government,” Jones’ argument goes like this: Government’s new aim to reduce the carbon footprint of its departments, installing power and water-saving devices along with other environmentally sound initiatives…But power […]
Posted in: climatechange, Computing for Sustainability, fad, management, nz, policy, report, sustainability
New policy makes sustainability a priority for computing education
July 15, 2007
In what we think is a world first, Computing Education for Sustainability is now a priority for NZ computing. The NACCQ represents most of New Zealand’s computing educators (all Institutes of Technology, all Polytechnics, with representation by some Universities), its conference is supported by the ACM’s SIGCSE. We are very happy to report that the […]
Computing for Sustainability 
July 25, 2007
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