I was in Seattle attending Supercomputing 2011 a week ago. It is an amazing experience to be surrounded by scientists in all shapes and sizes (no kidding), and computational experts in all fields. I have collected some quotes which I think are relevant to our philosophy as inquiry-based teachers.
“Everything we do as humans is a model. Computational thinking is enhancing how you think—the ability to manipulate a model with the power to re-compute and re-vitalize.”
Bob Panoff, Shodor Institute
“Computational (Science Education) is using a model to teach a concept. (Computational Science) Education: teaching how to build the model.”
Bob Panoff, Shodor Institute
“Have = had + change”
Stephen I. Gordon, Ohio Supercomputer Center
“We are dealing with a Data Tsunami….there is more data generated than can be humanly read… Many of today’s important scientific breakthroughs are made by large, interdisciplinary collaborations of scientists working in geographically distributed locations, collecting, producing, and analyzing ever vaster and more complex data sets. This deluge of scientific data has been called the “data tsunami.” Large-scale science projects require software tools that support, not only insight into exponentially growing data, but collaborative science discovery. ”
Cecilia Aragon, eScience Institute, University of Washington