Dear Students,
Mr. Franke, Lab’s high school computer science teacher, wrote a very interesting article for the school’s Web site called “Computer Science: Right-Brained or Left-Brained.” A lot of people think computer science is strictly logical and mathematical, but anyone who has ever designed a computer game, made a web site or solved a programming problem knows that computer science is actually very creative–creative in the most basic sense of the word; when you write a computer program you are creating something, making and inventing something new where nothing existed before.
In his article Mr. Franke compares computer science to creative writing, asserting that”much like writing a piece of literature, the logic and sequence of programming are merely the residue of an intensely creative act.” What do you think? Do you find yourself using the creative, artistic side of your brain in computer class, or the analytical, mathematical side? Or both at once?
Posted on January 4th, 2008 by Ms. Ruthie Hansen
Filed under: Dear Students
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