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Dr David Parsons

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Digital Technologies in the New Zealand Curriculum

August 5, 2017 daveparsonsnz

The New Zealand Ministry of Education recently began a consultation process on their proposals for a new digital curriculum in schools. Two parts of this curriculum in particular are up for discussion,

digital curriculum, IT EducationComputational Thinking, Curriculum, New Zealand1 Comment

JavaScript as a first programming language? Some pros and cons

July 30, 2014 daveparsonsnz

Recently I was working with a group of JavaScript developers in Australia. One of them observed (from maintaining code written by other developers) that he felt people coded in JavaScript in various styles, depending on their programming background, and that… Read More

IT EducationChrome, JavaScript, Programming, TypeScript, WebStomLeave a comment

Global Day of Coderetreat

December 18, 2013 daveparsonsnz

Global Day of Coderetreat Last weekend I participated in the 2013 Global Day of Coderetreat, joining the session running at the Xero offices in Wellington, New Zealand. Along with 2,000+ other software developers across 165 locations on all continents, I… Read More

IT Education, Software Testingcoderetreat, Conways Game of Life, pair programming, TDD, test driven development2 Comments

The ICT skills shortage and why bleating is not enough

November 6, 2013 daveparsonsnz

The shortage of ICT professionals is not a new phenomenon in New Zealand, nor in many other developed economies. Professional organisations such as NZTech and the NZ Institute of IT Professionals (IITP) are well aware of this issue. New Zealand… Read More

IT Educationgovernment policy, ICT skills shortage, research funding, university research goalsLeave a comment

Too much money chasing not enough IT grads

October 13, 2013 daveparsonsnz

Too much money chasing not enough IT grads According the the government’s careers web site, taking data from TradeMe, 6 out of the top 10 paying jobs in New Zealand in 2013 were in Information Technology. The top paying job… Read More

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Information Systems versus Information Technology – Complementary to a ‘T’?

July 28, 2013 daveparsonsnz

Recently, a colleague from the College of Business and I (in the College of Sciences) have been attempting to play football in the nomansland between the Information Technology and Information Systems disciplines, in an attempt to repair the damage of… Read More

IT EducationACM curriculum, Information Systems, Information TechnologyLeave a comment

Outstanding exam answers

June 23, 2013 daveparsonsnz

Exam marking time again. Always a joy to record some of the more esoteric exam answers from students. Here are some of my past favourites from our first year paper: Question: Briefly explain the term ‘wiki’. Answer: A wiki is… Read More

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