User:Andrea.tartaro
Andrea Tartaro is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Furman University. She teaches courses on introductory computer science and programming, object-oriented design and data structures, human-computer interaction, computer graphics, and freshman writing. Her professional work includes research on computer science education that emphasizes interdisciplinary initiatives, as well as human-computer interaction research related to designing computer systems to support behavior change goals. Prior to joining Furman University, she received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and taught at Union College in Schenectady, NY.
Intro to IRC Activity
Part 1:
- People interact in short, colloquial sentences or phrases. Multiple sentences or phrases are usually split over multiple contributions.
- People can direct comments directly to other users using either their name or their user names, or can direct comments to the group in general. There seem to be tags for notes, like assigning tasks or indicating something was completed.
- Words with hashtags appear to be used for specific purposes (e.g., #action, #info)
- It's a little hard to follow when comments are not specifically addressed to a person.
Part 3:
Project Anatomy Activity
The primary responsibility for the Activity Team is to develop and maintain Sugar Platform activities (what they call apps). They recruit and support developers, as well as gather and organize information about how activities are used and new ideas for activities. The Development Team builds and maintains the core Sugar platform, as well as manage releases. This group is charge of bugs and new features for the Sugar Platform. Where as the Activity Team is primarily in charge of individual activities (apps), the development team is primarily in charge of the core of the platform. The documentation team is responsible for all manner of documentation for the Sugar platform, including manuals, programming guides, etc. Both the Activity Team and the Development Team probably need to work with the documentation team for maintaining documentation of their components.
