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Your Computer Science ISU in 20 lines

The Independent Study Unit (ISU or ISP in some schools) usually involves an independent programming project at the end of the year, to demonstrate what students have learned. More often than not, it turns out to be a troublesome excercise as advanced students try to show off and over-complicate their assignment, while others are having [...]

DWITE – Fifth Season

DWITE is an online computer programming contest, aimed as a practice for Canadian secondary school students. Often quoted as “fun”, this contest offers a unique dynamic that is enjoyable, promotes competition, and at the same time prepares students for more serious programming challenges such as CCC and ECOO.
With up to four people per team, and [...]

DWITE – the Programming Contest

For a while now, Dan and I wanted to organize our own programming contest. Years of participating in contests, competitions, show-offs and challenging others to do the same, has left us with experience and desires for an event to call our own. Developing a sustainable programming contest is no easy task, but recently we have [...]

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