Try a little history
John Impagliazzo · 2011
This presentation describes ways in which teachers could use computing history to enrich topics in their courses. Computing history can be a very effective tool to teach computing courses. Using history as a pedagogical technique contributes to students' understanding and their life-long learning experiences. History also encourages students to appreciate better the subject at hand and enables them to gain a better sense of the nature of inquiry surrounding their area of study that includes the human dimension.