| Show Pro is more than just a Dereamer W. W E. E Contributing Writer Photography skiing and computer science are three subjects that would not normally be mentioned in in inthe the same sentence but for Sharon Dereamer of thet Computer Science department in the Science and 1 Industry Building these are part of a a formula for life Last year Dereamer was Faculty Lecturers All year she toiled to put together a presentation which showed her teaching methods to the college Based on Object Oriented Programming it was it-was was her goal to allow those who may have never had any type of experience with programming to gain a basic understanding on the subject One of her key methods for teaching is role playing Students would represent a a different action of the internal workings of the computer in front of the class to give them a learning experience Different people learn leam differently Some can just sit and listen while others have to see and do Dereamer said She would do this by acting out visually what is going on inside of the computer giving students a chance to actually be what they are learning For over 30 years Dereamer has been in inthe inthe inthe the engineering and programming field with witha a Masters in Computer Science which she received from the University of Wisconsin Dereamer came cameto cameto to Salt Lake from Dallas Texas Where she ran a business and was a full- full time adjunct professor at atthe atthe atthe the University of Texas She has been teaching at for six years In addition to her teaching Dereamer is also a student of photography She attends classes at when she can and enjoys abstract and black and white styles of photography Using film and the darkroom holds a special interest for Dereamer The combination of the science and art of photography are two things she likes to bring together I like to take everyday things and look at them from a different angle said Dereamer In the summer Dereamer coordinates the Slick Science program for youth specifically young girls Each day for a week a different topic in engineering and science is covered in a hands on way to give the kids exposure to things such as robotics and programming We Ve do it on a shoestring shoestring shoestring shoe shoe- string it is more word-of- word mouth than advertising said Dereamer Last year she arranged seven separate sessions f W I v S 64 f r i r d r Photo illustration by Rob Sharon Dereamer role plays to teach students how a computer works during the summer Dereamer found meaning in watching the kids grow so much in one week giving them a chance to experience for many the first time a new and larger world She explained the some of them get there with and attitude of disinterest and by the time the week was over they didn't want wantI I to leave Such is the allure of the sciences I |
