The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges

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1 The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges Volume 29, Number 5 May 2014

2 The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges Papers of the Twelfth Annual CCSC Mid-South Conference April 4-5, 2014 The LeMoyne-Owen College Memphis, Tennessee Papers of the Twentieth Annual CCSC Central Plains Conference April 4-5, 2014 Westminster College Fulton, Missouri John Meinke, Editor UMUC Europe George Benjamin, Associate Editor Muhlenberg College David Naugler, Contributing Editor Southeast Missouri State University Susan T. Dean, Associate Editor UMUC Europe Baochuan Lu, Contributing Editor Southwest Baptist University Volume 29, Number 5 May 2014

3 The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges (ISSN print, digital) is published at least six times per year and constitutes the refereed papers of regional conferences sponsored by the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges. Printed in the USA. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Bob Neufeld, CCSC Membership Secretary, P. O. Box 421, North Newton, KS Copyright 2014 by the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges. Permission to copy without fee all or part of this material is granted provided that the copies are not made or distributed for direct commercial advantage, the CCSC copyright notice and the title of the publication and its date appear, and notice is given that copying is by permission of the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges. To copy otherwise, or to republish, requires a fee and/or specific permission. ii

4 TABLE OF CONTENTS THE CONSORTIUM FOR COMPUTING SCIENCES IN COLLEGES BOARD OF DIRECTORS... viii CCSC NATIONAL PARTNERS... FOREWORD... John Meinke, UMUC Europe ix ix PAPERS OF THE TWELFTH ANNUAL CCSC MID-SOUTH CONFERENCE... 1 WELCOME TO THE 2014 CCSC MID-SOUTH CONFERENCE... 2 Rick Massengale, University of Arkansas Fort Smith 2014 MID-SOUTH CONFERENCE STEERING COMMITTEE... 2 REGIONAL BOARD CCSC MID-SOUTH REGION... 3 REVIEWERS 2014 CCSC MID-SOUTH CONFERENCE... 4 MAXIMIZING EMPLOYABILITY AND EMPLOYMENT AS AN IT PROFESSIONAL IN THE 21ST CENTURY KEYNOTE ADDRESS... 5 S. J. (Sandy) Schaeffer, University of Memphis THE SIREN SONG OF OPEN HARDWARE/SOFTWARE IN WIRELESS SENSOR DESIGN... 7 Matthew C. Jadud, Namukaba Hichilo, Hatinawedu Mupiwa, Logan Ray, Mark P. Mahoney, Berea College ROBOTICS SUMMER CAMPS AS A RECRUITING TOOL: A CASE STUDY Sebastian van Delden, Kuo-Pao Yang, Southeastern Louisiana University INCORPORATING TANGIBLE COMPUTING DEVICES INTO CS Mark Goadrich, Centenary College of Louisiana iii

5 WRITING BETTER MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS IN THE COMPUTING SCIENCES CONFERENCE TUTORIAL James McGuffee, Northern Kentucky University EXPERIENCES WITH RETAINING COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENTS Shearon Brown, Xiaohong Yuan, North Carolina A&T State University DESIGN AND BENEFITS OF AN ON-SITE TUTORING PROGRAM FOR THE FIRST PROGRAMMING CLASS Yi Liu, Gita Phelps, JF Yao, Georgia College and State University STRATEGIES AND CHALLENGES ON PROVIDING SUCCESSFUL RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR UNDERGRADUATES Vamsi Paruchuri, Yu Sun, University of Central Arkansas BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE CONFERENCE TUTORIAL Dan Brandon, Christian Brothers University DISTANCE LEARNING AND ONLINE COURSES PANEL DISCUSSION.. 61 Hira Herrington, Nova Southeastern University, Jim McGinnis, University of Arkansas, Fort Smith, David Naugler, Southeast Missouri State University USING STEGANOGRAPHY TO APPLY BITWISE OPERATORS AND FILE PROCESSING IN C NIFTY ASSIGNMENT Jim Kirk, Union University INTRODUCING GRAPH ALGORITHMS NIFTY ASSIGNMENT Larry Morell, Arkansas Tech University NETWORK ADMINISTRATION WITH THE RASPBERRY PI NIFTY ASSIGNMENT C. Bryan Foltz, University of Tennessee at Martin A METHOD TO EVALUATE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN STUDENT UML CLASS DIAGRAMS John W. Coffey, The University of West Florida NEW FEATURES OF C++11 CONFERENCE TUTORIAL David R. Naugler, Southeast Missouri State University A LINEAR SOLUTION TO THE N-QUEENS PROBLEM USING VECTOR SPACES John Pope, David Sonnier, Lyon College ADDING COINDUCTION INTO DISCRETE MATHEMATICS Cong-Cong Xing, Nicholls State University iv

6 TEACHING SECURE CODING FOR BEGINNING PROGRAMMERS Kenneth A. Williams, Xiaohong Yuan, Huiming Yu, Kelvin Bryant, North Carolina A&T State University STRATEGICALLY RECRUITING DIVERSE STUDENTS INTO YOUR UNDERGRADUATE COMPUTING MAJOR CONFERENCE TUTORIAL Betsy Williams Sanders, Rhodes College PAPERS OF THE TWENTIETH ANNUAL CCSC CENTRAL PLAINS CONFERENCE WELCOME FROM THE 2014 CCSC CENTRAL PLAINS CONFERENCE CHAIR Ed Mirielli, Westminster College 2014 CCSC CENTRAL PLAINS REGIONAL BOARD CCSC CENTRAL PLAINS CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REVIEWERS 2014 CCSC CENTRAL PLAINS CONFERENCE IBM - EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR A SMARTER PLANET KEYNOTE ADDRESS Michael S. Robison, Manager Distributed Database Management, IBM Global Technology Services CREATIVE USES OF TECHNOLOGY TO MARKET IDEAS, SOLVE BUSINESS PROBLEMS, AND WIN A FEW AWARDS IN THE PROCESS BANQUET ADDRESS Rich Schmick, Director of Organizational Development, VML INTRODUCING SECURE CODING IN CS0, CS1, AND CS2 PRE- CONFERENCE WORKSHOP Siddharth Kaza, Towson University, Elizabeth K. Hawthorne, Union County College CROWDSOURCING TRAFFIC SIMULATION TO IMPROVE SIGNAL TIMING Derek Riley, Gwen Nellen, Raul Barrera, Jesus Quevedo, University of Wisconsin-Parkside WU-BOTS - A ROBOT SIMULATOR FOR STUDENTS Bruce Mechtly, Joshua Wurtz, Tyler Wade, Washburn University v

7 TEACHING CHI-SQUARE GOODNESS OF FIT TEST USING SIMULATION IN INTRODUCTORY CLASSES Leslie Chandrakantha, John Jay College of Criminal Justice of CUNY USING CHAPEL TO TEACH PARALLEL CONCEPTS CONFERENCE TUTORIAL David Bunde, Knox College USING CS2013 FOR A DEPARTMENT S CURRICULUM REVIEW: A CASE STUDY Henry M. Walker, Samuel A. Rebelsky, Grinnell College USING TEST QUESTIONS AS A SOLE METHOD FOR ASSESSING STUDENT CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS IN A COMPUTER ORGANIZATION COURSE Brian Kokensparger, Creighton University SPIRALING COMPUTATIONAL THEORY INTO CONTROL WITH CS Kian L. Pokorny, McKendree University A TUTORIAL ON STORYBOARDS CONFERENCE WORKSHOP Michael P. Rogers, Andrew O. Shoemake, Northwest Missouri State University ESSENTIALS OF SOFTWARE ENGINEERING: WHAT TO TEACH WHEN YOU CAN T TEACH EVERYTHING PANEL DISCUSSION Eric Shade, Missouri State University, Scott Sigman, Drury University, Tim DeClue, Southwest Baptist University, Linda Webster, Westminster College AUTONOMOUS SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL Sage Kleczynski, Matthew Rayner, Suranga Hettiarachchi, Indiana University Southeast STORYBOARDS: A GRAPHICAL DEVELOPMENT TOOL FOR THE REST OF US Michael P. Rogers, Andrew O. Shoemake, Northwest Missouri State University ios APP PROGRAMMING USING AN INVERTED CLASSROOM IN A SMALL DEPARTMENT Megan Thomas, California State University Stanislaus COMPUTING FOUNDATIONS FOR THE SCIENTIST: A NEW APPROACH FOR NON-MAJORS CONFERENCE WORKSHOP Cathy Bareiss, Larry Vail, Olivet Nazarene University vi

8 EVALUATING OPENID NIFTY ASSIGNMENT John Cigas, Park University INTEGRATING MOCK CYBERCRIME SCENARIOS IN COMPUTER FORENSICS COURSES NIFTY ASSIGNMENT Elizabeth K. Hawthorne, University of Maryland University College USING PUZZLE SIMULATIONS TO INTRODUCE OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING WITH BYOB NIFTY ASSIGNMENT John Pais, Ladue Horton Watkins High School TEAM-BASED LEARNING IN A DATA STRUCTURES COURSE Daniel C. Cliburn, University of the Pacific AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO TEACHING A COMPUTER ETHICS COURSE Aparna Mahadev, Sonya Conner, Worcester State University USING INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAMS TO DEVELOP COMPREHENSIVE INTEGRATED DIGITAL MARKETING COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGNS Carol Spradling, Deborah Toomey, Dave Shadinger, Steven Chappell, Chris Graves, Northwest Missouri State University STRATEGICALLY RECRUITING DIVERSE STUDENTS INTO YOUR UNDERGRADUATE COMPUTING MAJOR CONFERENCE WORKSHOP Rebecca Dohrman, Maryville University VIDEO-BASED INSTRUCTION FOR INTRODUCTORY COMPUTER PROGRAMMING Eric D. Manley, Timothy M. Urness, Drake University COMPUTING AND THE AFFECTIVE DOMAIN: LEARNING TO LOVE (AND PERSIST) IN COMPUTER SCIENCE Tim DeClue, Southwest Baptist University TEACHING TRUE COMPUTER SCIENCE PRINCIPLES TO THE GENERAL STUDENT Baochuan Lu, Meilani Conley, Southwest Baptist University, Angie Klein, berty High School INDEX OF AUTHORS vii

9 THE CONSORTIUM FOR COMPUTING SCIENCES IN COLLEGES BOARD OF DIRECTORS Following is a listing of the contact information for the members of the Board of Directors and the Officers of the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges (along with the years of expiration of their terms): Laura Baker, President (2014), (512) , [email protected], St. Edward s University, Box 910, 3001 S. Congress Ave, Austin, TX Scott Sigman, Vice President (2014), (417) , [email protected], Drury University, 900 N. Benton Ave., Springfield, MO John Meinke, Publications Chair (2015), , [email protected], UMUC Europe, US Post: PSC 2, Box 9754, APO AE 09012; German Post: Werderstr 8, D Oftersheim, Germany. Bill Myers, Treasurer (2014), (704) , [email protected], Belmont Abbey College, 100 Belmont-Mount Holly Road, Belmont, NC Robert Neufeld, Membership Secretary (2016), (316) , [email protected], P. O. Box 421, North Newton, KS Judy Mullins, Central Plains Representative (2014), (816) , [email protected], School of Computing and Engineering, 5110 Rockhill Road, 450N Flarsheim Hall, University of Missouri - Kansas City, Kansas City, MO Elizabeth Adams, Eastern Representative (2014), (540) , [email protected], James Madison University - Mail Stop 4103, CISAT - Department of Computer Science, Harrisonburg, VA David R. Naugler, Midsouth Representative (2016), (573) , [email protected], Computer Science, Southeast Missouri State University, One University Plaza, Cape Girardeau, MO Jeff Lehman, Midwest Representative (2014), (260) , [email protected], Mathematics and Computer Science Department, Huntington University, 2303 College Avenue, Huntington, IN Lawrence D Antonio, Northeastern Representative (2016), (201) , [email protected], Computer Science Department, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, NJ Brent Wilson, Northwestern Representative (2015), (503) , [email protected], George Fox University, 414 N. Meridian St, Newberg, OR Karina Assiter, Rocky Mountain Representative (2016),Office (617) , Mobile (781) , [email protected], Wentworth Institute of Technology, 550 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA Leslie Fife, South Central Representative (2015), (318) , [email protected], Dept. of Computer Science, LSUS, One University Place, Shreveport, LA Kevin Treu, Southeastern Representative (2015), (864) , [email protected], Dept of Computer Science, Greenville, SC Colleen Lewis, Southwestern Representative (2014), (510) , [email protected], Harvey Mudd College, 301 Platt Boulevard, Claremont, CA Serving the CCSC: The following CCSC members are serving in positions as indicated that support the Consortium: Will Mitchell, Conference Coordinator, (317) , [email protected], 1455 S. Greenview Ct, Shelbyville, IN George Benjamin, Associate Editor, (484) , [email protected], Muhlenberg College, Mathematical Sciences Dept., Allentown, PA Susan Dean, Associate Editor, , [email protected], UMUC Europe, US Post: PSC 2, Box 9607, APO AE 09012; German Post: Werderstr 8, D Oftersheim, Germany. Robert Bryant, Comptroller, (509) , [email protected], MSC 2615, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA Mark Goadrich, National Partners Chair, (318) , [email protected], Centenary College of Louisiana, 2901 Centenary Boulevard, Shreveport, LA Deborah Hwang, Webmaster, (812) , [email protected], Electrical Engr. & Computer Science, University of Evansville, 1800 Lincoln Ave., Evansville, IN viii

10 CCSC NATIONAL PARTNERS The Consortium is very happy to have the following as National Partners. If you have the opportunity please thank them for their support of computing in teaching institutions. As National Partners they are invited to participate in our regional conferences. Visit with their representatives there. Turings Craft National Science Foundation FOREWORD Welcome to the May 2014 issue of the Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges. It is a real pleasure to bring another edition to you, the readership. I always feel that there is nothing more to say beyond what I ve said for each edition over a number of years as editor. However, I never cease to be amazed at the new directions and the new areas of concern that are in these new issues of the Journal. Our academic area is probably the most fast changing due to advances in technology. It s interesting that teaching graduate courses to non-traditional students (students that are professionals in the field) just in the last couple weeks topics have come up in class that are related to new technological advances for which I see sessions in the two conferences included in this issue that I really would like to attend. We need to remain current in a field that is constantly evolving. It does require attendance at conferences and reading the current literature in the field, and the current literature at this point is whatever has been published in the last few weeks! It s somewhat scarey as I think about it. As we look toward semi-retirement next year and moving back to the States one thing that I m excited about is the possibility of attending more CCSC conferences. They definitely will augment my classroom presentations. As this issue heads for the printer we need to recognize our support folks. First of all, there are the folks at the regional level that interface directly with me as we put the proceedings together. Dave Naugler and Baochuan Lee have really been a pleasure to work with, both in their second year of this task. They apparently took a lot of the procedures to heart and made it a somewhat seamless transition to their second year as regional editors. Both were most helpful and great to work with! We need to recognize the folks who actually print the Proceedings, the folks at Courier Printing. They have been great to work with. While our communication is primarily electronically, we have met the folks at Courier, and I do believe that the personal interaction does make a difference. We will enjoy being able to meet with them more often once we go into semi-retirement! It s interesting that when CCSC put out the RFP for printing the winning bidder ended up only about 20 miles away from where we re headed for our semi-retirement years. Sometimes it works out differently than we would expect, but in our best interests in the long run! We also need to recognize our CCSC support organizations. We are very appreciative of NSF and Turings Craft as sponsors. Their support of the Consortium has ix

11 made it possible for these conferences to take place and bring educators from institutions with minimal travel budgets to come together and take home ideas that get incorporated into the classroom, ultimately benefitting our students! That s what we re all here for. We also need tor express our thanks to Upsilon Pi Epsilon, the honor society for Computer Science. They make possible student activities at the various conferences and have been doing so now for a number of years. UPE s support of CCSC and our student sessions is very much appreciated. That is contributing to the future of out profession, My thanks to all the supporters and facilitators, and it s a pleasure to present two more sets of excellent conference publications. John Meinke UMUC Europe CCSC Publications Chair x

12 Papers of the Twelfth Annual CCSC Mid-South Conference April 4-5, 2014 The LeMoyne-Owen College Memphis, Tennessee

13 WELCOME TO THE 2014 CCSC MID-SOUTH CONFERENCE On behalf of the conference committee, I welcome you to the Twelfth Annual Consortium for Computing Sciences (CCSC) Conference for the Mid-South region. We are pleased to be hosted this year by the LeMoyne-Owen College in Memphis, Tennessee. The conference program includes ten papers, four tutorials, one panel, and two sessions of oral presentations of undergraduate student research. The program also contains a Nifty Assignments session and continues to host our annual undergraduate student programming competition. Sessions range across a broad spectrum of computing topics. The nineteen papers submitted were reviewed by the program committee, using a double-blind process, with at least three reviewers per paper. Ten papers were accepted for publication in the Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges and for presentation in this year's conference. We thank all of the authors for their hard work and their high-quality submission and all the reviewers for their careful reviews. The Mid-South conference committee, the regional board, and the faculty and staff of LeMoyne-Owen College Division worked hard organizing this conference. I thank all of you for your varied contributions and the many hours of hard work that make this conference possible. We hope you enjoy the conference and find it to be a valuable opportunity for professional development. Rick Massengale University of Arkansas Fort Smith CCSC-MS 2014 Conference Chair 2014 MID-SOUTH CONFERENCE STEERING COMMITTEE Rick Massengale, Conference Chair University of Arkansas Fort Smith, Fort Smith, AR Valerie Chu, Site Chair...The LeMoyne-Owen College, Memphis, TN Gabriel Ferrer, Papers Co-Chair... Hendrix College, Conway, AR Mark Goadrich, Papers Co-Chair.. Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport, LA Larry Morell, Panels/Workshops/Tutorials Chair Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, AR Carl Burch, Nifty Assignments Chair... Hendrix College, Conway, AR 2

14 CCSC: Mid-South Conference John Hightower, Student Programming Contest Co-Chair University of Arkansas Fort Smith, Fort Smith, AR Kriangsiri 'Top' Malasri, Student Programming Contest Co-Chair......University of Memphis, Memphis, TN Janet Renwick, Student Papers Co-Chair University of Arkansas Fort Smith, Fort Smith, AR David Sonnier, Student Papers Co-Chair... Lyon College, Batesville, AR Jin Zhang, Vendors/Sponsors Chair... The LeMoyne-Owen College, Memphis, TN Kriangsiri 'Top' Malasri, Publicity Chair...University of Memphis, Memphis, TN Janet Renwick, Past Conference Chair University of Arkansas Fort Smith, Fort Smith, AR REGIONAL BOARD CCSC MID-SOUTH REGION Gabriel Ferrer, Regional Board Chair... Hendrix College, Conway, AR David Naugler, Regional Editor Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO Larry Morell, Regional Registrar... Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, AR Janeet Renwick, Regional Treasurer University of Arkansas Fort Smith, Fort Smith, AR David Hoelzeman, Regional Webmaster Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, AR David Naugler, CCSC National Board Representative Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO 3

15 REVIEWERS 2014 CCSC MID-SOUTH CONFERENCE Mark Goadrich...Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport, LA Gabriel Ferrer... Hendrix College, Conway, AR Rick Massengale... UAFS, Fort Smith, AR Valerie Chu... LeMoyne-Owen College, Memphis, TN Larry Morell... Arkansas Tech, Russellville, AR Carl Burch... Hendrix College, Conway, AR John Hightower... UAFS, Fort Smith, AR Top Malasri...University of Memphis, Memphis, TN Janet Renwick... UAFS, Fort Smith, AR David Sonnier... Lyon College, Batesville, AR Jin Zhang... LeMoyne-Owen College, Memphis, TN Cong-Cong Xing... Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA David Naugler... Southeast Missouri State University, Girardeau, MO Vamsi Paruchuri... University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR David Middleton... Arkansas Tech, Russellville, AR 4