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#CSK8 Podcast - A podcast for computer science educators

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Each episode of the #CSK8 Podcast explores research, experiences, or perspectives on computer science education through interviews with computer science educators, scholars, and administrators, as well as episodes that summarize and unpack implications of research for classroom teachers who are interested in learning more about practical applications of research in their classroom.

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How to Get Started with Computer Science Education (Replay) 27:54

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In this episode I provide a framework for how districts and educators can get started with computer science education for free. Click here for this episode’s show notes. How to Get Started with Computer Science Education ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 00:00 Intro 00:22 The problem I hope to address in this episode 03:52 Brief summary of why I'm qualified to address this problem 04:45 Why am I giving this content away for free? 06:18 You can do this 06:56 Step 1: Setting a vision 10:10 Step 2: Develop a plan 14:48 Step 3: Reverse engineer CS education 21:53 Step 4: Teach CS 23:57 Step 5: Reflect, refine, and share 27:01 Thanks for listening and sharing with others!…

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The intersection of videogames, music, and computer science education 22:17

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In this episode I unpack my dissertation, which explores the intersections of videogames, music, and computer science education. Click here for this episode’s show notes. How to Get Started with Computer Science Education ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 00:00 Problems with "integration" 01:29 Themes 01:47 Quick overview of chapters 1-3 04:37 Chapter 4 04:51 Composition practices 05:26 Performance practices 06:01 Maker practices 09:04 Coding practices 12:22 Chapter 5: Multidisciplinarity 13:46 Chapter 6: Implications 20:17 Thanks for listening!…

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Project-based Learning with Scratch 14:39

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In this episode I introduce approaches to using Scratch for project-based learning, including backwards, inquiry-based, and emergent project designs. Click here for this episode’s show notes. How to Get Started with Computer Science Education ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 00:00 Intro 00:22 What is project-based learning? 01:15 Project continuum 03:31 Project prompts 04:23 Storyboard questions 05:07 Steps for creating a project 06:46 Three more frameworks for project-based learning 07:01 Backward design projects 08:25 Inquiry-based projects 09:36 Emergent projects 10:33 If using a sequential curriculum... 11:28 A point of clarification 11:51 Scratch resources to explore 12:59 Podcasts to learn more 13:44 Rhizomatic project-based learning 14:29 Outro…

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Facilitating Multiple Programming Languages in One Space 18:55

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In this episode I describe considerations for facilitating multiple programming languages in one space. Click here for this episode’s show notes. How to Get Started with Computer Science Education ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 00:00 Intro 01:49 What my classes looked like 09:04 Start small and gradually expand 10:08 Selecting a language or platform 11:42 Implementation suggestions 12:49 Supporting students 13:38 Room setups 14:41 Questions to ask when facilitating 16:03 A tool to help administrators 17:08 What this approach is informed by 17:22 If this approach is overwhelming to you... 18:19 Outro…

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Recommendations for Preventing Burnout in Education (Part 4) 23:00

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Building off the previous episode on depression, suicide, and CS education, this episode is a supercut of guests responding to how they take care of themselves and stave off burnout. If you have not done so yet, I highly recommend listening to part 1 , part 2, and part 3 to hear perspectives from other guests. Click here for this episode’s show notes. How to Get Started with Computer Science Education ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 00:00 Intro 00:35 154 Decolonizing Education through SEL and PBL with Matinga Ragatz 02:43 156 See, What Had Happened with Andre Daughty 09:18 165 Intersections of Equity, Making, and Computer Science with Roxana Hadad 18:24 173 Empathetic Listening in Computer Science with Josh Sheldon 19:38 189 Computational Literacies with Michael Horn 22:25 More resources around burnout 22:47 Outro…

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Depression, Suicide, and Computer Science Education (Replay) 45:51

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Note: If you or anyone you know are experiencing signs of depression or suicidal ideation, please reach out to local healthcare professionals or call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 In honor of national suicide prevention week, in this week’s episode replay I read a paper I wrote on the topic of depression, suicide, and computer science education. This paper is formatted into the following sections: 1) A vignette on my own experiences coping with depression and suicide; 2) Statistics on depression and suicide as it relates to various populations computer science educators work with; 3) A vignette of a computer science educator helping a student through depression and suicidal thoughts; 4) Risk factors and warning signs; 5) Suggestions for providing support; 6) A vignette from a computer science educator's perspective on a student who committed suicide; and 7) Closing thoughts. Click here for this episode’s show notes. Learn more about National Suicide Prevention Month/Week/Day . How to Get Started with Computer Science Education ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 0:00 Intro 4:38 Vignette 1: Jared 10:45 Statistics on suicide 17:44 Statics on depression 20:30 Vignette 2: Chris and Elliott 28:14 Risk factors and warning signs 32:28 Suggestions for providing support 37:04 Vignette 3: Alex and Sam 40:55 Closing thoughts…

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The Apprenticeship of Observation and Computer Science Education 18:37

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In this episode I unpack the impact of an apprenticeship of observation and what computer science educators can do about it. Click here for this episode’s show notes. How to Get Started with Computer Science Education ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 00:00 What is the apprenticeship of observation? 00:46 Why apprenticeship of observation is important for educators to know about 02:23 The problems that arise from the apprenticeship of observation 06:49 What can educators do about the apprenticeship of observation? 16:35 We need to teach not just our students, but society as a whole…

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The Making of [an Educator] Athlete 20:06

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In this episode I unpack Loehr and Schwartz’s (2001) publication titled “The making of a corporate athlete",” which provides some suggestions relevant to educators interested in performing at their best by focusing on rest and recovery. Click here for this episode’s show notes. How to Get Started with Computer Science Education ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 00:00 Intro 01:07 The high-performance pyramid 02:00 Ideal performance state 04:55 Physical capacity 09:05 Emotional capacity 12:32 Mental capacity 16:46 Spiritual capacity (it's not what you think) 19:15 Outro…

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Thanks for Listening and an Update on the Future of This Podcast 6:41

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In the 200th episode of the #CSK8 Podcast I want to take a moment to thank everyone for listening over the years and to share some thoughts around the content I’m creating and the future of this podcast. Click here for this episode’s show notes. How to Get Started with Computer Science Education ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 00:00 Thank you for listening! 00:47 Some changes I've made 01:57 What are your thoughts on the changes? 03:05 My plans for future content 06:00 Let me know what you think 06:10 Again, thank you! I appreciate you!…

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How Do You Encourage Critical Thinking and Dialogue? 7:10

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In this episode I discuss an approach I’ve used for encouraging critical thinking and dialogue through individualized feedback and group discussion. Click here for this episode’s show notes. How to Get Started with Computer Science Education ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 00:00 How do you encourage critical thinking and dialogue with the classes you work with? 00:53 An example of what this might look like 01:17 What the feedback looked like 01:57 Opening up individualized feedback for group discussion 02:54 A pebble in their shoe 03:15 What are your thoughts? 03:26 Answering a question about room setups 06:44 Outro…

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Scratch for Sports: Athletic Drills as a Platform for Experiencing, Understanding, and Developing AI-Driven Apps 12:21

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In this episode I unpack Kumar and Worsley’s (2023) publication titled “Scratch for sports: Athletic drills as a platform for experiencing, understanding, and developing AI-driven apps,” which summarizes explorations of the intersections of computer science and physical education. Click here for this episode’s show notes. How to Get Started with Computer Science Education ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 00:00 Abstract 01:33 My single sentence summary 01:52 Paper introduction 02:33 Related work 03:21 Video Sensing: HomeCourt + Scratch 05:53 Wearables: Smartwatches + Micro:bits 07:35 Ball Sensors: Play Impossible & SIQ + Micro:bits 08:32 Discussion and Future Work 08:53 Lingering questions and thoughts 08:58 How do we incorporate physical computing in an individualized or rhizomatic way? 10:07 When do you use physical computing in your classroom? 12:10 Outro…

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Effects of Automated Feedback in Scratch Programming Tutorials 22:11

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In this episode I unpack Obermüller, Greifenstein, and Fraser’s (2023) publication titled “Effects of automated feedback in Scratch programming tutorials,” which investigates the impact of two different types of hint generating approaches among two different classes. Click here for this episode’s show notes. How to Get Started with Computer Science Education ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 00:00 Intro 00:44 Abstract 01:54 My single sentence summary 02:02 1 Introduction 02:42 2 Background 03:25 3 Interactive tutorial system for Scratch 03:47 4 Experimental setup 06:14 RQ1: How do next-step hints influence 08:50 RQ2: How do next-step hints influence 11:42 RQ3: How do next-step hints influence help 12:29 RQ4: How do next-step hints influence 13:15 My lingering questions and thoughts 13:22 What kind of projects can students create with such a tool? 16:56 How do you teach students to provide feedback to peers when other forms of feedback are unavailable? 20:18 As teaching, assessment, feedback, etc. becomes more automated, how will this impact teaching and learning? 21:38 Outro…

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We Need to Talk About This 7:23

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In this episode I talk about political and corporate influences that we need to talk about as a field. Click here for this episode’s show notes. How to Get Started with Computer Science Education ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 00:00 We need to talk about this 01:56 So what does this mean for computer science education? 03:23 Impact on computer science professional development and curricula 05:47 It's not just politicians who are influencing computer science education 06:38 Outro…

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How to Setup Your Computer Lab 8:56

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In this episode I provide some suggestions for setting up your computer lab and talk about their impacts on teaching and learning computer science. Click here for this episode’s show notes. How to Get Started with Computer Science Education ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 00:00 Intro 00:04 Rows 01:46 Stations/pods 03:41 Racetrack 05:36 Donut 07:42 Questions to think through for setting up your room 08:00 Outro…

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Two Quick Requests 1:25

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