Category: csta
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Technology fits that big void
There’s a big void around here this July. For the almost past 20 years before COVID, I would be somewhere in the United States at a CSTA Conference. In all that time, I’ve never gone as a formal learning attendee. Chris Stephenson invited me to my first which was the second or third conference ever…
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Quick registration
Over the years, I’ve worked at many a registration desk at conferences. Afterwards, there’s always a debrief to talk about how to make the process better and faster. There has to be a better mousetrap. Registration always seems to be a bottleneck. My theory is that people meet up in the lobby and all check…
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Random thoughts from Phoenix
As the 2019 CSTA Conference winds down, I thought I’d share a few thoughts. “It’s a dry heat” – I’ve heard that many times but got to experience. It’s 5:30am as I type this and it’s already 31 degrees with a forecasted high of 43. The “feels like” temperature is 29 which is a little…
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A couple of posters
From the poster session at the CSTA 2019 conference, a few interesting poster sessions that I enjoyed. What Well-Prepared CS Teachers Should Know From my friend Dr. Philip East at the University of Northern Iowa, a collection of observations from a NSF project they’re involved with. Do you know these things? http://csed.uni.edu How Media Messages…
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An Interview with Michelle Lagos De Javier
Doug: Through my association with the Computer Science Teachers’ Association (CSTA), I’ve had the opportunity to meet Michelle Lagos. Michelle is a Computer Science teacher at the American School of Tegucigalpa (AST) in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. We last caught up at the CSTA Conference in Omaha last summer and I made a mental note at the…
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