Greater Than Code
Greater Than Code
261: Celebrating Computer Science Education with Dave Bock
Catch Dave on Episode 006 of Greater Than Code! Getting Technology Into the Hands of Children with David Bock
02:10 - Dave’s Superpower: Ability to Reevaluate and Drop Ideas – Onto The Next!
07:10 - The Acceptance of Ruby; Using Ruby as a Teaching Language
- Teaching Ruby Makes Approaching Computer Science Approachable
- Intro To Programming Skill Tree.md
- Computational Thinking
- Object-Oriented Programming
- Functional Programming
- Primer on Python Decorators
18:01 - Mobile Development
- Accessibility
- Teaching Performance; Linear Algebra
24:10 - Teaching Remotely
- WatchDOG Dads
- Cameras On/Off
- % of Women Went Up / Gatekeeping and Gender Bias
34:25 - Computer Science Education Week + Teaching/Volunteering
“Computers aren’t smart. They’re just dumb really, really fast.”
- Understanding the Pareto Principle (The 80/20 Rule)
- Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea
- Plimpton 322
56:39 - Handling Time Management and Energy
- Ted Lasso
- Getting Positive by Looking at the Negative
Reflections:
Casey: Motivating students to learn algorithmic efficiency. Feeling the problem.
Mae: Becoming more involved in the community.
Chelsea: What are people in the tech world ready for?
Dave: How much talking about computer science education is invigorating and revitalizing. Seeing problems through beginners’ eyes.
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