Sandra Ahlstrom's guest appearances

Sandra Ahlstrom

#CSK8 Podcast - A podcast for computer science educators

James Fester

Dan Schneider

Katie Henry

Mitch Resnick

Bryan Brown

Joanna Goode

Jorge Valenzuela

Chris Woods

Andreas Stefik

Grant Smith

Gail Lovely

Peter Rich

Mark Guzdial

Nicki Washington

Sarah Judd

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In this interview with Sandra Ahlstrom, we discuss transfer of understanding across programming languages, collaborating around computing, the impact we want to have as educators, and several more topics relevant to CSK8 educators.Click here for this episode’s show notes.This episode was powered by BootUp Professional Development.How to support the free content I create.━━━━━━━━━━━━━00:00 Intro01:35 Sandy introducing herself02:13 Sandy's CS education journey03:30 Something Sandy believed when she first started teaching that she no longer believes06:43 Working with multiple coding languages09:28 Discovery and transfer of understanding11:30 The power of students teaching their peers14:37 Time constraints and teaching17:42 A story in education that continues to impact Sandy20:06 How those stories inform Sandy's approach today22:11 What Sandy wishes she knew when she first started24:08 What is a facilitator?25:27 Teaching concepts in a way that kids understand29:02 Helping write the Wyoming CS standards32:39 Differences in motivation and gender40:40 Teaching how to learn42:15 Outro

In this interview with Sandra Ahlstrom, we discuss transfer of understanding across programming languages, collaborating around computing, the impact we want to have as educators, and several more topics relevant to CSK8 educators.<a href="https://jaredoleary.com/csk8feed/3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here for this episode’s show notes</a>.This episode was powered by BootUp Professional Development.<a href="https://jaredoleary.com/support" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How to support the free content I create.</a>━━━━━━━━━━━━━00:00 Intro01:35 Sandy introducing herself02:13 Sandy's CS education journey03:30 Something Sandy believed when she first started teaching that she no longer believes06:43 Working with multiple coding languages09:28 Discovery and transfer of understanding11:30 The power of students teaching their peers14:37 Time constraints and teaching17:42 A story in education that continues to impact Sandy20:06 How those stories inform Sandy's approach today22:11 What Sandy wishes she knew when she first started24:08 What is a facilitator?25:27 Teaching concepts in a way that kids understand29:02 Helping write the Wyoming CS standards32:39 Differences in motivation and gender40:40 Teaching how to learn42:15 Outro

Transfer, Collaboration, Impact, Facilitation, and Much More with Sandra Ahlstrom