In this interview with Addison Lilholt, we discuss Addison’s DREAM job, the importance of students having fun through meaningful learning experiences, lessons learned from remote teaching, the importance of mental breaks when learning/teaching, recommendations for getting started with CS, the intersections of CS and environmental sciences, creating an arcade cabinet to explore engineering and CS, being open about iterating on abilities as an educator, and so much more.

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How to Get Started with Computer Science Education

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00:00 Intro

01:00 Addison introducing himself

01:22 What is the DREAM Lab?

04:39 An ideal CS space

09:47 How did COVID change Addison's teaching?

17:44 Has Addison had pushback for taking learning breaks?

19:53 Addison's journey into CS education

23:53 Recommendations for getting started with CS

25:17 The intersections of CS and environmental science

27:53 Engineering an arcade cabinet for a school project

30:20 How Addison considers breadth and depth

32:33 What's holding back educators and what can we do about it?

34:15 How Addison iterates on his abilities

40:36 How Addison prevents burnout

44:44 Bringing contemporary topics into CS classes

47:50 What Addison wishes there was more research on

49:16 Something Addison could use help with

50:21 What led me to create this podcast

56:04 How to connect with Addison

56:26 Outro