In this interview with Jackie Corricelli, we discuss advice for novice and veteran CS educators, the potential for collaboration between industry and educators, designing for more inclusive CS education, volunteering for CS education organizations, and much more.

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How to Get Started with Computer Science Education

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00:00 Introduction

01:09 Jackie introducing herself

01:50 An example of a cryptography project

03:18 How Jackie got into CS education

05:58 What Jackie would recommend for learning CS

08:42 A story about education that continues to impact Jackie

11:39 How Jackie would design a new CS program in a school

16:31 Advice Jackie would give to experienced CS educators

20:51 Advice for integrating CS

24:33 Potential pitfalls that educators run into when integrating

26:00 What more educators should understand about equity and inclusivity

30:25 How Jackie recruits students into her CS classes

31:52 How to recruit CS educators

33:53 What Jackie has learned from volunteering

36:48 How Jackie tries to prevent burnout

39:18 Educators who have inspired us

43:51 How to connect with Jackie

44:14 Outro