In this episode I unpack Santo, Vogel, and Ching’s (2019) publication titled “CS for What? Diverse Visions of Computer Science Education in Practice,” which is a white paper that provides a useful framework for considering the underlying values and impact of CS programs or resources.

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How to Get Started with Computer Science Education

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00:00 Intro

00:43 Paper introduction

02:20 My one sentence summary

02:54 Seven values and impact areas

03:49 Equity and social justice

04:12 Competencies and literacies

04:35 Citizenship and civic engagement

05:00 Technological, scientific, and social innovation

05:36 Economic and workforce development

05:59 School improvement and reform

06:33 Personal agency, joy, and fulfillment

07:00 Intersections of values

09:09 Cases from the field: Creative computing

10:17 Broadening participation and labor empowerment

11:03 Computing across the disciplines

11:53 Computing for social action

12:20 EthicalCS and learning social impacts of computing

13:17 Recommendations

15:09 Thinking out loud how the content I create aligns with different values

19:44 Outro