In this interview with Gail Lovely, we discuss navigating appropriate behavior with digital technologies, some considerations for early and pre readers, how to respond to concerns about screen time, metaphors of education as playpens and playgrounds, learning CS/coding through literacy, and much more.

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How to Get Started with Computer Science Education

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00:00 Introduction

00:47 Gail introducing herself

02:55 Gail's switch from classroom to independent educator

08:34 An educational experience that continues to impact Gail

11:24 Teaching students to respond to innapropriate content online

17:23 External influence on teachers

19:01 Teaching prereaders to code

26:05 How to respond to parents concerned with too much screen time

30:44 Integrating technology into classrooms

37:51 Helping administrators understand what CS/CT looks like in classrooms

41:41 The importance of pedagogy and content knowledge

44:23 Thoughts on trends in education

49:54 Advice for preventing burnout in education

56:24 What Gail wishes there was more research on

58:27 Gail's wish for the future of CS education

01:00:50 How to connect with Gail

01:02:47 Outro