In this interview with Roxana Hadad, we discuss the blurring of formal and informal learning within makerspaces and culture, how Roxana’s understanding of education evolved over time, feeling lost when having too much choice with one’s learning, the intersections of makerspaces and equity, problematizing discourse and definitions around computational thinking and computer science, preventing burnout while working on many different projects, feeling a lack of agency in education, the future of communication for academics, and so much more.

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How to Get Started with Computer Science Education

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00:00 Intro

01:04 Roxana introducing herself

09:56 How makerspaces informs Roxana's views on education

13:30 How Roxana's understanding of education has evolved over time

15:42 Feeling lost in formal learning

17:57 What surprised Roxana from her research

20:10 The connections between makerspaces and equity work

26:22 Colonization in makerspaces and computational thinking

29:27 The problems with the vagueness of computational thinking

36:09 The UCLA computer science equity project

38:13 The differences in understanding curricula

40:57 The need for defining terms

44:07 How Roxana and I prevent burnout

53:20 How Roxana iterates on her abilities

57:05 If Roxana had a magic wand...

59:31 The drastic shifts in discourse around education

01:06:02 Something Roxana is working on

01:07:59 How I do everything I do

01:09:53 The future of communication as a scholar

01:12:16 The importance of dialouge

01:15:30 The overlap of computational thinking and equity

01:16:47 How to connect with Roxana

01:17:10 Outro