Rob chats with Brett Becker, one of the co-authors of the Computer Science for Leaving Cert book. They talk about computing as a 2nd level school subject, why certain topics were emphasised and technologies chosen, as well as potential impacts for 3rd level and beyond. They also speak about the Irish branch of the ACM’s Computer Science Education special interest group and finally, engage in a brief rant about computer programming error messages.

Brett is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at UCD and you can discover more about his work at brettbecker.com. Details on the SIGCSE Eire chapter are available at sigcseire.acm.org. The book 'Computer Science for Leaving Certificate' is published by Golden Key.