In this episode I unpack Bowler and Champagne’s (2009) publication titled “Mindful makers: Question prompts to help guide young peoples' critical technical practices in maker spaces in libraries, museums, and community-based youth organizations,” which "examines question prompts as a means to scaffold reflection and reflexivity in the design, development, and use of technological artifacts in maker spaces for youth at public libraries, museums, and community-based organizations" (abstract).
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How to Get Started with Computer Science Education
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00:00 Intro
01:19 Abstract
02:09 My single sentence summary
02:57 Paper introduction
04:12 Literature review
06:53 Method
08:27 Questions to stimulate deeper thinking
09:42 What will make me happy?
10:44 Who is my audience?
11:08 What resources do I have and need?
12:22 What will inspire me to give my time and effort to a project?
14:14 Self-assessment in makerspaces
15:27 When is failure
16:16 How will my creation affect other people?
16:44 What kind of a maker am I?
19:09 Lingering questions
19:13 When and why are maker or inquiry-based practices encouraged or discouraged?
20:14 What kind of questions or prompts might CS educators reflect upon to improve their own pedagogical practices or understandings?
21:43 Outro
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In this episode I unpack Bowler and Champagne’s (2009) publication titled “Mindful makers: Question prompts to help guide young peoples' critical technical practices in maker spaces in libraries, museums, and community-based youth organizations,” which "examines question prompts as a means to scaffold reflection and reflexivity in the design, development, and use of technological artifacts in maker spaces for youth at public libraries, museums, and community-based organizations" (abstract).
Click here for this episode’s show notes.
How to Get Started with Computer Science Education
━━━━━━━━━━━━━
00:00 Intro
01:19 Abstract
02:09 My single sentence summary
02:57 Paper introduction
04:12 Literature review
06:53 Method
08:27 Questions to stimulate deeper thinking
09:42 What will make me happy?
10:44 Who is my audience?
11:08 What resources do I have and need?
12:22 What will inspire me to give my time and effort to a project?
14:14 Self-assessment in makerspaces
15:27 When is failure
16:16 How will my creation affect other people?
16:44 What kind of a maker am I?
19:09 Lingering questions
19:13 When and why are maker or inquiry-based practices encouraged or discouraged?
20:14 What kind of questions or prompts might CS educators reflect upon to improve their own pedagogical practices or understandings?
21:43 Outro