In this interview with Abby Funabiki, we discuss the differences between for-profit and nonprofit CS education organizations, the importance and ability for nonprofits to collaborate with others, CS as the new digital divide, how to get started with CS implementation with limited or no extra funding, suggestions and considerations for district-wide implementation, and much more.

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How to Get Started with Computer Science Education

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00:00 Intro

01:00 Abby introducing herself

01:23 How Abby got into nonprofit management

02:44 The difference between nonprofit and for profit

06:23 Why focus on nonprofit work in education?

10:16 What it looks like to do nonprofit work in schools

11:51 What districts can do if they don't have money

13:04 How can districts plan for district-wide implementation?

14:03 What questions should administrators ask when considering implementation?

16:00 What have districts tried that didn't work out as planned?

16:56 What questions to ask when implementing CS

18:53 How Abby tries to prevent burnout

21:32 What we need more research on with district-wide implementation

23:22 How I could improve the podcast

24:44 How to connect with Abby

24:53 Outro