In this interview with Charlotte Dungan, we discuss Charlotte’s holistic approach to education, remotely teaching CS to rural communities, why Charlotte believes teaching is harder than working in industry, teaching AI in elementary school, the influence of money on research and practice, the future of work, and much more.

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How to Get Started with Computer Science Education

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00:00 Intro

00:58 Charlotte introducing herself

02:00 Charlotte's journey from developer to educator

03:18 How Charlotte knew what approach to use when teaching

05:22 Something Charlotte no longer believes about education

07:22 Remote teaching CS in rural schools

13:20 Charlotte's holistic approach to education

16:37 Remotely cultivating connectedness

19:25 Why education is harder than programming

20:48 Why education is important for Charlotte

23:38 What AI looks like in elementary schools

30:37 Recommendations for learning more about AI in elementary school

31:48 The dilution of standards

33:35 What's holding back the field and what we can do about it

34:30 How Charlotte iterates on her abilities

36:09 How Charlotte prevents burnout

40:02 What Charlotte wishes would change with research

43:39 Something Charlotte could use help with

44:35 A question for the field

46:03 The future of work

52:46 How to connect with Charlotte

53:06 Outro