In this episode I unpack Smith, Bill, and Hughes’ (2008) publication titled “Thinking through a lesson: Successfully implementing high-level tasks,” which provides a heuristic that can be used to prepare for a lesson.

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How to Get Started with Computer Science Education

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00:00 Intro

00:22 My single sentence summary

00:58 Paper introduction

03:00 Lesson planning protocol

04:31 Selecting and setting up the computational task

06:11 Supporting students while they explore the task

10:29 Sharing and discussing the task

13:55 Lingering questions and thoughts

14:04 What do you use to prepare for, process, and reflect on educational experiences you facilitate?

15:12 Outro