Stephanie Chang
@heyasteph
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Open to collaborate! Focused on experiential learning & design: low-tech, high-tech, & no-tech. Always engaging mind & hand, while nibbling on sour gummy worms.
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Joined March 2014
Introducing #GettingUnstuck, a 10-module intermediate @Scratch curriculum to help your students develop greater creative and conceptual fluency with code! Explore this free #CreativeComputing resource at: https://t.co/HadVti9lQq
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National Academies Report on authenticity to promote computing interests and competencies
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The National Academies has now released the report that I’ve been part of developing for the last 18 months or so: “Cultivating Interest and Competencies in Computing: Authentic Experiences and Des…
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Wad-Ja-Get is a classic book about the problems and practice of grading. I’m so proud to have played a part in making it available again on its 50th anniversary! Read (for FREE) or order the paperback at https://t.co/UxZPkw3a3B
#UNgrading #gameful
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Grades and grading are an accepted part of modern education. But why? Why do we accept a system that is more focused on ranking students than on learning? Why do we accept the negative effects of...
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The #InfyMakers Awards 2021 are live and you could win $10K for maker education! If you're a K-12 school, library, college, museum, non-profit org or makerspace, apply for an Infy Maker Award thru March 2nd. https://t.co/H5k0Vtvn7J
#WhyIMake #makered
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Loved working on this with so many wonderful people: Barbara Means @heyasteph Shani Daily @CheriFancsali @DrJuanGilbert @joannagoode13 @Guzdial @mizuko @LeahHJamieson @eklopfer Irene Lee @VicariousLee Rebecca Maynard @DanielRabuzzi @mmsubram + our awe-inspiring @theNASEM guides!
Want to design learning experiences that invite young people to engage with computing in ways that are both professionally and personally authentic? Explore this new @theNASEM report: https://t.co/bp7ro0Y1AW
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One of the report's significant points: how to consider "authenticity" in learning & computing, making a distinction between "professionally authentic" & "personally authentic" -- authentic to whom, to what cultures. https://t.co/uuIRrUF4zu
#computing #STEM #csed #makered
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TODAY: Learning and teaching using authentic experiences for #computing can be an important driver for engagement and continued participation for learners. Register here for this afternoon's discussion on cultivating interest in computing for youth: https://t.co/H11Y2HZJ1R
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Join @joannagoode13, @mmsubram, & Barbara Means, three of the committee members on this report, to learn more about our conclusions and recommendations.
How can authentic experiences in #STEM drive engagement and continued participation for learners in computing? Join us for a Jan. 13 discussion on a new consensus study report examining authentic learning experiences in computing for youth. Register here: https://t.co/ozpvqKCYaB
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While today’s terrible display of terror and meanness shakes us, let’s remember: @ossoff, Jewish son of an immigrant & @ReverendWarnock, first Black Senator from Georgia, will join a Catholic POTUS & the first woman, Black + Indian VP in our nation’s capital. God bless America.
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A1 it’s hard to escape imposter syndrome because of conditioning to see our successes as being a fluke — for me it was hashing it out w other women and as a supt going after a balanced leadership team that was not male dominant #WomenEdLeaders
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The goal of the first CS course should be to promote confidence if we’re going to increase diversity in CS: Paying off on a bet
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This should be a thing: If you make a public bet on Twitter, and lose, you should have to write a blog post explaining how you got it wrong. Let me set the stage for the bet. There are studies sugg…
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University teachers: What's the goal of your teaching? To develop students to their potential and facilitate their learning of your domain? Or to identify top students through rigorous evaluation, push them to advance the field? 1/2
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Every classroom is a vision for a future not yet realized. We build momentum by creating spaces for youth to feel whole, empowered and confident in leading us #HipHopEd
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Museums make great #makered regional hubs - join us for #makingspaces cohort 5! Support educators to build #HandsOn #equitable learning. @ScienceCenters @AAM_EdCom @childmuseums @PacSci @azsciencecenter @museumofscience @msichicago @nysci @thehenryford @OMSI @COSI @ThinkeryATX
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Community Colleges are leaders of innovation and community connection - Join us as a #makingspaces Hub - apply by October 31st! #comm_college @cccmakerspace @NACCE @Comm_College
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How did studying historical disruptions and using it is a jumping off point for making help @presidioknolls students process living in COVID? Lots of powerful reflections. #MakerEdConvening
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@JaleesaT speaking on Black makers at the #MakerEdConvening addresses the politics of #play for Black children. What does it look like to have spaces at school where it’s safe for Black children to be creative & joyful? How can we, educators, shift how we do
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If you missed our session, but want to learn more you can find our slide deck here, and be in touch if you want to help brainstorm additional Learning Den activities! #playfulreflection #MakerEdConvening
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