I was very excited to learn last week that I will be visiting Lubiri Secondary School in Kampala, Uganda as part of the Teachers for Global Classrooms program. Our host, Diana Nalule, teachers Information and Communication Technology. I am very curious to see how IT is taught at her school, and what lessons we all can learn from each other. As a new teacher of computer science, I am especially curious about the way students are taught to code and to use technologies. My students learn Python through an Activities, Projects, and Problems model (Project Lead the Way); it will be interesting to compare different pedagogies across cultures. Learning to code is one of the "in" topics in STEM education; I wonder how much that transcends borders, and if so, how that is accomplished. Even within my state, many different classes are classified as computer science: business applications, CAD, coding classes, and everything in between. "We must work diligently to democratize computer science learning so that no group is denied access to this fundamental knowledge. Not only is this an issue of civil rights, but computer science as a field desperately needs diverse and multiple perspectives."- Jane Margolis, author
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Kirstin Bullington
I teach science, engineering, and computer science at W.J. Keenan High School in Columbia, SC Archives
March 2016
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