Stephanie Chang

Thrilled for the release of @theNASEM report on authentic learning experiences to support computing. For the past 2 years, I was so honored to work alongside phenomenal colleagues in developing this report. Please share widely! #csed #makered #STEM nationalacademies.org/news/2020/01/d…

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: gettingunstuck.gse.harvard.edu

@scientiffic sketchpads (virtual or analog) and tools to sketch and write with. good scissors, abundant blue tape, multi-size stackable trays for organizing (stackable when you’re not using them). and sewing supplies! sewing machine if you can, needle and thread, fabric.

if you were setting up a home digital fabrication / makerspace in a space-constrained apartment (*not* big enough for a separate garage workshop), what machines / tools would you get first? organization advice also welcome!

National Academies Report on authenticity to promote computing interests and competencies computinged.wordpress.com/2021/02/08/nat…

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 doi.org/10.3998/mpub.1… #UNgrading #gameful

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. infymakers.com #WhyIMake #makered

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!

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. nap.edu/catalog/25912/… #computing #STEM #csed #makered

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: ow.ly/1qBt50D1PuY

Join @joannagoode13, @mmsubram, & Barbara Means, three of the committee members on this report, to learn more about our conclusions and recommendations.

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.

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

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 computinged.wordpress.com/2020/12/29/the…

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

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

We did it, @JoeBiden.

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

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

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

@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