Season 2

Bringing computer science education research into K-8 classrooms

Join Once Upon a Tech podcast co-host Kim Wilkens as she explores CS education research and helps translate how it can inform CS education in the classroom today. Kim is currently an EdD student studying curriculum and instruction with a focus on innovation and computer science education in the School of Education at the University of Virginia. During this series, Kim takes a deep dive into a variety of CS education-related research papers by interviewing the authors to discover the big takeaways for future research and for K-8 teachers and administrators right now.

Take a listen to the podcast episodes and/or click on the resource links to read more!
Episode 8: CS and CT in preservice education and in the classroom with Anne Leftwich

In this episode, I take a deep dive into a report on the state of CS in preservice education programs and a special issue from ACM highlighting a variety of research on CT in preK-5 with Anne Leftwich. She is a Professor and Interim Chair of Instructional Systems Technology within the School of Education and an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science and the Barbara B. Jacobs Chair in Education and Technology at Indiana University – Bloomington.
Check out season 1 of the podcast with Jennie Chui, Jared O'Leary, Jean Salac, Michelle Friend, Tom Lauwers, Luther Tychonievich, and Shuchi Grover! Please contact me (ksw8y@virginia.edu) if you'd like to be a guest or want to recommend someone as a guest.