Introduction to CS Education
Yes, I know its been a while, and will probably be at least another week until I pick up regular postings again 
But, I wanted to share this quote from my Intro to CS Education course that I taught this semester:
This course raised the bar for computer science education, both in expectations on the students and in the teaching of the course itself. Before entering this class, I thought education was synonymous with communication, and that to be a good educator it sufficed to refine clarity in communication. After taking this course, I am amazed at my naivete. I now have an appreciation for assessment, metacognition, motivation, engagement, cooperative learning, cognitive architecture and many other concepts that contribute to good teaching.
This was written in one of the online course evaluations that are done at the university level and I think it sums up a resolution of my goals for the course.
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009