CSTA CS Snipits Podcasts

In an effort to provide additional opportunities for members to keep tuned in and up-to-date, we have assembled a collection of podcasts we call CS Snipits. These Snipits are intended to provide a brief overview of an interesting topic or a quick chat with an interesting person. Feel free to download them and share them with your colleagues and students.

Clicking on a title will direct you to the detailed download information toward the bottom of this page.

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Cooperative Learning Strategies
Leland Beck and Alexander Chizhik
A CS Fairy Tale about Big-O
Robert Duvall
Teaching CS Engineering Concepts in Middle School
Stacey Laugel

Podcast Title
Guest
A CS Fairy Tale
Judy Hromcik
Building a Quality CS Program
Judith Gal-Ezer
Complete CSIT 07 Symposium Interviews
Composite
Cool Math
Edward Gonzales & Josef Sifuentes
CS Fairy Tales
Shannon Duval
CS Teacher Support Group
Myra Deister
CS Unplugged
Tim Bell
CyberCivics
Jeanna Matthews & James Owens
Getting More Out of Google
Doug Peterson
A GridWorld Quickstart
Ann Shen
Intervention Projects
Cheryl Seals
Joint Educational Facilities (JEF)
Jesse & Bryan Bemley
Making CS Accessible
Richard Ladner
Making Students Comfortable in CS
Richard Tapia
Managing the Computer Lab
Alfred Thompson
Media Computation
Mark Guzdial
Message to Teachers
Maria Klawe
Recruiting and Retaining CS Students
Myra Deister
Second Life
Daryn Bee
STARS Alliance
Tiffany Barnes
STARS Students
Michael Eagle, Lane Harrison, & Eve Powell
Tale of Encouragement
Joseph Young
Teaching Debugging Strategies
Laurie Murphy
Teaching with Culture
Valerie Taylor
Teaching Students about Electronic Privacy
Florence Appel
TechBridgeWorld at CMU
Sarah Belousov
The Computing Educators Oral History Project
Vicki Almstrum
The CSTA Web Curriculum Repository
Joe Kmoch
Using Mario Brothers to Teach Inheritance Concepts
Terrence Mason & Bruce Johnston
Using Scratch to Introduce Computing
John Maloney
Virtual Cell
Raquel Holmes
XNA Development
Andrew Begel & Krishna Kumar

Cooperative Learning Strategies
Leland Beck and Alexander Chizhik

Medium: MP3
Listening Time: 9:45 min.
Interview Location: ACM Sigcse 2008; Portland, OR
Interview Date: March 2008

A CS Fairy Tale about Big-O
Robert Duvall

Medium: MP3
Listening Time: 6:30 min.
Interview Location: ACM Sigcse 2008; Portland, OR
Interview Date: March 2008

Teaching CS Engineering Concepts in Middle School
Stacey Laugel

Medium: MP3
Listening Time: 8:00 min.
Interview Location: ACM Sigcse 2008; Portland, OR
Interview Date: March 2008

A CS Fairy Tale
Judy Hromcik

Medium: MP3
Listening Time: 4:30 min.
Interview Location: ACM Sigcse 2008; Portland, OR
Interview Date: March 2008

Making CS Accessible
Richard Ladner, University of Washington

Medium: MP3
Listening Time: 9 min.
Interview Location: ACM Sigcse 2008; Portland, OR
Interview Date: March 2008

Using Scratch to Introduce Computing
John Maloney, MIT Media Laboratory

Medium: MP3
Listening Time: 6 min.
Interview Location: ACM Sigcse 2008; Portland, OR
Interview Date: March 2008

Teaching Debugging Strategies
Laurie Murphy, Pacific Lutheran University

Medium: MP3
Listening Time: 5:30 min.
Interview Location: ACM Sigcse 2008; Portland, OR
Interview Date: March 2008

The CSTA Web Curriculum Repository
Joe Kmoch, Milwaukee Public Schools

Medium: MP3
Listening Time: 7 min.
Interview Location: ACM Sigcse 2008; Portland, OR
Interview Date: March 2008

The Computing Educators Oral History Project
Vicki Almstrum, University of Texas at Austin

Medium: MP3
Listening Time: 10:30 min.
Interview Location: ACM Sigcse 2008; Portland, OR
Interview Date: March 2008

CS Unplugged
Tim Bell, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Medium: MP3
Listening Time: 7:45 min.
Interview Location: ACM Sigcse 2008; Portland, OR
Interview Date: March 2008

Building a Quality CS Program
Judith Gal-Ezer, The Open University of Israel

Medium: MP3
Listening Time: 10:30 min.
Interview Location: ACM Sigcse 2008; Portland, OR
Interview Date: March 2008

Using Mario Brothers to Teach Inheritance Concepts
Terrence Mason and Bruce Johnston,
University of Wisconsin-Stout

Medium: MP3
Listening Time: 8 min.
Interview Location: ACM Sigcse 2008; Portland, OR
Interview Date: March 2008

Teaching Students about Electronic Privacy
Florence Appel, Saint Xavier University

Medium: MP3
Listening Time: 9 min.
Interview Location: ACM Sigcse 2008; Portland, OR
Interview Date: March 2008

A GridWorld Quickstart
Ann Shen

Medium: MP3
Listening Time: 9 min.
Interview Location: ACM Sigcse 2008; Portland, OR
Interview Date: March 2008

CyberCivics
Jeanna Matthews and James Owens

Medium: MP3
Listening Time: 8.5 min.
Interview Location: ACM Sigcse 2008; Portland, OR
Interview Date: March 2008

Recruiting and Retaining CS Students
Myra Deister

Medium: MP3
Listening Time: 6 min.
Interview Location: Fullerton, CA
Interview Date: November 2007

CS Teacher Support Group
Myra Deister

Medium: MP3
Listening Time: 3.5 min.
Interview Location: Fullerton, CA
Interview Date: November 2007

STARS Alliance
Tiffany Barnes

Medium: MP3
Listening Time: 6 min.
Interview Location: Tapia 2007
Interview Date: October 2007

Second Life
Daryn Bee

Medium: MP3
Listening Time: 4 min.
Interview Location: CSIT07 Symposium
Interview Date: June 28, 2007

XNA Development
Andrew Begel and Krishna Kumar

Medium: MP3
Listening Time: 3.5 min.
Interview Location: CSIT07 Symposium
Interview Date: June 28, 2007

TechBridgeWorld at CMU
Sarah Belousov

Medium: MP3
Listening Time: 5 min.
Interview Location: Tapia 2007
Interview Date: October 2007

Joint Educational Facilities (JEF)
Jesse and Bryan Bemley

Medium: MP3
Listening Time: 6 min.
Interview Location: Tapia 2007
Interview Date: October 2007

CS Fairy Tales
Shannon Duval

Medium: MP3
Listening Time: 10 min.
Interview Location: Tapia 2007
Interview Date: October 2007

STARS Students
Michael Eagle, Lane Harrison, and Eve Powell

Medium: MP3
Listening Time: 10 min.
Interview Location: Tapia 2007
Interview Date: October 2007

Cool Math
Edward Gonzales and Josef Sifuentes

Medium: MP3
Listening Time: 9 min.
Interview Location: Tapia 2007
Interview Date: October 2007

Media Computation
Mark Guzdial

Medium: MP3
Listening Time: 7.5 min.
Interview Location: CSIT07 Symposium
Interview Date: June 28, 2007

Virtual Cell
Raquel Holmes

Medium: MP3
Listening Time: 6 min.
Interview Location: Tapia 2007
Interview Date: October 2007

Message to Teachers
Maria Klawe

Medium: MP3
Listening Time: 4.5 min.
Interview Location: Tapia 2007
Interview Date: October 2007

Getting More Out of Google
Doug Peterson

Medium: MP3
Listening Time: 4 min.
Interview Location: CSIT07 Symposium
Interview Date: June 28, 2007

Intervention Projects
Cheryl Seals

Medium: MP3
Listening Time: 4.5 min.
Interview Location: Tapia 2007
Interview Date: October 2007

Making Students Comfortable in CS
Richard Tapia

Medium: MP3
Listening Time: 9 min.
Interview Location: Tapia 2007
Interview Date: October 2007

Teaching with Culture
Valerie Taylor

Medium: MP3
Listening Time: 5 min.
Interview Location: Tapia 2007
Interview Date: October 2007

Managing the Computer Lab
Alfred Thompson

Medium: MP3
Listening Time: 4 min.
Interview Location: CSIT07 Symposium
Interview Date: June 28, 2007

Tale of Encouragement
Joseph Young

Medium: MP3
Listening Time: 7 min.
Interview Location: Tapia 2007
Interview Date: October 2007

Complete CSIT 07 Symposium Interviews
Medium: MP3
Listening Time: 23 min.
Interview Location: CSIT07 Symposium
Interview Date: June 28, 2007


   

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