In this episode I unpack Kafai et al.’s (2019) publication titled “Stitching the loop with electronic textiles: Promoting equity in high school students’ competencies and perceptions of computer science,” which explores the impact of an electronic textiles unit on high school students’ understandings of computer science.Click here for this episode’s show notes.How to Get Started with Computer Science Education━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 00:00 Intro00:42 Abstract02:07 My single sentence summary02:44 What are electronic textiles?03:50 Design04:34 Background06:20 Methods06:46 Findings10:16 Discussion10:23 Broadening student perceptions of CS11:43 Deeping student learning of computer science12:54 Designing inclusive curriculum activities13:37 Lingering questions and thoughts13:44 What kind of potentially inaccurate gender associations and biases do you have with different methods of engaging with computer science?14:24 How might you incorporate electronic textiles in your classroom or curricula?15:00 Outro

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