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9-12, Advanced Topics, AP Computer Science Principles, Computer Science I, Hybrid Learning, Uncategorized

Investigating Web APIs

March 5, 2021March 5, 2021 by Michele

A few weeks ago I decided to work through this Mixtape tutorial on Repl.it that utilizes the Spotify API. While an excellent tutorial on it’s own, especially for someone teaching themselves, I saw an awesome opportunity to expand each part with rich discussions and discovery activities. Over the course of a few lessons, students explore HTTP requests, discuss the values set forth by the Developer’s Terms of Service, interpret JSON objects, write basic HTML, make use of Flask and Python, and put it all together in the original tutorial’s Mixtape project.

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Thoughts on Teaching Broadcast & Receive Blocks

January 15, 2021January 16, 2021 by Michele

One concept that does need to be explicitly taught is broadcast and receive blocks. I’ve had difficulty getting students to buy into the use of broadcast and receive blocks over “wait” blocks. My hunch is that they’re difficult to understand because of the lack of a visual reaction on the Scratch stage. Unplugged activities to the rescue!

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Hybrid Teaching: What’s Working? (Nine Weeks In)

October 30, 2020October 30, 2020 by Michele

On the upside, I think I’ve mastered knowing which of the zillion devices I set up at the beginning of each period need to be muted? Turns out hybrid teaching is still hard and still exhausting, but is slowly normalizing itself. It helps that, slowly, students are choosing to come back to fully in person. Not surprisingly, a lot has changed since the start of the school year.

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Back to School Supplies for COVID-19 Teaching

October 8, 2020October 8, 2020 by Michele

The supply list you didn’t know you needed

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Hybrid Teaching: What’s Working?

September 16, 2020September 19, 2020 by Michele

Hybrid teaching is HARD. You know I’m lying if I pretend like everything is peachy, but, in focusing on the positives, here’s what IS working for me so far.