Feb 1GitHub Rules and ExpectationsIt is important to have documentation for people to reference as they learn how to work in a team. One document I use when I’m onboarding a student onto one of my codebases is my GitHub Rules and Expectations. The basic idea is to give them a clear idea of…Git4 min readGit4 min read
Dec 13, 2022Grading Logistics: Ideas and TipsI consistently teach over 200 students at a time. Therefore, I heavily rely on autograders and teaching assistants (TAs) to grade everything. I use and love Gradescope. But, like all interfaces, Gradescope is limited in the affordances of how to use it. …Grading6 min readGrading6 min read
Oct 14, 2022Connecting with TAsLast semester I started a practice to help me better connect with my teaching assistants (TAs). It worked well enough that I decided to continue it this semester. …Teaching3 min readTeaching3 min read
Sep 17, 2022(Hybrid) SIGCSE TS 2022 ReflectionI thought I’d go back to the SIGCSE TS theme for this blog post, but with one of my conference reflections. Though it’s not really one of my classic reflections since this was my first hybrid conference ever, and I was also creating the hybrid experience! I also attended the…Sigcse6 min readSigcse6 min read
Aug 5, 2022Handling Late HomeworkI’m going to take a break from my hybrid conference series and write a post about my latest attempt at handling late work. So far, this system is my favorite, and I plan to reuse it almost unchanged this coming semester. …Teaching7 min readTeaching7 min read
Jun 21, 2022Authors’ Corner: A place for online authors’ Q/AThe Authors’ Corner was the brainchild of a SIGCSE TS 2022’s chairs meeting. By the time we articulated the idea, I didn’t know who contributed what to create it. The event aimed to enable authors to answer questions about their work online. …Hybrid Conference6 min readHybrid Conference6 min read
May 28, 2022Hybrid Conference: Questions to think throughHere is the first in my reflection series on running our first hybrid SIGCSE TS 2022. In this post, I’ll cover a more organized version of the questions I’ve sent to those who’ve emailed me directly about running a hybrid conference. I did my best to cluster them so it…Csed8 min readCsed8 min read
Apr 12, 2022Hybrid Chair for SIGCSE TS 2022So this past March, I was the inaugural Hybrid Experience Chair for the 2022 SIGCSE Technical Symposium. This conference is the Special Interest Group Computer Science Education’s (SIGCSE) flagship conference with over 1,500 attendees. My career plans included serving on committees like this. …Hybrid Conference3 min readHybrid Conference3 min read
Feb 27, 2022Soft, hard, and late deadlines (or another failed experiment)After my side channel experiment that wasn’t worth keeping, it’s probably no surprise that I did yet another crazy experiment! This one has a bunch of the usual elements. A naive teacher with delusions of lots of energy who thought this was a good idea (that’s me). …Failure Stories9 min readFailure Stories9 min read
Jan 17, 2022Show me, don’t tell meIt is/was graduate application reading season! And you know what that means? Reading a bunch of statements and sometimes wondering where the applicant’s mentor led them astray. So I thought I’d write this post to voice my opinion on what part of what makes a good statement. [This article is…Student Application5 min readStudent Application5 min read
