6th-12th grade computer science teacher ✨💻 she/her
Los Angeles, CA
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I recently learned about Natural Language Processing in Python and wrote a tutorial about it! (centered around Wuthering Heights--the book AND the Kate Bush song) medium.com/@kellylougheed/co…
Hey @replit, you don't happen to have a formatting button for HTML code, do you? I'm about to teach middle schoolers to make grids with HTML/CSS, and the nested divs get kind of tricky for them...
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Another activity that only involves user input & math operations: code a program that calculates the value of your investment after x years! #iteachcs docs.google.com/document/d/1…
Programming activities that involve ONLY user input and mathematical operations:
* Program to calculate the tip
* Program to calculate cost per person when dining out
* Program to convert units (made-up units like Harry Potter currency okay)
What else?
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I realized that many of my students are probably afraid of the terminal, so I made a Women in CS terminal treasure hunt that I'm excited about! #iteachcs github.com/kellylougheed/wom…
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Handout that goes with it: docs.google.com/document/d/1…
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For some reason I am not able to get user input with R using scan or readline on @replit. I want the user to be able to type in things like their name or numbers (which I realize isn't typical use of R). Has anyone figured this out?
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Here are the code snippets I'm testing out (unsuccessfully): geeksforgeeks.org/taking-inp…
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Using this gif in a slide about breaking data up into packets on the internet & feeling good about it
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Me, looking for if statement programming activities, finding exercises about:
1. your weight on other planets
2. whether or not you're overweight, etc. according to BMI
3. whether you should be called Mr, Ms, or Mrs based on your gender (M or F) & marital status
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"In our contemporary age, many firms employ very much the same trick: Evading responsibility for their products by claiming it’s our fault if we get harmed by them." SUCH an interesting article -- thanks @annehelen! marker.medium.com/the-invent…
Here is my step-by-step Tree Lab based on @shiffman's Nature of Code! docs.google.com/document/d/1…
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I was stressing about teaching searching algorithms today because I was worried I would confuse my Ss, but after three years of teaching searching algos, I am pretty pleased with my lesson! Sharing my slides in case they help anyone: docs.google.com/presentation…
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I also like how this lesson has a lot of turn & talk: sharing observations about the mystery methods, coming up with examples of linear & binary search IRL (inspired by @basecspodcast), and thinking about which algorithm is "better."
Update: everyone immediately forgot about putting errors into Slack because they were all so focused on the problem set 😂 talk about having your priorities straight!
Because I'm ridiculous, tomorrow I'm telling all my students to screenshot their errors & put them into Slack, & then I am going to assemble an error message mood board & have an opener where they share (in table groups) which error message describes their mood today #iteachcs
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Because I'm ridiculous, tomorrow I'm telling all my students to screenshot their errors & put them into Slack, & then I am going to assemble an error message mood board & have an opener where they share (in table groups) which error message describes their mood today #iteachcs
Me uncovering a small treasure trove of in-person cybersecurity and machine learning lessons originally meant for April & May 2020... that I can finally use now!
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CS teachers who teach Flask: what platform do you use? I have LOVED using Glitch in past years for the easy remixing & live sites, but it's become more unreliable this year, which makes things more difficult. Is there anything similar out there? #iteachcs
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I was looking for something cool to have my 8th graders make on Scratch when I stumbled across this Cat Herder game: scratch.mit.edu/projects/304…
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I thought it was brilliant, and so I made a helper sheet for a simplified version of the game that my 8th graders will code! docs.google.com/document/d/1…
Help! Anyone have any asynchronous plans or resources about women in computer science or other non-coding topics? I have pneumonia and will need to miss a few days of school and need to make sub plans by tomorrow morning! Thank you!
So proud of @ArcherSchool computer science students this semester -- they learned so much and wrote so many cool programs! sites.google.com/archer.org/…
