Fun in education is important! We hear this opinion a lot, and yesterday I saw a tweet from “Richard Feynman”* and this made me think about how bad of an idea this is. If you're not having fun, you're not learning. There's a pleasure in finding things out. pic.twitter.com/NDBn2awrNL — Prof. Feynman (@ProfFeynman) October 10, 2018 […]
Thinking out of the Box: Comparing metaphors for variables in programming education
A long time ago, almost a year now, we had the opportunity to conduct a research study at Nemo Science Live. With Science Live, researchers can perform small scientific experiments on visitors of the Nemo Science Museum in Amsterdam, which is a great and relatively easy way to find participants. If you are a Dutch researcher […]
Programming for blind kids
Programming for everyone, that is my motto these days. And when I say all kids, I mean all kids. It is easy to think of all kids, but forget about kids with disabilities. One group of kids for whom it is really hard to program is kids that are blind and visually impaired. And I am […]
Awesome Speakers (that might speak at your conference)
I often get asked to suggest awesome female speakers, so I thought let’s make a list on my blog so it is easy for me to help people out that are looking for great women for their panel/conference/event. The list was compiled based on my memory and a shout out on Twitter. I have mainly […]
Code Phonology
If you have been following my posts and talks the last few months, you will have seen “programming is writing” in some places already (for example in this post or this video) In these posts I argue that the process of programming is like the process of writing. In both you create something from a […]
