31: Integration through Data Analysis and Implications of CS as a Skill w/ Anne Gunn | #CSK8 Podcast
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In this interview with Anne Gunn, we discuss Anneโs background as both a CS professional and educator, thoughts on data analysis for classroom integration (e.g., sonification), implications of understanding CS as a skill rather than a topic, our experience helping develop the Wyoming Computer Science Standards, and other topics relevant to #CSK8 educators.
Guest Bio
Anne Gunn was born in Lander, Wyoming, and grew up in Helena, Montana. She went to school in New England and subsequently lived in New Hampshire and Vermont for 20 years before returning to the West in 1999.
Anne has spent her entire working career in the software industry, in both business and technical roles. In 1990, she and a group of fellow employees of Metropolitan Life Insurance were able to spin off Tally Systems, a bootstrap-funded software company. Tally was a pioneer in developing software to help corporations manage and maintain personal computing assets. Anne was on the board of Tally from its founding until 2005 when the company was acquired by Novell.
At Tally, Anne wore many hats, including sales, technical support, quality assurance, product management, and people management. Eventually she promoted herself from Senior VP of Product Management to entry-level software developer in order to have more schedule flexibility and options for where to live/work. Since leaving Tally, she has worked remotely as a software developer on a large variety of custom software projects.
In 1999 Anne and her husband Mark, a freelance engineer, brought their work and their two daughters to Sheridan. They both enjoy the outdoors and, depending on the season, try to get out hiking, biking, paddling, fishing, and cross-country skiing as often as they can.
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Each episode of the #CSK8 Podcast explores research, experiences, or perspectives on computer science education through interviews with computer science educators, scholars, and administrators, as well as episodes that summarize and unpack implications of research for classroom teachers who are interested in learning more about practical applications of research in their classroom.
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00:00 Intro
01:27 An introduction by Anne
02:47 How Anne became a CS educator
04:52 Framing debugging as a mystery
12:22 An experience in education that continues to impact Anne
14:34 How do you encourage students to find new perspectives?
17:57 What Anne wishes she knew when she first started teaching CS
21:59 How Anne would learn CS today
25:17 Advice for finding integration examples in CS
28:45 What is data sonification?
32:46 What CS educators should understand about industry
39:20 Lessons learned designing CS standards
44:16 How to respond to fear of CS standards
47:30 How Wyoming is helping districts implement CS
55:40 How Anne prevents burnout
58:47 What Anne wishes there was more research on
01:02:02 How to improve your teaching
01:04:15 How to connect with Anne
01:05:33 Outro