7: micro:bit, Rhizomatic Learning, and CS for Healing with Katie Henry | #CSK8 Podcast
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In this interview with Katie Henry, we discuss the micro:bit and the do your :bit challenge, rhizomatic learning, the potential for CS for healing, and much more.
Guest Bio:
Katie is the Head of Partner Engagement for the Micro:bit Educational Foundation in North America. She regularly consults with cross-sector education stakeholders worldwide and supports the localized development of educational programs and professional learning workshops on the topics of physical computing and computer science education.
Recently Katie has been invited to join U.S state, federal, and international education policy and diplomacy efforts. She served on the Women in STEM roundtable discussion at the Pennsylvania governorโs office, as a Pennsylvania delegate to the State-Federal STEM Summit in Washington, DC, and as a U.S. Speaker in Morocco, sponsored by the U.S. State Department.
Currently Katie also serves on the development team of the Neighborhood Resilience Project and as a curriculum supervisor at the MCESC in Dayton, Ohio. Katie is a former classroom teacher, licensed as a principal and computer technology integrator.
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00:00 Introduction
01:11 Katie introducing herself
01:18 How Katie got into computer science education
02:04 An experience in education that continues to impact Katie
06:08 Unpacking bias in CS and CS education
07:01 Samething Katie believed when she first started working in education that she no longer believes
07:53 How Katie's experiences in education led to working at micro:bit
10:26 What is a micro:bit?
12:53 How can people program with micro:bits?
14:15 micro:bit accessories
14:58 How can kids use micro:bits?
19:44 What is the "do your :bit" challenge?
22:10 What pedagogies foster creativity?
25:23 An inquiry-based approach to standards
26:53 Rhizomatic learning in the classroom
36:38 What do you hope kids create through rhizomatic learning?
37:34 What Katie wishes there was more research on
46:08 Why I care about CS education
48:39 How to connect with Katie