Today I'm proud to release Wordplay's accessible music functionality, designed and built at the UW CREATE hackathon this past weekend by 6 of us! Check our our docs (wordplay.dev/guide?concep...) and fun examples (wordplay.dev/gallery/Music). Ever want to randomly generate a jazz solo? Now you can!

Wordplay: Accessible, Multilingual, Programmable Typography

An educational programming language for creating interactive typographic media with code.

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Today I leave so impressed by the CS for Oregon community’s Summer Equity Symposium! The energy from teachers is wonderful, and the commitment to CS learning that is critical, broad, and inclusive is rich. Bravo to the team and teachers for their leadership! csfororegon.org

CS for Oregon

CS for Oregon is guiding, supporting, and promoting research-based, equitable, and inclusive K-12 computer science education throughout Oregon.

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Here's our new DOGE-terminated study on CS teacher ed pathways. We studied how U.S. programs have been planned, designed, and launched, and barriers to sustaining them. Part of being "AI Ready" is having teachers; the right apparently doesn't want us to be ready. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Today I'm grateful for the new PK-12 CSTA standards, which address diversity in much more robust ways! To celebrate, we've released a 2nd edition of Critically Conscious Computing, incorporating the new standards and suggestions for how to take them even further: criticallyconsciouscomputing.org

Critically Conscious Computing: Methods for Secondary Education

Computer science (CS) is often taught as a utopian discipline, full of powerful abstractions that can transform lives and society for the better. However, as computing has reshaped every part of…

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Today I’m proud of our Upward Bound teaching team! We have a lively group of high school students this summer and they’ve created a space to channel their energy, especially the past few days while I was away.

Today I'm grateful for the vibrant community of K-12 CS educators, who educate our children and support each other, despite persistent scarcity, uncertainty, and change. Thanks for a lovely few days in NOLA talking about teaching and learning CS. medium.com/bits-and-beh...

CSTA 2026: CS teaching 2.0

CSTA 2026: CS teaching 2.0 Over my many years of traveling to conferences, I’ve learned a few things that make for a great few days of networking: vibrant cities, good food, and attendees eager to …

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Today I'm grateful to be new New Orleans for #CSTA2026, starting off the day with a smoky cortado at Fourth Wall, the distinct scent of a southern city after a rain storm, and the aching poetry of aja monet's 'the color of rain' in my ears. There can be beauty in tragedy, maybe even especially so.

I've been entering the heart of darkness lately, trying to understand the nature of AI-assisted software development. Here are some thoughts, three months in, to its promise and perils: medium.com/bits-and-beh...

Know thine enemy: A critical engagement with AI-assisted software development

A critical engagement with AI-assisted software development I have long been a skeptic of large language models, generative AI, and other forms of very large statistical models of surveilled human …

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Today I’m grateful for an uninterrupted afternoon of designing our new required course on teaching for our PhD students. It’s going to be a fun one!

Today I’m grateful for our mild 73° Seattle summers for keeping me dry, warm, and sandaled. (Can that be a word??)

My birthday is on Saturday and I feel like just hanging out and connecting. I'm going to be at Human People Beer Cafe in Roosevelt on Saturday around 1-3 pm for non-alcs and pizza. Drop by if you're around and you'd like to catch up!

There is little about this country to be proud of right now. But that’s true of its entire history, 250 years of genocide, oppression, displacement, and neglect, built on a foundation of greed and struggle. And yet a courageous few always fight for a more perfect union, and win, and so I will too.

Today I’m proud of the many SIGCSE submissions from our Center for Learning, Computing, and Imagination! They span joy, identify-inclusive teaching, accessibility, fairness, and more. We hope you like them :)

We are hiring an assistant professor to join @hcde.uw.edu in Autumn 2027. We welcome applications in all areas, with a focus on: (1) Environment and sustainability; (2) Civic infrastructure and society; (3) Labor and the future of work. Learn more & apply: apply.interfolio.com/188238

Today I’m grateful for the joyful group in my lab this summer, exploring student agency, linguistic justice in relation to computing! It’s going to be a fun summer hanging out with kids and imagining new futures with them.

Today I’m grateful for all the people who prepped for months and years to try to stop today’s civil rights losses for trans people in America. As this court continues to further treat us as 2nd class, we’re going to need your continued persistence to restore justice in the coming years. Thank you.

Today I’m proud to be trans, and I’m proud of the thousands of trans people who came together in Seattle to create community, provide care, celebrate freedom, snack, and organize for everyone’s liberation, not just ours. Happy pride!

There’s a lot to dislike about this world right now, but spicy chicken fingers, broccoli salad, and a ginger beer are not among them.

Today I’m grateful breezy 70° Seattle Spring days with tasty treats and quiet streets by the water.

My academic year is over. Here's how it went. medium.com/bits-and-beh...

An academic year aburst

A very full year of progress, oppression, and reslience

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Today I’m proud of my inspiring colleague Wes King for being one of UW’s 6 Distinguished Teaching Award recipients! I feel lucky to be surround by such committed and creative educators. teaching.washington.edu/reflect-and-...

2026 Teaching Award recipients

The Distinguished Teaching Awards and Excellence in Teaching Awards are among the highest forms of recognition for teaching excellence given at the University of Washington. Recipients are selected...

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Today I’m grateful for the amazing UW Q Center and its creative, caring, and visionary community. Lav Grad tonight was so cozy! I’m so glad to be a small part of it, even if it is in little pieces, and I’m proud of UW for not giving up on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Today I’m proud of STEP CS cohort 5 for spending the quarter building critical, creative, and courageous visions of the future of secondary CS education! I can’t wait to hear about their first and next years of teaching.

Today I’m proud of Eman Sherif on passing her dissertation proposal defense! She’s been richly examining shame and help seeking post-secondary CS learning and will be co-designing more equitable, shame-resilient help seeking interventions this summer with faculty and students.

Today I’m proud of the 30+ Wordplay contributors who helped wordplay.dev be ever more usable, snappy, playful, multilingual, and accessible this quarter in partnership with teachers and middle school youth! You learned so much and did it with care and intentionality.

Wordplay: Accessible, Multilingual, Programmable Typography

An educational programming language for creating interactive typographic media with code.

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Today I’m grateful for the beep boops that make my life a little easier

Today I’m proud to be trans. The world might think we’re delusional, weird, icky, and not human, but I think we’re creative, visionary, and everywhere. And tired. Very, very, tired.

Today I’m grateful to be part of a vibrant community of teachers and learners! This was tonight’s Information School Showcase, celebrating the year’s learning. Thank you Victor Aque and all the staff for helping make it happen! And to all our students for being great learners.

Today I’m grateful for a three day weekend of rest, play, and creativity, and Tuesday back that was calm, despite the chaos. Here’s to a Wednesday that is full but gentle.

Today I’m grateful for the UW Q center for creating spaces of care, calm, and community, even amidst a storm. It was a beautiful day for a pizza bake on the farm!