owen astrachan (@owenastrachan) 's Twitter Profile
owen astrachan

@owenastrachan

professor of the practice of computer science, PI on csprinciples, teacher, educator

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Dr. Manuel A. Pérez Quiñones 🇵🇷✊🏽 (@mapq) 's Twitter Profile Photo

President looks at SC and says "we need a woman of color", most of us celebrate, knowing there are qualified WoC that can do the job. Next: CS Faculty hiring cmtes should do the same. From the qualified applicants, move the WoC to the front of the list. #Diversity

ACM Education & Learning Center (@acmeducation) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Feb 17, join Jean Ryoo (@uclacenterx) & Jane Margolis (UCLA Ed & IS) for the webinar "Power On! Addressing Issues of Equity and Youth Agency in Computing Education Through a Graphic Novel for Educators and Students." Free registration: bit.ly/34vLYBl

Feb 17, join Jean Ryoo (@uclacenterx) &amp; Jane Margolis (<a href="/uclaseis/">UCLA Ed & IS</a>) for the webinar "Power On! Addressing Issues of Equity and Youth Agency in Computing Education Through a Graphic Novel for Educators and Students." 

Free registration: bit.ly/34vLYBl
owen astrachan (@owenastrachan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

K-12 CS teachers, we need your voice! Please spend 20 minutes to complete a national survey from CS Teachers Association (CSTA) and Kapor Center. Results will be used to improve support for CS teachers! #CSforAll 👉bit.ly/PreK12CSTeache…

Victoria C. Chávez 🇬🇹 ♿🌈 (they/she) (@vickiebananas) 's Twitter Profile Photo

There are so many conversations to be had here... Something that's been very salient for me the last couple of months is that too many people apologize for themselves-- to not feel like a "bad" person, not to make amends to those harmed. Apologies shouldn't be about yourself.

Victoria C. Chávez 🇬🇹 ♿🌈 (they/she) (@vickiebananas) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Academics are so incredibly out of touch with everything, and it's depressing. I mean, do y'all really think papers inform conversations that lead to systemic change? Because if so, why has nothing gotten better in the DECADES of academic scholarship on institutional issues???

Luis von Ahn (@luisvonahn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

1/ Happy to announce A LOT of progress on my foundation! First, we now have a Twitter account: @Official_LvAFdn. But most importantly, this year we'll give $3 million in grants to help Guatemala in 3 areas: women's equality, the environment, and democracy and youth participation.

Dr. Casey Fiesler is no longer on here (@cfiesler) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"The goal of a [program committee] has become to destroy rather than to develop." sigbed.org/2022/08/22/the… Please bear with me; I'm about to compare the toxic culture of rejection in computer science peer review to a high school orchestra competition. 🧵

owen astrachan (@owenastrachan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is an extremely important viewpoint and goes beyond K-12 computing to help in understanding computer science and broadening participation in higher education as well.

owen astrachan (@owenastrachan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Powerful words from Oluwakemi Ola about rephrasing the words relating to academic misconduct aka cheating — now a huge fan #SIGCSE2023