

Psychology, technology, and remaking education. Executive Director of @CSNYC.
Make the case for why CSforOST: (1) build capacity to serve more kids by leveraging existing OST infrastructure, i.e., summer, afterschool, museums, libraries, makerspaces, etc., (2) take advantage of the flexibility and youth-centered practices of OST to engage more kids in CS and provide them with engaging, hands-on, deeper learning experiences, and (3) use the K-12 CS Framework to help articulate how OST networks and orgs can connect with in-school CS.
…opment needs to be designed and implemented with “staff we have, and not the staff we wish we had.” Most interviewees say that a top priority is a need for programming or curriculum that is concise, relevant, project-based, and doable in OST. Furthermore, there is no unifying framework on what is appropriate and achievable in the OST.