#CSed friends, my academic interests have shifted hard toward tech ed (flipped class, SwiftUI app dev, Physical Computing w/Assistive Tech). Am wondering which conferences I should seek out to share ideas with other educators.

Such a nice profile of the #AssistiveTech work being done by my Boston College Physical Computing students. https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/sites/bc-news/articles/2026/spring/the-class-that-makes-a-difference-.html May be interesting to folks in the #CSed #MakerSpace #RaspberryPi and #CircuitPython communities.

90 min newbie intro to #CircuitPython #raspberrypipico workshop. Lights, sound, potentiometer, and servo! Slides I use with parts & code for all #csed & #makerspace educators can be found at https://bit.ly/pico-workshop If you want to see a student demo video see: https://bsky.app/profile/gallaugher.bsky.social/post/3mhnmurcaqk2f

SnackHomiez: from last night's #SwiftUI Mid-Term. A nonsense app celebrating SNL's best sketches of the Season using concepts learned in the first 1/3 of the course. Low key valid https://youtu.be/_BJ8oaZW6Co #CSed fam, especially those teaching slang-tacular Gen-Alpha, this one's for you. Fire 🔥!

Diplo on your Pico! Build a polyphonic multi-sound DJ board on a sheet of paper using CircuitPython and a RaspberryPi Pico! https://bit.ly/pico-dj-board a super fun classroom build for the #CSed fam. @adafruit Adalogger Cowbell allows gigabytes of sound from the @raspberrypi Pico #circuitpython #raspberrypi #RaspberryPiPico #dj

Fun lesson - Build a @raspberrypi.com pico DJ board while learning to use the @adafruit.com $8 Adalogger Cowbell to expand file storage to 32GB, & add a STEMMA-QT port with no wiring! My students built this in the MakerSpace last class & it was a blast! https://youtu.be/yZdR7oGbTX8?si=HQveNpNpnvKJrTJK #CircuitPython #CSEd

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#CSed w/AI is *so* different than what we'd previously done. We had taught techniques with mostly right and wrong implementations. Now it's: you've got this skilled and flawed team that will give you different answers than your peers. Build skills to manage & critique these partners. It's like we now need to teach project management while teaching fundamentals to students who are supervising work in an unfamiliar domain.

#MakerSpace, #makered, STEMed and #csed folks, here's a super-fun challenge lesson I use in class: Build a Baby Groot who talks when his plant is touched. Uses #Adafruit #CircuitPython a Circuit Playground, a 3D printed planter, laser-cut box, but lots of options abound. https://youtu.be/gEmyZ7ZWMIo