Dr. Cat HicksJan 16

Some of you may recall that I told Ashley about rubber ducking. Now she has bought a fleet of small rubber ducks for her entire coding in biology class so every student gets one (all typically students who have never programmed/are often very intimidated by learning to code). They're pretty excited.

This may be my biggest contribution to the future of coding.

Show threadDr. Cat HicksJan 17

I love that this resonated. You can read one of Ashley's open access papers on the experiences of students learning to program in biology here!! She has designed every piece of the discipline-based programming curricula in biosci at UCSD with incredible care and service to these students.

https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3626252.3630931

Student Motivations and Expectations for an Introductory Programming Course in Biology | Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 1

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Show threadDr. Cat HicksJan 17
Now she's like "why didn't you tag me for the rubber duck cred 😤" (BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO BOTHER YOU WHILE YOU WERE TEACHING) Ashley is @analog_ashley 😂😂😂
Show threadAshley Juavinett
@grimalkina this is so motivating that I am currently looking into printing custom rubber ducks for next year
Jan 19 at 5:30pmWeb
Show threadIlya ZverevJan 20
@analog_ashley @grimalkina I stumbled upon a dedicated rubber duck shop once in Lisbon. It was glorious.
Show threadJez 🍞🌹Jan 20
@analog_ashley @grimalkina Hee Hee, this is great! I got one of these a few years ago from @thecarpentries