Based on some of the feedback I got on my last post, I thought I'd dive a little deeper on using slide decks. I had some people tell me that they too found that slide decks didn't work for them while others shared that they use them regularly. Still others shared how they specifically used them. Now, as I said, they don't work for me. Sorry if I wasn't clear.

The other day I read Kristin Stephens-Martinez's latest blog post talking about how she has started to insert a daily plan slide at the front of her class slide decks. Stephens-Martinez, you might know, hosts the CS-Ed Podcast which I very much enjoy even if the episode lengths never quite go long enough for my morning run which is my primary podcast listening time. Here, the blog post talked about what Stephens-Martinez described as the "teaching practice" of creating a slide and putting it at the front of the daily class slide deck.

Is it CS for All or is it All for CS? CS for All, to me has always meant exposing all students to CS for two reasons. First, so that every student gains some understanding of CS and also so that some of those students might be inspired to go on and study more CS. For that basic understanding, that should include a few things - the way a CS person thinks and problem solves, what a CS person does or might do professionally, and also specific practical skills that students can employ regardless of what they pursue in the future - that is programming.