In this episode of One Voice in CS, host Julie York talks with Anthony Barba, a 26-year teaching veteran and CS teacher at East Valley High in Yakima, Washington, about the "disengagement gap" — a 2025 Brookings Institution finding that only 26% of 10th graders find school interesting or relevant. Anthony walks through the four modes of student engagement (passenger, achiever, resister, explorer) and shares how a trauma-informed, choice-driven classroom — physical computing tools, calming aesthetics, student-set grading benchmarks, and his "untutorial" approach with tiered technical menus — can move students toward the explorer mode. He also discusses shifting the teacher's role from technical expert to "lead designer," and describes using AI (via the PRIM model: predict, run, investigate/modify, make) to help students debug and deepen their understanding while giving teachers more bandwidth in a classroom of 27–30 students.
1 Oct 2026
41 [Topic] One Voice in CS - Improving Teaching Practice Using the CSTA Standards
In this episode of One Voice in CS, host Shawn Patrick Higgins sits down with Vicky Sedgwick, Dan Blier, and Sara Gifford to talk about Using the CSTA Student Standards for CS to improve practice, and a new free, self-paced course that helps teachers reflect on their practice through the CSTA Standards for CS Teachers. Vicky and Dan have been part of the Reflective Teachers work group since 2019 and explain why a course was always the goal: there are only so many conference sessions two people can give, and every teacher, with or without a local chapter, deserves a way in whenever they are ready. Sara piloted the course as a middle school CS teacher and shares what happened when she picked one standard, worked through it with an AI thought partner instead of a discussion board, and brought the ideas back to the class that was giving her the hardest time. Along the way the three talk about how teacher feedback reshaped the materials, how chapters can take the course together, and what changes now that the 2026 PK-12 student standards are here.
10 Sept 2026
40 [Interview] One Voice in CS - Dr. Marcus Borders
Dr. Marcus Borders, a learning innovation specialist with EdFarm, shares how a parent's generosity in his Title I elementary classroom sparked a lifelong commitment to empowering families with technology. Drawing on 17 years in education and his doctoral research — a qualitative case study with parents of elementary-age students — Marcus explores how teachers, parents, and coaches all need personalized, human-centered support when it comes to ed tech. He emphasizes meeting people where they are, building empathy through research and lived experience, and finding creative low-barrier strategies (including the memorable "Potty PD") to keep communication alive and innovation moving forward.
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