I thought it might be fun to share a short “day in my life as a Scratch Learning Resource Designer” and a small tour of my personal office space, as I work remotely from home. I’d shared something similar while a student with Skillcrush years ago. (You may also want to checkout my post “Growing…
Published Pieces
I appreciate the opportunity to write and speak about creative coding with kids, WordPress, and freelancing. Original posts, as well as links to my guest posts on other blogs, are below.
Growing My Coding Education Portfolio: Reflecting on My First Year as a Scratch Learning Resource Designer
I’ve been a member of the Scratch Team in various roles since the Spring of 2019, but in the past year, I was privileged to move into a dream role and become a Learning Resource Designer for the Scratch Foundation. Whether working for my university, in the publishing industry as a managing editor for Random…
Tinkering at the Logo Summer Institute
I had a really great experience at the Logo Summer Institute this week! Thank you to the organizers and wonderful presenters. I attended the virtual week and am thankful sessions running concurrently were recorded so I can spend time in the coming weeks catching up on lessons I missed while live in others. There were…
Sharing My Growing Anti-Bias Resource List
Note: This post was last updated December 10, 2021, so some links below may be changed or no longer working. Thank you to those who have written in with suggestions of articles to add to this post, book recommendations, etc. So many amazing resources have been created since that time (including a lot of thoughtful…
My Interview with Women Who Code Monterrey
Excited to share the episode I recorded in November with Women Who Code MTY and Pam Rodriguez is now out! “Maren tells us about how she introduced herself to the technology industry and how she is now a constant activist to help everyone access the area regardless of level, gender, age or race.” You can…
Digital Citizenship, Online Privacy, and Fact Checking
Digital Citizenship and Online Privacy As I teach students to code, one thing I stress is good digital citizenship and online privacy. For instance, as I teach elementary students about using Scratch, I point out that having a Scratch account* enables them to save and share their own projects, create studios, and leave comments on…