Mark Guzdial

Why does the NAS Workshop on Discipline-Based Education Research have no speakers from computing education research? With the impact of AI on education, I'd think that CER would be relevant. mailchi.mp/nationalacad...

The No Kings protest in Ann Arbor was all down Stadium from I-94 to the Big House, so that many of the out-of-towners coming in for the game would see it. Yup, got flashed the bird several time. #purplestate #NoKings #NoFascism

We should aim for a broad range people to understand computational technologies, especially AI. lsa.umich.edu/computingfor

Economics Nobel celebrates researchers who showed how science and technology drive growth Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt explained why the past 2 centuries have seen sustained economic growth rather than stagnation

The big answer: Education. Europe taught people things. Understanding becomes key to using and innovating with technology. "Without understanding the scientific principles underlying technology, many attempts at innovation—such as alchemy—were futile.” (www.science.org/content/arti...).

Joel Mokyr wins Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences Nobel recognizes Mokyr’s theory on sustained economic growth

I’m reading about Joel Mokyr who just won a share in the Nobel Prize in economics. 
(news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025...). He’s an economic historian (!) who explains why Europe got the Industrial Revolution and China didn’t, when China had all the elements (e.g., movable type) before Europe.

Can ChatGPT help science writers?

Why GenAI does not work for science communications. www.science.org/content/blog...

MicroBocks is fantastic! Having a wonderful time building and exploring with it! microblocks.fun. Here's an example playing MIDI music while changing the lights on a strand of Neopixels.

The School of Information at Michigan is looking for its next John Derby Evans Professor in Information. It's open at the Assistant and Associate levels, and its a broad search: anyone working at the intersection of tech and society can apply. Please share!

www.si.umich.edu/people/facul...

University of Michigan School of Information has four faculty positions ranging from Presidential Postdoc to Full. They're all linked here. PPFP due Sep 26, the others Nov 1 or 15. www.si.umich.edu/people/facul...

We're over 580 students enrolled in PCAS courses this semester, and six sections have only five seats remaining. Time to expand -- again!

This is pretty cool -- a 3-D printed microscope using Snap! for zooming and object identification. maketolearn.org/wp-content/u...

Valerie Barr says what a lot of CS teachers are thinking. cacm.acm.org/blogcacm/fee...

This captures many of my worries about OpenAI's approach to education (and then some)

Such a great one-line summary of most of academia:

Success in this field demanded a forceful, single-minded capacity for self-delusion.

Shanghai Ghetto - Wikipedia

5/ In Shanghai, they were herded into a ghetto. Yes, there was a Jewish ghetto *in Shanghai* (read here). The Germans tried to get the Jews deported, but the Japanese wouldn't. She still speaks with great admiration for the Japanese. ↵
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shangha...

Chiune Sugihara - Wikipedia

3.2/ His bravery was of course not rewarded, and he paid for it in many ways. He didn't ask for credit, either. He was only recognized near the very end of his life. He is apparently the only Japanese person recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations. ↵
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiune_...

1/ Over the weekend there was a block party a short distance from my place for a lady who turned 90. That's notable enough, but in her case it's special because she's a Holocaust survivor. I chatted with her today and looked up some things. Remarkable story! Buckle in: ↵

Teaching Introductory Programming Using Graphics as a Domain You are cordially invited to attend the PhD Dissertation Defence of Luca Chiodini on Monday 25 August 2025 at 13:30 in room D0.02 (USI East Campus) / online. Abstract: An increasingly wider and more d...

Looking forward to Luca's defense tomorrow! Teaching Introductory Programming Using Graphics as a Domain www.usi.ch/en/feeds/32743

I asked GPT-4.1 about Turing Award laureates who had written about education. Of course, I should have remembered Seymour Papert in 1980.

Oh wait...

MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.

95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing fortune.com/2025/08/18/m...

The State of Michigan will be requiring all high schools to offer an *in-person* CS course by 2027-2028. I like the definition of CS that they're providing -- it includes all of PCAS (lsa.umich.edu/computingfor). (And no mention of AI!) www.michigan.gov/mde/-/media/...

Has CS education become too vocational? #CSed blog.acthompson.net/2025/08/has-...

Seeing more posts like this (and I don’t mean to single out Andrea!)

After enthusiasm thanks to rapid progress —> a few months of increasing pain —> giving up

Turns out having a tool that generates code doesn’t remove the need to know how to program to build complex software…

I was just there Saturday. Surprisingly, we weren’t mugged and witnessed no violent crime.

People of ACM - Brian Harvey Brian Harvey is Teaching Professor Emeritus at the University of California at Berkeley. His interests include computer science education, curricula, programming languages, and visual languages. Harve...

Nice to read this interview with Brian Harvey. www.acm.org/articles/peo...

Program - ICER 2025 The 21st ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research will take place from Sun 3 to Wed 6 August 2025 in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. It will be a hybrid conference: you m...

ICER 2025 program is now available, feat. 31 papers: icer2025.acm.org/program/prog... Registration is open for in-person or virtual attendance.

Computer and Information Science and Engineering : Future Computing Research (Future CoRe)

The new CISE Core Programs solicitation (
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...)
now includes support for Computing Education Research
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

Masters thesis that did a meta-review of studies. scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcont...

I should pin this to the top of my profile (if it's possible to do that on Bluesky): Nothing I say in a microblog post is a claim to be gospel truth.

I chose the link for accessibility. A better and peer reviewed is here but paywalled. There is longitudinal evidence. digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/information-...