Meaningful and Relevant Content

Use metaphors and analogies to describe how concepts work in a memorable way.

Keep a bag of “survival tricks” on hand that will keep students interested and motivated.

Assign projects that involve multimedia creation. It inspires students to spend extra time on assignments to make them “cool.”

Help students develop a more thorough understanding of CS topics by designing and building games.

Emphasize general problem solving skills over ones only applicable to the task at hand.

Have students write short computer science poems for extra credit to encourage them to show what they’ve learned in a new way.

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