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Build relationships with local college faculty or software engineers so you can periodically ask them for email-based debugging help for students.

  • Local college faculty may be interested in helping you out because this is a great way for them to help more students engage with computer science.
  • This is especially helpful if you’re new to teaching CS and are still learning CS yourself.

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