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Date Published
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Lena Vu Sawyer
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640
Language
English
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Summary

I attended the RESPECT conference last month, where I heard from CS educators and researchers about equity in CS education. The focus was on providing tools and best practices to engage minoritized groups in CS. Replit aims to give people coding superpowers by creating a powerful and accessible platform for every step of their journey. Dr. Amy J. Ko discussed the history of computing cultures and offered a vision of a vibrant multiplicity of CS cultures that engage with people from diverse interests and experiences. Replit provides structures like multiplayer and Teams for Education, which define CS education as collaborative and supportive. The platform also supports culturally responsive pedagogy by personalizing project code to meet individual students' needs. By modeling productive persistence and giving users agency, Replit encourages creation and active role-taking in the development process.