Category: Miscellaneous

Thursday, May 15, 2025, marks the 14th anniversary of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD).

This day is all about sparking conversations, encouraging reflection, and promoting learning around digital inclusion and access for people with disabilities.

Thank you to those who design and build physical and digital things that make the world more accessible for everyone.

At Clark College, accessibility isn’t just an add-on; it’s woven into the foundation of every course in our Web Development program.

#GAAD #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay #A11y

Let’s give it up for the care workers in facilities everywhere. The real MVPs hold it all together while the rest complain about bad Wi-Fi.

You show up. You stay late. You deal with things most people couldn’t handle for five minutes. And you do it with heart, humor, and patience that deserves a medal.

CNAs, nurses, therapists, custodians, and kitchen crews make it all run. You see people at their most vulnerable and still show up with respect and humanity.

So yeah, thank you for your quiet dignity, hustle, and grace. We see you, and honestly, we’d fall apart without you.

In this 7-minute video, you will learn how a screenreader uses semantic HTML to allow those using assistive technology to use your web pages.

Earlier today, I gave a presentation at the Illinois Computer Science Summer Teaching Workshop entitled “Teaching CS50 in Community Colleges and Beyond.

Resources

Submission Tracker
Google Sheets-Based
https://bit.ly/submissiontrackercs50v2

Submission Downloader
with compare50 support
https://github.com/belgort-clark/multi-puller

CS50P Introduction to Programming with Python
https://cs50.harvard.edu/python/2022/

Session Abstract

Explore practical strategies for integrating Harvard University’s CS50P Introduction to Programming with Python into community college settings with insights from Bruce Elgort, a legally blind Computer Technology Professor at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington, USA. Bruce, renowned for teaching accessibility and universal design, seamlessly transitioned from the industry to teaching Web Development at the college. He blends material from CS50P with  TiLT (Transparency in Learning and Teaching) principles to help students along their guided pathways.

CS50 is Harvard University’s introduction to the intellectual enterprises of computer science and the art of programming, for majors and non-majors alike, freely available as OpenCourseWare.

Utilizing these approaches, Bruce has also taught CS50 at the graduate school level at Portland State University for students enrolled in Professional and Technical Writing. This 10-minute session, with 5 minutes dedicated to questions and answers, delves into tailored instructional methods and innovative curriculum designs inspired by the support model of CS50 at Harvard University. 

Learn about the CS50 tooling that aids instructors in optimizing resources, monitoring student progress, and customizing courses to meet diverse student needs, ensuring they are well-equipped for success in today’s technology-driven society. Join Bruce to uncover a forward-thinking approach to teaching CS50 at Clark College and beyond.

Cs50 at Harvard University published a paper entitled “Teaching CS50 with AI: Leveraging Generative Artificial Intelligence in Computer Science Education“. As some of you know, I use CS50 tooling in my coding classes at Clark College, where students use the AI provided by CS50 in Visual Studio Code.

Here’s the paper (PDF) for you to read.

In this video, you will learn how to start coding regular expressions in Python. The video was recorded in February 2023 as part of my Intro to Programming class taught at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington.

I’m reading “Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics” and finding it transformational and eye-opening. I also stumbled upon a secondary school teacher’s YouTube series. She does a fantastic job of breaking each book chapter into her experiences and implementing it in her science classes.