Jared O’Leary

My CSTA Story

The last semester of my coursework for my PhD in music education I audited a class on coding music apps with a graphical programming language called Max. While taking the class I kept asking myself: When is this music? When is this coding? And when are the two indistinguishable? I explored these questions in K-8 coding and makerspace classes that focused on arts-based coding and interest-driven learning through Scratch, ScratchJr, Ruby, JavaScript, Code.org, and Swift. I eventually left the classroom to develop elementary computer science curricula and professional development used by hundreds of thousands of students and thousands of teachers around the world. I now create free content for gamers, drummers, and computer science educators at www.JaredOLeary.com, such as the #CSK8 Podcast, a podcast for computer science educators.

My Story

I am a multiplicity who creates free content for gamers, drummers, and computer science educators at www.JaredOLeary.com, such as the #CSK8 Podcast, a podcast for computer science educators.