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Encourage students to apply for opportunities, even if they’re not sure they’re qualified, because the practice of applying is an important experience.

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Split students into groups responsible for programming different tasks in Java to create a Set game, this will allow them to learn to distributed work in environments that mirror industry.

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Use an activity that introduces minimal spanning trees by having students determine the minimum number of roads to pave between houses.

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Compare objects in Java to cloud-hosted documents, such as Google Docs, for a relatable analogy to explain object references with.

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Use dice to introduce instantiable classes in Java because it’s easier for novice students to create classes based on a familiar object.

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Provide multiple examples of specific CS concepts to make them relevant to individuals with diverse characteristics.

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Set aside class time to read parts of Blown to Bits, a book about the social impact of technology, and then have discussions about the content and your students’ responses.

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Have students use lollipop sticks or toothpicks to represent each statement call in an N-ary recursive algorithm.

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Show students the visual representation of recursion in the Modern Family title sequence for a fun way to introduce them to this concept.

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Use different methods of counting the stairs of the Eiffel Tower to explain how different algorithms affect Big-O runtime.

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