Michael Ball

According to our database, Michael Ball authored at least 30 papers between 2014 and 2024.

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2024

Igniting Curiosity with BJC Sparks: A Transformative Curriculum for Middle and High School Computer Science.

Daniel D. Garcia, Mary Fries, Michael Ball, Lauren Mock

Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2024

Student Mission Control: Integrating Space Data Exploration into Data and Computer Science Education.

Dan Garcia, Josh Hug, Anirudhan Badrinath, Michael Ball, Lauren Mock

Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2024

Snap! 9- Support for Teachers and Programming with Data.

Michael Ball, Daniel D. Garcia, Victoria Phelps, Yuan Garcia

Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2024

2023

Implementing Faded Parsons Problems in a Very Large CS1 Course.

Lauren Zhou, Akshit Dewan, Anirudh Kothapalli, Pamela Fox, Michael Ball, Thomas Joseph

Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, Volume 2, 2023

BJC Sparks: A New Functional-First Middle School CS Curriculum.

Dan Garcia, Mary Fries, Michael Ball, Pamela Fox, Deanna Gelosi, Lauren Mock, Della Dastur, Dave Briccetti, Bob Kahn

Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, Volume 1, 2023

Snap! 8 - Smart Script Pics and Metaprogramming for All!

Michael Ball, Dan Garcia, Yuan Garcia

Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, Volume 2, 2023

Ten Years of Snap! - Where Should We Go Next?

Michael Ball, Dan Garcia, Yuan Garcia

Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, Volume 2, 2023

2022

A New Class of Teaching-Track Faculty: No Ph.D. Required.

Kendra Walther, Adam Blank, Michael Ball, Suraj Rampure

Proceedings of the SIGCSE 2022: The 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2022

Beauty and Joy of Computing: AP CS Principles & Middle School Curriculum.

Michael Ball, Lauren Mock, Dan Garcia, Tiffany Barnes, Marnie Hill, Mary Fries, Pamela Fox, Yuan Garcia

Proceedings of the SIGCSE 2022: The 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2022

Snap! 7 - Microworlds, Scenes, and Extensions!

Dan Garcia, Michael Ball, Yuan Garcia

Proceedings of the SIGCSE 2022: The 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2022

2021

Strategies for Authentic Assessments of Mastery in CS Courses.

Kevin Lin, Lina Battestilli, Michael Ball

Proceedings of the SIGCSE '21: The 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2021

Active Academic Integrity.

Alex Kassil, Michael Ball

Proceedings of the SIGCSE '21: The 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2021

Teaching with the Beauty and Joy of Computing - AP CSP and More!

Marnie Hill, Dan Garcia, Tiffany Barnes, Lauren Mock, Michael Ball, Amy Isvik, Dave Bell

Proceedings of the SIGCSE '21: The 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2021

Snap!6, Introducing Hyperblocks!

Dan Garcia, Michael Ball

Proceedings of the SIGCSE '21: The 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2021

Effective Video Production for Online and In-Person Courses.

Michael Ball, Dan Garcia, Eric Arvai

Proceedings of the SIGCSE '21: The 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2021

Teaching TAs to Teach: Strategies for TA Training.

Michael Ball, Andrew DeOrio, Justin Hsia, Adam Blank

Proceedings of the SIGCSE '21: The 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2021

2020

Snap! v5, Our Biggest, Feature-filled Release Ever!

Dan Garcia, Michael Ball

Proceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2020

The Beauty and Joy of Computing Curriculum and Teacher Professional Development.

Michael Ball, Lauren Mock, Dan Garcia, Tiffany Barnes, Marnie Hill, Alexandra Milliken, Joshua Paley, Efrain Lopez, Jason Bohrer

Proceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2020

Teaching TAs To Teach: Strategies for TA Training.

Michael Ball, Justin Hsia, Heather Pon-Barry, Andrew DeOrio, Adam Blank

Proceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2020

2019

Snap! A Look at 5 Years, 250, 000 Users and 2 Million Projects.

Michael Ball, Jens Mönig, Bernat Romagosa, Brian Harvey

Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2019

2018

AP CS Principles and The Beauty and Joy of Computing Curriculum: (Abstract Only).

Alexandra Milliken, Michael Ball, Lauren Mock

Proceedings of the 49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2018

Technology We Can't Live Without!, revisited.

Ria Galanos, Michael Ball, John P. Dougherty, Joe Hummel, David J. Malan

Proceedings of the 49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2018

IRT in 5 Minutes: Easy Ways to Better Understand an Assessment (Abstract Only).

Michael Ball

Proceedings of the 49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2018

2017

Implementing "In-Lab" Autograding for Snap! (Abstract Only).

Michael Ball

Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2017

Writing Autograders for Snap! And Integrating them Into Your Course (Abstract Only).

Michael Ball

Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2017

2016

AP CS Principles and The Beauty and Joy of Computing Curriculum (Abstract Only).

Daniel D. Garcia, Tiffany Barnes, Michael Ball, Emil Biga, Josh Paley, Marnie Hill, Nathan Mattix, Parisa Safa, Sean Morris, Shawn Kenner

Proceedings of the 47th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education, 2016

Autograding and Feedback for Snap!: A Visual Programming Language (Abstract Only).

Michael A. Ball, Daniel D. Garcia

Proceedings of the 47th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education, 2016

Using Instant Chat for Fun and for Profit to Run a Large Class (Abstract Only).

Michael A. Ball

Proceedings of the 47th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education, 2016

2015

Oh, Snap! Enabling and Encouraging Success in CS1 (Abstract Only).

Michael Ball, Lauren Mock, Jonathan McKinsey, Zachary MacHardy, Daniel D. Garcia, Nathaniel Titterton, Brian Harvey

Proceedings of the 46th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2015

2014

L@S 2014 demo: best practices for MOOC video.

Daniel D. Garcia, Michael Ball, Aatash Parikh

Proceedings of the First (2014) ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale, 2014