conf.researchr.org / Michael Ball
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Name:Michael Ball
Bio:
I’m a lecturer at UC Berkeley, a developer of Snap! and The Beauty and Joy of Computing.
Country:United States
Affiliation:UC Berkeley
Personal website: https://mball.co
X (Twitter): https://x.com/_mball_
GitHub: https://github.com/cycomachead
Research interests:Computer Science Education, Accessibility, Software Engineering, Web Development
Contributions
2026
SIGCSE TS
- Author of Tutorial 304: A Hands-on and Interactive Introduction to the Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence using Snap! within the Tutorials-track
- Author of Teaching Faculty Careers without a PhD: A Mentoring Community within the Birds of a Feather-track
- Author of Tutorial 105: The Beauty and Joy Computing: CS Curricula That Scales from Middle School to University within the Tutorials-track
- Author of A Community of Snap! Educators – New Features and Tools for Teaching AI within the Birds of a Feather-track
2025
2024
SIGCSE Virtual
SIGCSE TS
- Author of Workshop 412: Igniting Curiosity with BJC Sparks: A Transformative Curriculum for Middle and High School Computer Science within the Workshops-track
- Author of Demo 5C: Snap! 9 — Support for Teachers and Programming with Data within the Demos-track
- Author of Workshop 106: Student Mission Control: Integrating Space Data Exploration into Data and Computer Science Education within the Workshops-track
2023
SIGCSE TS
- Author of BJC Sparks: A New Functional-First Middle School CS Curriculum within the Papers-track
- Author of Ten Years of Snap! — Where Should We Go Next? within the Birds of a Feather-track
- Author of Implementing Faded Parsons Problems in a Very Large CS1 Course within the Posters-track
- Author of A New Class of Teaching-Track Faculty: No Ph.D. Required within the Panels-track
- Author of Snap! 8 — Smart Script Pics and Metaprogramming for All! within the Demos-track