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Bits and Behavior

Wordplay: accessible, language-inclusive, interactive typography

Public beta is available today.

12 min readOct 31, 2023

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A web page with a left, a right, and several footers. The left shows a text editor with colorful computer code, a yellow highlight, and a magenta highlight on top of it, indicating a selection of a “translate” statement that converts a list of symbols into a list of Phrases for display. The right shows a 5 by 5 grid of symbols, one of them fading in to the grid. The footers show a timeline, several file names, and navigation links and settings.

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Critically Conscious Computing — A new book for the critical secondary CS educator

Critical pedagogy for secondary CS education

7 min readDec 6, 2021

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Several applications of computing, including VR, news, robotics, information, and automation.

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Bits and Behavior

AERA 2024 trip report: blight and belief

Although I’ve always loved teaching and learning, as a PhD student in the early 2000’s, I never imagined myself an education researcher. I…

17 min read1 day ago

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Two imposing marble columns, a dimly lit hallway, and a hundred attendees swarming.

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Trans day of chores

10 min readMar 31, 2024

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A highly warped, up close photo of Boomy the tuxedo cat, with her nose so pink and large.

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Bits and Behavior

SIGCSE 2024 trip report

Always hallways

15 min readMar 23, 2024

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Two projector screens saying SIGCSE 2024 with a podium at the center.

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Processing a “A Short History of Trans Misogyny”

A hard path to pride

7 min readFeb 20, 2024

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Photo of the cover of the book, reading “A SHORT HISTORY OF TRANS MISOGYNY” with an image of a dolled up woman behind.

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Bits and Behavior

Power, ignorance, and the healing promise of curiosity

The roots of anti-trans hate

7 min readFeb 5, 2024

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A dark wooded scene with white and pink spheres hovering in the air.

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Bits and Behavior

Data dependency

Rumination on remembering

7 min readJan 29, 2024

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A stick figure with long black hair in a bright red haze running away from a network of nodes and edges in cool blue haze.

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Individual and collective recognition

By elevating individuals, we erase community.

7 min readJan 22, 2024

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Individual and collective recognition

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Cars are unjust

Why cars are the root cause of so much American suffering.

11 min readJan 15, 2024

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A horrendous LA freeway interchange at dawn.

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Amy J. Ko

Amy J. Ko

Professor, University of Washington iSchool (she/her). Code, learning, design, justice. Trans, queer, parent, and lover of learning.

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