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Oct 31, 2023

Wordplay: accessible, language-inclusive, interactive typography

Public beta is available today.

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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Bits and Behavior

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Amy J. Ko

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Dec 6, 2021

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

Critical pedagogy for secondary CS education

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

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4d ago

A contrarian take on American ills

And their implications for blue policy

Cities, suburbs, and rural towns, painted blue, purple, and red, with dark black arcs connecting them underground.

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Nov 2

How to drown an expert

Academia is flooded with slop and drowning its people

A stick figure with long hair surrounded by swarms of vague shapes and a blanket of blue watercolor

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Sep 19

Flawed premises in AI doomerism

A stack of wavy lines, some more angular waves, a vertical barrier, lots of pastel ellipses, and a brown ground, with a mechanical flower in the middle and some random transparent grid overlaid the ellipses.

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Aug 14

A week of fika: ACM ICER 2026

A bright and somewhat sunny sky, with church spires and a flock of birds flying toward the sun.

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Jul 15

CSTA 2026: CS teaching 2.0

Rows of teachers interlined by arms, standing, facing stage, .

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Jul 12

Know thine enemy: A critical engagement with AI-assisted software development

An illustrated black and white pig in prison clothing peeing into a urinal.

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Jun 16

An academic year aburst

A very full year of progress, oppression, and reslience

An orange and blue sunset against the Puget Sound.

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Apr 17

CHI 2026 trip report: ay ay AI

wood latices hanging from the ceiling of a beige foyer.

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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