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Mar 2024
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Episode 179: Computer Science

The Modern Classrooms Project
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Toni Rose is joined by taMica Gaither-Banks for an in-depth discussion of the MCP implementation she uses in her computer science classes.

Read a summary of this episode on the Modern Classrooms Project blog.

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