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

Co-authored SIGCSE paper (Proceedings V.1, pp. 451-457) on BJC Sparks, a functional-first introductory CS curriculum for middle school piloted by ten teachers in 2021-22. Authors: Dan Garcia, Mary Fries, Michael Ball, Pamela Fox, Deanna Gelosi, Lauren Mock, Della Dastur, Dave Briccetti and Bob Kahn; Briccetti is listed with the affiliation 'Dave Briccetti Software LLC, Lafayette, CA'. He is a middle author, so it is not confirmed that he personally presented the paper on stage.