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The article discusses teaching computer science to Science and Technology Entry Program students at Union College's Kenney Community Center and the benefits of Jython Environment for Students, the text editing software for Python programming language. Topics include the use of a visual perception card game to analyze how human's solve problems versus how to program computers to solve problems, data representation inside computers, and the use of JES to facilitate programming in Media Computation.

The author discusses a shift in the focus of educators from measuring what students know to what they can do. Topics include the ability of students to use provided resources to solve problems, the tendency for students to learn better if the use knowledge to do things versus simply memorizing, and the Common Core State education standards' focus on the reasons why different methods result in the same mathematical result.

The author discusses teaching computer science (CS) to Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP) students, grades 7-12, at Union College's Kenney Community Center. Topics include her use of SET, a visual perception card game, to figure out how human's solve problems versus how to program computers to solve the same problems, data representation inside computers, and the need for further CS curricula and professional development.