EPISODE · Feb 27, 2019 · 31 MIN
024: Teaching Kids to Code
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Parent Driven Development Episode 024: Teaching Kids to Code 01:29 Winding up in a developer evangelist role and teaching coding 02:58 Teaching younger vs older audiences 03:52 Getting kids motivated in the coding space Scratch 05:13 The benefits for kids who know coding literacy The Hour of Code 08:16 Kevin's background in coding 08:45 Using Twilio (and real-world technology and tools) in teaching kids to code 13:31 Resources & Tools Glitch CodeCombat 15:24 Is Minecraft useful? 18:11 Next level resources Codecademy Learn Python the Hard Way TwilioQuest 19:46 Helping passionate kids along the way (without scaring them away) Events, Hackathons, and Conferences THAT Conference 31:05 Genius / Fail Moments Josh: Putting a bandaid (glass screen protector) over his daughter's broken iPad screen. (#Genius) Chris: Letting his daughter make pasta! (#Genius) Kevin: Letting his daughter make pancakes! (#Genius) Follow & Support Please follow us @parentdrivendev on Twitter or email us at [email protected]. Our website is at ParentDrivenDevelopment.com. Support us via Patreon and get access to our our Slack Community. Panel Chris Sexton Josh PuetzSpecial Guest: Kevin Whinnery.
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