1: Introducing the Swift Teacher Podcast

In the first episode of the Swift Educator Podcast I give the origin story of the podcast and introduce myself. I lay out the purpose and goals for the podcast. Finally, I discuss what I have seen, the experiences I have had, and my students have had this school year with Swift (*spoiler alert*: it has been awesome!) I would like to thank my friend and Apple Distinguished Educator colleague Kelly Croy for his help, support, and inspiration in starting this podcast. He has a fantastic podcast [The Wired Educator Podcast](http://wirededucator.com)! I highly recommend it. Kelly can be found on Twitter and is a great follow: [@WiredEducator](https://twitter.com/WiredEducator). **Links** [Why Teach Swift](https://www.ifoutty.com/swift-teacher/2017/1/28/why-teach-swift) [Apple Distinguished Educator program](http://www.apple.com/education/apple-distinguished-educator/) [Trumbull Career & Technical Center](www.tctchome.com) [Association for Career & Technical Education](http://www.acteonline.org) [Swift Playgrounds app](https://appsto.re/us/eHUj2.i) [Learn to Code 1 & 2](https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/swift-playgrounds-learn-to/id1118578018?mt=11) [Learn to Code 3](https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/swift-playgrounds-learn-to/id1173709121?mt=11) App Development with Swift curriculum ([Teacher](https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/app-development-with-swift/id1118577558?mt=11)) ([Student](https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/app-development-with-swift/id1118575552?mt=11)) [iTunes U app](https://appsto.re/us/LgcoD.i) [Notability](https://appsto.re/us/6HJFv.i) [Connected](https://www.relay.fm/connected) * Myke Hurley - [@imyke](https://twitter.com/imyke) * Stephen Hackett - [@ismh](https://twitter.com/ismh) * Federrico Viticci - [@viticci](https://twitter.com/viticci) [Canvas](https://www.relay.fm/canvas) * Fraser Speirs - [@fraserspeirs](https://twitter.com/fraserspeirs) * Federrico Viticci - [@viticci](https://twitter.com/viticci) [Accidental Tech Podcast](http://atp.fm) * Casey Liss - [@caseyliss](https://twitter.com/caseyliss) * Marco Arment - [@marcoarment](https://twitter.com/marcoarment) * John Siracusa - [@siracusa](https://twitter.com/siracusa) You can find the text version of these discussions over on my blog: [Swift Teacher Blog](http://www.swiftteacher.org)