Teaching Kids To Code

As it's #CodeWeek across the EU, we thought we'd record an episode offering advice on starting coding with younger folk (primary and secondary school age children). We spoke about some of our personal experiences working with schools and mentoring with CodeDojo. On the panel were podcast regulars Siobhan Drohan and Brenda Mullally, along with another WIT faculty member Frank Walsh. Our guest was primary school teacher Kate Warren, Deputy Principal of Gaelscoil Port Lairge, who's partnered with Siobhan and Brenda to deliver all sorts of innovative activities based around coding and problem-solving skills.

During the podcast, we reference a number of resources which are linked here:

Scratch Jr - https://www.scratchjr.org

Scratch - https://scratch.mit.edu

Sphero - https://www.sphero.com

Bee-Bot - https://bit.ly/2kqXlUx

Makey Makey - https://makeymakey.com

Hour of Code - https://hourofcode.com

Coder Dojo - https://coderdojo.com

As always, if you'd like to get in touch you'll find us @machine_podcast on Twitter or on Facebook.

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