Episode 38: Fun with the Arcade Library and Paul Craven
Trying to find an easier way to get students excited about programming? Feeling stuck with the PyGame library? Paul Craven, maintainer of the Arcade Python library joins us to talk about using game de...
2 Mars 202041min
Episode 37: What Happens Behind The Scenes While Teaching Python
It's not always easy to be a Python teacher. Whether it's trying to find the right words to explain something, handling severe frustration, building perseverance, or losing students while coding toget...
3 Feb 202052min
Episode 36: An Interview with Peter Chan, 4th Grade Teacher
Peter Chan is a 4th grade teacher in Quebec, Canada. In addition to using Python in his classroom, Peter also employs maker techniques, math exploration, and English language skills. Kelly and Sean ta...
12 Jan 202054min
Episode 35: Not Just Coders
In this episode, Kelly and Sean explore the idea that everyone should learn to code-- not to become a programmer but for so much more! How do we continue to foster an interest in coding for those kids...
18 Dec 201938min
Episode 34: Bonus: Holiday Buying Guide
In celebration of the great retail holiday of Black Friday, Kelly and Sean share their holiday buying guide for computer science teachers, including 3d printers, #PythonHardware, and books. Also this...
28 Nov 201916min
Episode 33: Interview with Eric Matthes
Kelly and Sean interview Eric Matthes, author of Python Crash Course, about how he began programming, what led him to teaching, and the important lessons from Python to be learned both inside and outs...
25 Nov 201956min
Episode 32: Teaching Python With TwilioQuest
This week, Kelly and Sean embark on a journey with Twilio Developer Evangelist Kevin Whinnery using TwilioQuest to learn more Python in the classroom. What is TwilioQuest? Learn to code and lead yo...
20 Nov 201943min
Episode 31: The School of 2024
Can you belive it's only been five years since Alexa launched? Or that identifying birds in photos was considered a hard problem for machine learning? In this episode, Kelly and Sean discuss plausible...
11 Nov 201946min
