024: Teaching Kids to Code

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 panel@parentdrivendevelopment.com. 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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Turns out children arrive with no manual. There's no coherent online tutorial. Between staying up to date with emerging technologies and balancing work and home life in an industry that often requires un-timeable bug fixes, on call schedules, and more, working parents are balancing a lot. Parents are also exploring additional technical issues like "screen time" or internet privacy, coming at these issues from a different perspective as technologists ourselves. We cover all of these topics and more using a panel of parents coming from diverse perspectives and a variety of technological backgrounds. We'll shine light onto these issues and provide a valuable food for thought for these folks. Want to ask a question that the panelists can discuss in an episode? Email us at panel@parentdrivendevelopment.com. And if you're loving the podcast and want to support us, please visit our Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/parentdrivendev)!