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by smtibor 5y ago
Maybe it's time to try doing something totally different than "development?" Have you done anything with Python hardware like CircuitPython with Adafruit's boards? You may find it refreshing to think about coding in the
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by smtibor 5y ago
Respectfully, I think we need to stop with this idea of "You can pick up the basics of Python in an afternoon." I think it's more specific than that. You can pick up the SYNTAX of python in an afternoon, if you have experienc
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by smtibor 5y ago
It's really tough in a lot of places. The good news is that there are some new Pis that address that. For example, the Raspberry PI 400 looks like it could be a great way to get a computer in front of a student and all they need is a T
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by smtibor 5y ago
I'm not sure. Given that it was in 2016, most of those students are just probably going on to University this year. So I'm hoping we'll see some of that data come out soon.
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by smtibor 5y ago
It's a great question. I couldn't learn the basics twice, so what I always tried to do was have something new that I would learn with the students. So for one cohort, I'd learn about Turtle. The next, I'd learn about PyG
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by smtibor 5y ago
Hi this is Sean from Teaching Python. Kelly has been commenting as KellyPared on this thread. We're so excited and touched that so many of you are interested in our show. What would you like to know?
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by smtibor 5y ago
Yes -- thonny is awesome! We did an episode way back in 2019 about our favorite editors for teaching. ( https://www.teachingpython.fm/25 ) I've used it a lot for coding Microbits, and it works really well.
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by smtibor 5y ago
You're hitting on the most important role of a teacher. It's not about providing the answers. It's about guiding the learner through the process of acquiring new knowledge. We did a fascinating episode on the way we learn wit
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by smtibor 5y ago
I'd been working with technology my entire life prior to starting to teach in 2018. When we started the podcast, it was because we were learning so much with our students that we needed a way to discuss and organize all of it. When I l
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by smtibor 5y ago
I feel the same way. One of the limiting factors in the growth of these programs is not just the funding for hardware and software, it's the lack of qualified teachers that can effectively develop and run the programs. Fortunately, the
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That's a great idea. We've seen some challenges in 2021 with Google Colab in school environments and they've only recently been resolved. We love using Colab for teaching coding. The Jupyter notebook environment is great for
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by smtibor 5y ago
Check out the BBC micro:bit origin story. It's a fantastic little board that was given out to about a million 7th graders in the UK starting in 2016. It would be great to get more devices out so kids can learn to tinker and code. We ar