Kelly Schuster-Paredes is a mom, world traveler and a netizen. She loves learning about cultures and her children were born on two different continents. Kelly has a Masters in Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology from Nova Southeastern University. She has taught in London, Lima and USA and specializes in curriculum design, coaching and development. She got started with integrating technology in the classroom in 2003 and dabbled with app design in File Maker, HTML and Robotics. She currently teaches sixth and eighth grade computer science and Exploratory Robotics at Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This is her fifth year using Python.
Kelly Paredes has hosted 131 Episodes.
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Episode 71: Summer Professional Development with John Mikton
June 21st, 2021 | 1 hr 16 mins
learning, professional development, python, summer, teaching
With summer finally here in the northern hemisphere, Kelly and Sean meet with John Mikton from the Principals Training Center to talk about professional development resources for teachers during these long summer days. From technical resources to pedagogical research to classroom layout ideas, we'll talk about some of the things we're excited to learn this summer.
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Episode 70: Teaching with Visual Studio Code
June 8th, 2021 | 42 mins 20 secs
Continuing our Education IDE series, Kelly and Sean meet with Brigit Murtaugh and Sana Ajani from the VS Code team for education. We'll talk about everything from remote teaching to accelerating the setup of a learning environment with VS Code and development containers.
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Episode 69: Teaching with PyCharm Edu
May 26th, 2021 | 59 mins 16 secs
ide, pycharm, python
Continuing our Education IDE series, Kelly and Sean talk with Valentina Kiryushkina, a developer on the PyCharm Edu team to learn all about how JetBrains supports teaching and learning Python. With everything from online courses to creating classroom assignments, we're sure you'll find something to like about PyCharm Edu.
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Episode 68: Learning How To Learn with Barbara Oakley
May 18th, 2021 | 1 hr 4 mins
coding, cognitive psychology, learning, pedagogy
This week, Kelly & Sean chat with Barbara Oakley, author of the upcoming books Uncommon Sense Teaching and Learn Like a Pro. Together, we talk about everything from learning Russian to the ways that the brain processes information and how teachers can best help students learn.
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Episode 67: Mu Editor: Part 1 of the Education IDE Series
May 11th, 2021 | 56 mins 59 secs
editors, mu, programming, python
Kelly and Sean kick off part 1 of their Education IDE series with Nick Tollervey and the Mu Editor, a Python editor for beginners with modes for "pure Python," MicroPython, CircuitPython, PyGame, Flask web apps, and more.
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Episode 66: Designing Projects with Python Libraries
May 4th, 2021 | 46 mins 55 secs
computer science, images, pillow, projects, teaching
In this episode, Sean and Kelly, share a brainstorming activity on designing projects with Python libraries. We have a special guest Mike Driscoll, author of several books and the blog "The Mouse vs The Python". In this episode we will use the Python Library Pillow to brainstorm some creative ways that Pillow can and has been used to teach students about Python Libraries.
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Episode 65: Our Favorite Python Libraries
April 14th, 2021 | 30 mins 4 secs
libraries, python, teaching
In this episode, Sean and Kelly discuss their top 5 favorite Python libraries, and how they use these libraries in the classroom to reinforce student learning. From the standard library to teaching how to use pip, learn more about our favorite libraries to share with our students.
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Episode 64: Rubrics & Assessments
March 31st, 2021 | 52 mins 37 secs
assessments, grading, pedagogy, python, rubrics
That's right: we're digging deep into assessments using rubrics. We know what you're thinking, rubrics are BORING and teacher-y. But rubrics are POWERFUL for learning and you can use them outside of the classroom too!
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Episode 63: Community Teaching With Discord
March 12th, 2021 | 53 mins 34 secs
asynchronous, discord, python, teaching
In this episode, Sean and Kelly speak with Leon Sandøy, one of the owners of Python Discord about making connections and community teaching. With the dynamics of teaching changing, how can Python Discord become a space to further educate the Python community?
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Episode 62: The New Normal
March 3rd, 2021 | 49 mins 10 secs
covid, python, teaching, zoom
Kelly and Sean take some time to reflect on what has worked well over the past year of teaching, what could be better, and what we hope stays with us once things go back to "The New Normal."
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Episode 61: Object-Oriented Thinking
February 15th, 2021 | 40 mins 15 secs
object-oriented, python, teaching
Kelly and Sean try to figure out the role of object-oriented programming in teaching. From how much to focus on objects and methods, to whether it makes sense to teach classes, this is a journey through the opinionated topic of object-oriented thinking.
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Episode 60: Shooting the "Stuff"
January 29th, 2021 | 41 mins 27 secs
learning, programming, python, teaching
A grab bag of topics this week with Kelly and Sean. From using NLTK to summarize speeches by civil rights leader Martin Luther King to plotting Parler data from the Capitol incident on Jan 6 to WiFi-enabled washing machines.