Sean Tibor

Episode 52: Teaching the Full Stack with Ali Spittel (@alispittel)

October 20th, 2020  |  59 mins 1 sec

fullstack, programming, python, teaching

Sean and Kelly invite Ali Spittel to talk about how teachers can go beyond their first programming language and help students learn to create more robust projects. If you’ve started with Python, how do you learn HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to make a front end for a project? Or vice versa?

Episode 51: Engaging Your Students With The Right Language Featuring @jolson_codes

October 8th, 2020  |  1 hr 2 mins

coding, diversity, inclusiveness, python, teaching

Sean and Kelly invite Jeff Olson (@jolson_codes) to the show. Let’s take a look at language in the Computer Science classroom and focus on how we can put our students first by engaging them in the “right language for their learning.”

Episode 50: Teaching Robotics With Python

September 30th, 2020  |  30 mins 46 secs

hardware, python, robotics, teaching

This week, Sean & Kelly discuss how they are using Python to teach robotics in middle school, including the hardware and software it takes to get students thinking about how robots sense, process, and move in the world.

Episode 49: Python Tutor with Philip Guo

September 22nd, 2020  |  44 mins 23 secs

computer science, python, teaching, visualization

This week, Kelly and Sean interview Philip Guo, associate professor of cognitive science at UC San Diego. As a grad student in 2010, Philip created Python Tutor, the most widely-used program visualization tool for education.

Episode 48: What We Are Using in 2020 To Teach Python

September 15th, 2020  |  1 hr 4 mins

education, python, teaching

Let’s take a look at the tools we’re using in our classroom for the 2020-2021 school year to teach Python for middle school students. From IDEs to flash cards, coding challenges to Colab notebooks, and micro:bits to eBooks, we’ll look at what we’re currently using and how each one contributes to the learning experience of our students.

Episode 47: Deconstructing the List Lesson

September 1st, 2020  |  1 hr 3 mins

programming, python, teaching

Let’s take a deeper look at how we teach students about one of Python’s most venerable data structures: the list. For many learners, the list is the first data structure that they encounter and it can be tricky to understand at first.

Episode 46: Musings About A Very Different School Year

August 28th, 2020  |  49 mins 5 secs

distance learning, education, python

Kelly and Sean discuss many of the upcoming changes for a school year heavily influenced by COVID, distance learning, hybrid/flexible classrooms, and prioritizing health and safety over content.

Episode 45: The Lost Episode

August 16th, 2020  |  54 mins 7 secs

distance learning, education, teaching, zoom

Ever had one of those moments where you thought you did something but then found it unfinished months later? Here's an episode we recorded back in May about how to keep your distance learning fresh and new. We're calling it the Lost Episode. New episodes are coming every Tuesday starting on August 18!

Episode 44: Communicating With Video For Effective Learning

April 27th, 2020  |  1 hr 25 secs

content, teaching, video

As teachers around the world move into online teaching and learning, we must consider ways to modify our way of teaching. In this episode, Sean and Kelly talk with Christopher Bailey from Real Python. We will share tips and techniques for developing quality online videos for learners.

Episode 43: Writing Content for Asynchronous Learning with David Amos

April 14th, 2020  |  1 hr 5 mins

pedagogy, teaching, writing

As teachers around the world move into online teaching and learning, we must consider ways to modify our way of teaching. Writing and communicating in an online learning environment, while making connections with your students, is a very important first step. This is the first episode in a two-part series.

In this episode, Sean and Kelly talk with David Amos, a writer for Real Python about how he makes connections with his Real Python tutorials and we will share tips and techniques for developing quality online writing for learners.

Episode 42: Teaching Resilience and Building Equity with Elena Aguilar

April 6th, 2020  |  59 mins 41 secs

coaching, equity, resilience, teaching

In this episode, Kelly and Sean invite Elena Aguilar to our show for a little twist of conversations. Elena Aguilar “Elena has trained thousands of educators across the United States and abroad in transformational coaching.

Episode 41: Pythonic Parenting With The Shaw Family

April 1st, 2020  |  41 mins 25 secs

parenting, python, teaching

Python for Parents, so you want your child to code? Sometimes it just takes a few creative ideas and a short amount of time to make some fun little projects. Sean and Kelly, with the help of Anthony Shaw and his lovely daughters, ‘ Zebra’ and ‘Jaguar’ have a little fun with this topic!