Teaching Python

We're two middle school teachers learning and teaching Python

About the show

A podcast by Kelly Paredes and Sean Tibor about their adventures teaching middle school computer science, problem-solving, handling failure, frustration, and victory through the lens of the Python programming language.

Kelly Paredes has taught all over the world and specializes in curriculum design and development. She currently teaches sixth and seventh-grade computer science at Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This is her fifth year using Python.

Sean Tibor is a Senior Cloud Engineer at Mondelez International. He has worked in marketing and technical management roles selling toothpaste and toothbrushes, designing chemical inventory and tv media databases, enrolling online nursing students, and founding a digital marketing agency. He has taught Python to seventh and eighth-grade students at Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but now supports interns and tutors students in Python.

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Episodes

  • 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!

  • Episode 40: A New Way of Teaching

    March 28th, 2020  |  37 mins 55 secs
    distance learning, online, teaching

    With our campus closed due to COVID-19 and distance learning in full swing, Kelly and Sean discuss the brighter side of all these sudden changes to education.

  • Episode 39: Livestreaming about Distance Learning

    March 20th, 2020  |  50 mins 51 secs
    coronavirus, distance learning, livestream

    Kelly and Sean stream their show on Twitch as the world moves to quarantines and distance learning. What does this mean for teaching and coding? Learn about the things we took home from our classroom and how we are planning to teach in this new COVID-19 quarantined world.

  • Episode 38: Fun with the Arcade Library and Paul Craven

    March 2nd, 2020  |  41 mins 19 secs
    computer science, game design, gaming, python, teaching

    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 design to teach programming.

  • Episode 37: What Happens Behind The Scenes While Teaching Python

    February 3rd, 2020  |  52 mins 16 secs
    education, lego, python, robotics, teaching

    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 together, Python teachers are facing problems beyond just the code. Sean and Kelly discuss five of the things that frequently go wrong in the classroom and how we handle it.

  • Episode 36: An Interview with Peter Chan, 4th Grade Teacher

    January 12th, 2020  |  54 mins 55 secs
    education, elementaryeducation, python

    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.

  • Episode 35: Not Just Coders

    December 18th, 2019  |  38 mins 53 secs
    diversity, education, learning, python, sel

    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 that are not so interested in computer science?