Displaying Episode 51 - 60 of 103 in total of Teaching Python with the tag “python”.
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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.
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Episode 59: Crossover with PyBites!
January 22nd, 2021 | 45 mins 19 secs
computerscience, learning, programming, python, teaching
Kelly and Sean team up with Bob Belderbos and Julian Sequeira from @PyBites to answer questions about how our students learn Python using the PyBites platform with small code challenges.
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Episode 56: AI and Machine Learning for Kids with Dale Lane (@dalelane)
December 1st, 2020 | 39 mins 24 secs
ai, artificial intelligence, machine learning, python, scratch
In this episode, Kelly and Sean talk with Dale Lane an IBM Event Streams Lead Developer. - IBM awarded Dale, the 2018 IBM Volunteer Excellence Award—the highest form of volunteer recognition given by the company—which also earned a USD 10,000 grant from IBM for Solent Youth Action.
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Episode 54: Making Projects Happen with Eric Matthes (@ehmatthes)
November 10th, 2020 | 1 hr 14 mins
computer science, learning, projects, python
Sean and Kelly invite Eric Matthes, teacher and author of Python Crash Course to discuss student projects in computer science. We talk about starting and completing projects and programming with purpose as a way to help the learning stick with students longer.
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Episode 53: Developing for Mobile, the Web, and Desktop with Russell Keith-Magee ( @freakboy3742 )
October 27th, 2020 | 57 mins 47 secs
android, beeware, ios, mobile development, python, web development
This week's guest is Russell Keith-Magee from the Beeware project. Our conversation this week is about teaching students Python with native desktop applications, mobile, and the web.
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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?