From the great guests to the wins in the classroom, Kelly and Sean catch up and kick off the new year together.

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• Amazon.com: Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know eBook : Grant, Adam: Kindle Store — Organizational psychologist Adam Grant is an expert on opening other people's minds--and our own. As Wharton's top-rated professor and the bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take, he makes it one of his guiding principles to argue like he's right but listen like he's wrong. With bold ideas and rigorous evidence, he investigates how we can embrace the joy of being wrong, bring nuance to charged conversations, and build schools, workplaces, and communities of lifelong learners.
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• Hacker News - We're two middle school teachers learning and teaching Python [audio] | Hacker News
• Teaching Python Episode 68: Learning How To Learn with Barbara Oakley — 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.
• Teaching Python Episode 67: Mu Editor: Part 1 of the Education IDE Series — 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.
• JoBase | Home — Welcome to JoBase JoBase is aimed at beginner coders who want to have fun making games with Python. Follow steps below to prepare your computer for JoBase.

10 Things We Wish We Knew Before We Started Python

1. Don't Be Afraid of the Unknown
2. There's Never Going to be Enough Time
3. Reading Error Codes
4. Simple and Slow beats Complex and "Correct"
5. Read a little. Code a lot.
6. Projects Really Work
7. You Have to Teach To Someone
8. Reach out to the Python Community
9. Don’t Let Imposter Syndrome Get You
10. You Don’t Have to Answer Every Question

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• Teaching and Learning with Jupyter — This handbook is for any educator teaching a topic that includes data analysis or computation in order to support learning. It is not just for educators teaching courses in engineering or science, but also data journalism, business and quantitative economics, data-based decision sciences and policy, quantitative health sciences, and digital humanities. It aims to provide an entry point, and a broad overview of Jupyter in education. Whether you are already using Jupyter to teach, you have found learning materials built on Jupyter that piqued your curiosity, or have never heard of Jupyter, the material in this open book can empower you to use this technology in your teaching.
• CodeGrades — CodeGrades are eight cumulative steps for learning how to code. They're a programming version of time-proven techniques like music grades, belts in martial arts or lifeguard certification. Level up by applying the knowledge and skills needed for each grade to your own fun, interesting and challenging coding projects.
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• Amazon.com: Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World eBook: David J. Epstein: Kindle Store — Plenty of experts argue that anyone who wants to develop a skill, play an instrument, or lead their field should start early, focus intensely, and rack up as many hours of deliberate practice as possible. If you dabble or delay, you’ll never catch up to the people who got a head start. But a closer look at research on the world’s top performers, from professional athletes to Nobel laureates, shows that early specialization is the exception, not the rule.
• Test & Code 89: Improving Programming Education - Nicholas Tollervey — Nicholas Tollervey is working toward better ways of teaching programming. His projects include the Mu Editor, PyperCard, and CodeGrades. Many of us talk about problems with software education. Nicholas is doing something about it.
• PyperCard - Easy GUIs for All — PyperCard 0.0.1-alpha.4 documentation — PyperCard is a HyperCard inspired Pythonic GUI framework for beginner programmers. What does that mean? PyperCard makes it quick and easy to create software with a modern user interface to use on your Windows, OSX, Linux, Android or iOS devices.
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• Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: Practical Programming for Total Beginners 1, Al Sweigart, eBook - Amazon.com — If you’ve ever spent hours renaming files or updating hundreds of spreadsheet cells, you know how tedious tasks like these can be. But what if you could have your computer do them for you? In Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, you’ll learn how to use Python to write programs that do in minutes what would take you hours to do by hand—no prior programming experience required.
• The Modern Python 3 Bootcamp | Udemy — A Unique Interactive Python Experience With Nearly 200 Exercises and Quizzes
• Simone Giertz - YouTube — Warning -- not safe for classroom viewing but still funny and interesting! Simone's Channel: SO HANDY! If you're here for the first time: hi. I like your shirt. I bet your shirt would like me too if it just got to meet me. Wait did we get off to a weird start? At least I tried. I give myself 3/5 for effort.
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