We found 10 episodes of Teaching Python with the tag “teaching”.
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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 58: Figure It Out
January 12th, 2021 | 41 mins 40 secs
learning, metacognition, teaching
In this episode, Kelly and Sean dive into the topic of teaching kids to “Figure it out,” a phrase we love to use in class. This year, we seek specific skills that help us teach reluctant learners, techniques for figuring things out, and understanding how different teachers support this skill in their classrooms. In this episode, we ask some of our colleagues to share their experiences on how they as adults solve problems and how they teach their students this critical life long skill.
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Episode 55: Unfiltered Friday Conversations
November 13th, 2020 | 16 mins 14 secs
computer science, pedagogy, teaching, unplanned
Kelly and Sean flip on the voice recording app and record a random Friday afternoon conversation about teaching approaches for computer science. What makes student learning the most effective?
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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?
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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.”
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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.