Parent Driven Development
Episode 024: Teaching Kids to Code
01:29 Winding up in a developer evangelist role and teaching coding
02:58 Teaching younger vs older audiences
03:52 Getting kids motivated in the coding space
Scratch (https://scratch.mit.edu/)
05:13 The benefits for kids who know coding literacy
The Hour of Code (https://hourofcode.com/us)
08:16 Kevin's background in coding
08:45 Using Twilio (and real-world technology and tools) in teaching kids to code
13:31 Resources & Tools
Glitch (https://glitch.com/)
CodeCombat (https://codecombat.com/)
15:24 Is Minecraft (https://minecraft.net/en-us/) useful?
18:11 Next level resources
Codecademy (https://www.codecademy.com/)
Learn Python the Hard Way (https://learnpythonthehardway.org/)
TwilioQuest (https://www.twilio.com/quest/welcome)
19:46 Helping passionate kids along the way (without scaring them away)
Events, Hackathons, and Conferences
THAT Conference (https://www.thatconference.com/)
31:05 Genius / Fail Moments
Josh: Putting a bandaid (glass screen protector) over his daughter's broken iPad screen. (#Genius)
Chris: Letting his daughter make pasta! (#Genius)
Kevin: Letting his daughter make pancakes! (#Genius)
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Panel
Chris Sexton (https://twitter.com/crsexton)
Josh Puetz (https://twitter.com/joshpuetz) Special Guest: Kevin Whinnery.
