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Do you have kids? Maybe nieces and nephews? Or maybe you work in a school environment? Maybe it's just friend's who know you're a programmer and ask about how they should go about introducing programming concepts with them. Anna-Lena Popkes is back on the show to share her research on when and how to teach kids programming. We spend the second half of the episode talking about concrete apps and toys you might consider for each age group. Plus, some of these things are fun for adults too. ;)
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Links from the show
Anna-Lena: alpopkes.com)
Magical universe repo: github.com) Machine learning basics repo: github.com)
PyData recording "when and how to start coding with kids": youtube.com)
Robots and devices Bee Bot: terrapinlogo.com) Cubelets: modrobotics.com) BBC Microbit: microbit.org) RaspberryPi: raspberrypi.com) Adafruit Qualia ESP32 for CircuitPython: adafruit.com) Zumi: robolink.com)
Board games Think Fun Robot Turtles Board Game: amazon.com)
Visual programming: Scratch Jr.: scratchjr.org) Scratch: scratch.org) Blocky: google.com) Microbit's Make Code: microbit.org) Code Club: codeclubworld.org)
Textual programming Code Combat: codecombat.com) Hedy: hedycode.com) Anvil: anvil.works)
Coding classes / summer camps (US) Portland Community College Summer Teen Program: pcc.edu) Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com) Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm)
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