Parent Driven Development

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 scre