The Coder Kids Podcast

In this episode of the podcast, James interviews Kimmiko. Listen to this episode if you're interested in what it's like to discover your journey as you go, what it's like to be an intern at Slack, and what it's like to be a content creator. 

If you're interested in connecting with Kimmiko check out her linktree

https://linktr.ee/kimmikojames

Homeschool is the topic for this week, and Lucy Plotner is a homeschooler and she sheds light on what it's really like to be homeschooled, and what opportunities are out there. 

Lucy has a lot to offer, and you can find homeschool resources, a podcast, and a store at the links below!

homeschoolburrito.com
burritofamilystore.com

In this one, James gets his mind blown talking to Arick who is a programmer who manages to work efficiently and actually seems to have balance in his life. 

You can reach out to Arick 
on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/ArickVigas

on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAlE0zA3pK3surIgLARPoIw

On LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/arick-vigas-582abab8/

In this episode, James interviews Chris Hull from Otus! 

Chris and James talk Basketball aspirations, teaching, and solutions to the problem of educational data management and how Otus can help. 

If you'd like to learn more about Otus you can check them out here
https://otus.com/

If you'd like to reach out to Chris you can find him on Twitter @otusHull

This episode was a hoot! James and Nicole talked about the role of Myspace, a Chocolate Factory, spinning through the air, and how they all led Nicole to be a software engineer in 2021. For timestamps, see below.

To contact Nicole, you can reach her on Twitter:
@nikacodes

0:00 Intro
3:14 What got Nicole interested in technology
7:11 Using color and applicability to improving learning and understanding
11:48 Dealing with negative thoughts about your own ability
18:46 Having time in education to allow students to truly learn and understand
20:25 Trying to find a new way to solve a problem and having patience vs. "failing"
24:03 What changes would you make in education?
26:57 Nicole's college journey
32:11 After college at the chocolate factory (and the Guggenheim)
34:17 Moving to Baltimore and deciding to change careers to coding
36:55 What could schools do to make students want to return?
40:52 Opinions on Coding Bootcamps
43:41 Not being afraid to fail, continuing to learn
48:04 Swing Dance, learning to teach, and choosing coding as a career
53:14 Flexibility, consistency and work/life balance with healthy comparison 
56:36 Necessity of different people for teams and celebrating progress
1:00:44 Find what makes your child excited and failure is not the end
1:02:32 Conclusion

As always, we'd love to hear from you in the comments below. Check out https://www.coderkids.com for more information on our camps and classes.

Support Coder Kids and our mission to expand coding throughout the world by clicking the links below:

Osmo Coding Starter Kit: https://amzn.to/2IEMsKf
Sphero Mini: https://amzn.to/2TidFV3
Coding Games in Scratch: https://amzn.to/3dI9n2R

As an Amazon Associate, Coder Kids earns from qualifying purchases.

In this episode, James gets the chance to talk to Cindy Shaw Founder of the Better Brain Academy. They talk all about best practices for children, and adults to protect their brains, and to "upgrade them." 

If you're interested in learning more about your brain, you can take the Free Brain Quiz here
http://www.betterbrainquiz.com

Here's Cindy's website 
www.thebetterbrainacademy.com 

If you would like to contact her directly you can reach her at 
[email protected]

As always, we'd love to hear from you in the comments below. Check out https://www.coderkids.com for more information on our camps and classes.

Support Coder Kids and our mission to expand coding throughout the world by clicking the links below:

Osmo Coding Starter Kit: https://amzn.to/2IEMsKf
Sphero Mini: https://amzn.to/2TidFV3
Coding Games in Scratch: https://amzn.to/3dI9n2R

As an Amazon Associate, Coder Kids earns from qualifying purchases.

In this episode, James interviews Colin O'Neal, the Head of School at St. Thomas the Apostle Episcopal school.  Really quickly, they dive into educational philosophy, as well as neuroscience and why play is a right. 

In this episode, James gets to interview another James, which just happens to be quite the tinkerer. James Peterson is James Thornock's best friend, and the person that got him into building computers, and deeper into technology in the first place. This episode is a ton of fun and sheds light on the tinkerer mindset.

For timestamps, see below.

0:00 Introduction
1:53 What got James into technology
3:53 Personality influenced interest in technology  
5:16 Early project of James (clock radio)
9:07 Advice to kids interested in technology
15:28 Computers and tinkering
17:13 James building a gaming computer with James
29:37 Project: Using python coding to get a graphics card
38:49 Project: Raspberry Pi garage door opener 


As always, we'd love to hear from you in the comments below. Check out https://www.coderkids.com for more information on our camps and classes.

Support Coder Kids and our mission to expand coding throughout the world by clicking the links below:

Osmo Coding Starter Kit: https://amzn.to/2IEMsKf
Sphero Mini: https://amzn.to/2TidFV3
Coding Games in Scratch: https://amzn.to/3dI9n2R

As an Amazon Associate, Coder Kids earns from qualifying purchases.

In this episode, James interviewed Alexander Fernandez, the founder and CEO of Streamline Media Group. Their conversation ranges from what it's like to grow up in Orem Utah (which both of them happened to live) to the value of balance and adapting to an ever-shifting technology environment. 

If you'd like to contact Alexander, reach out to him on Twitter 
@starveup

You can find his work at 
https://www.streamline-mediagroup.com/
and
https://www.starveup.com/

If you're interested in checking out Bake n' Switch you can find that here

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1080410/Bake_n_Switch/

In this episode, James interviews Leonard Onyango. Leonard grew up in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya called Kibera. Join us to learn about his journey to teach kids how to code in the slums. 

We've set up a GoFundMe for Leonard where you can donate to help him create a coding center for kids who don't have the opportunity otherwise. We need your help!

Donate here

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-leonard-teach-coding-in-kenya-kibera