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The Live Stream Podcast: Teaching with PyCharm Edu
We can’t wait to share some amazing news! This Thursday, May 20, we will be appearing on the educational podcast Teaching Python with Kelly and Sean, in an episode dedicated to PyCharm Edu, our educational IDE for learning and teaching Python. What’s more, we are making it a live stream event!
Join us for the live stream of “Teaching with PyCharm Edu” on
YouTube and Twitch!
In this live stream, Valentina Kiryushkina, Developer at JetBrains Educational Products, will talk about how to teach Python effectively with PyCharm Edu. She’ll give an overview of our educational IDE, tell the story behind its development, explain the benefits it offers, and share a few interesting stories behind the scenes.
Date: Thursday, May 20, 2021
Time: 1 pm EDT / 7 pm CEST
YouTube: https://youtu.be/cTz1jGNVECY
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/teachingpython
Your questions are welcome
As always, we are here to help you with any questions you have about PyCharm Edu! You can submit them now or during the live stream. To ask your questions now, post them as comments to this blog post or tag @JetBrains_Edu on Twitter. To ask them during the live stream, please use the chat window.
During the session, we will try to answer all of your questions live or in the chat window. If we run out of time, we’ll post the answers to any remaining questions in a follow-up blog post.
About the show
This podcast hosted by Kelly Paredes and Sean Tibor is about their adventures teaching middle school computer science, solving problems, handling failure, working through frustration, and enjoying success, all through the lens of the Python programming language.
Meet your presenter
Valentina Kiryushkina
Valentina Kiryushkina made her start in JetBrains as an intern at Educational Products and PyCharm teams, and has now worked in the company as a software developer for six years.
Now she’s concentrating on educational tasks, implementing courses and storage infrastructure, and working on the UI. She likes learning and enjoys languages, the human ones.
Meet your hosts
Kelly Paredes
Kelly Paredes has taught all over the world and specializes in curriculum design and development.
She currently teaches sixth and seventh-grade computer science at Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This is her third year using Python.
Sean Tibor
Sean Tibor has worked in marketing and technical management roles selling toothpaste and toothbrushes, designing chemical inventory and TV media databases, enrolling online nursing students, and founding a digital marketing agency.
This is his third year teaching Python to seventh and eighth-grade students at Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
See you at the live stream!
Your Educational Products team