I am really excited to share my interview with Joe Moretti, Anders Randler, and Daniel Budd, the authors of the new multitouch book Swift Playgrounds in the Classroom. We had a fantastic discussion of all of the materials available to to teach Swift, about the process of starting a coding program, and the many fantastic third party accessories that can be used to teach programming in Swift. I think you will really enjoy the episode.
Note: please excuse the audio in some points in the episode as it was difficult to find a good time for a truly global exchange of ideas.
In this episode we conclude the two-part discussion I had with Dr. Nicholas Outram. In this episode we discuss embedded systems, third-party hardware tools used to teach Swift, and possible outcomes for post-secondary educators having students who already know some computer science basics. Dr. Outram obtained a first-class (hons) degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering in 2002, then later a Ph.D. in Biomedical Signal Processing from the University of Plymouth, UK in 1997.
I am excited to share the great and varied conversation I had with David Brown. David is the Education Technology Integrator at St Mary’s Anglican Girls’ School located in Karrinyup in Perth Western Australia and is passionate about using technology to improve student learning. He has been at SMAGS since 2015 and his main role is to develop and assist staff in enhancing pedagogical teaching practices with the use of technology. He also teaches digital technology classes which is where he has been using Xcode and Swift since 2015.
I would like to thank David for taking time out of his busy school, teaching, running, and blogging (I especially love the podcasting posts) activities to speak to me on the podcast.