When Profession and Fun Overlap (#22)

Grab your Lego and robots, and let's talk about STEM, STEAM, and programming for fun!As a developer, we all get frustrated occasionally when a bug messes up our schedule, and we have to dive deep into the code to find a solution. But still, many of us keep coding in our free time as we love to do it and want to create amazing stuff. In this episode of the Foojay Podcast, we talk to volunteers from different organizations where coding is used to inspire children to become engineers or at least learn to make good use of computers and the tools around them.GuestsJeanne BoyarskyTwitter @jeanneboyarsky https://www.selikoff.netMastodon @jeanneboyarskyMonica BeckwithTwitter @mon_beckIgor De SouzaTwitter @IgfasouzaPodcast hostFrank Delporte Mastodon @frankdelporteTwitter @FrankDelporteContent00’00 Intro00’43 Introduction of the guests03’00 What is First?First InspiresFRC Robot revealFLL EventsTelevic Smarties at FLL06’43 What is CoderDojo?07’46 Impact on your career by volunteering09’00 Impact of these organizations on STEM educationScratch 14’00 The rule of threeCode Chica16’48 Girls-only events 24’13 What we learn from volunteering for our jobMicrobit28’16 Technology that can inspire the mostParticleOnshape36’09 Participants becoming coach37’58 Java on small platforms like Raspberry Pi LCD DisplayPotentiometerMicronautQuarkusBook #JavaOnRaspberryPi43'39 Java in education47’15 STEM versus STEAMNervous Jessica53’37 Other interesting STEAM topicsCoolest ProjectsFormula PiPi WarsAstro PiFirst InspiresCoderDojoCode.orgDocumentation drive of CoderDojo BelgiumMicrosoft TEALS59’45 Outro