
Teaching Coding to the Community with a Small Business, with Amy Pirzada
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Amy Pirzada started My Coding Place as an educational business focused on teaching coding to kids in Austin. But she soon expanded to teach chess, game design, 3D modeling, 3D printing, and more technical topics in problem-solving to wider audiences. She talks about the mission of her entrepreneurial business, how to teach kids programming effectively, the right tech tools for teaching kids of different ages, and her goals for the business and possibly a future nonprofit.
Related Links
- My Coding Place: Coding studio in Austin, Texas.
- Gamemaker: Game development platform.
- Blender: 3D modeling software.
- mBot: Robotics platform from Makeblock.
- Artificial Intelligence for Kids: Past episode of the podcat with Hansol Hong of Robolink, which offers drone products.
- Roblox: Online gaming platform.
- Lua: Programming language.
- The Nonprofit Push for Girls in Engineering: Past episode with Girlstart.
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