The SummerTech Podcast
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Official podcast of SummerTech Computer Camps and Coditum Labs. Find us at summertech.net!
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Nov 19, 2020
Categorizing Dogs and Cats: A conversation about AI.
Today we have a fascinating conversation with doctoral candidate and AI specialist Roger Iyengar, a long time SummerTech alumn.
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Oct 21, 2020
Becoming a Counselor
Anna Henderson joins us today to talk about coffee, Rick Astley, and her experience at SummerTech as a camper and staff member.
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Oct 8, 2020
"GNOMES!": Group Learning and Crafting a Culture From Scratch
Miles joins us to talk about his current job, his time as a counselor at SummerTech, and what it was like building a culture at SummerTech, MA. We get an update on Ben's odyssian PC, and Matt asks the world for a coffee sponsorship.
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Oct 1, 2020
What Do We Wish We'd Known?
Today we talk about what we wish we'd known when we started programming and give some advice to people just getting started. Jake tells us about his misadventures with Action Replay, and we all discuss the plight of the game developer.
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Sep 28, 2020
CodeCraft? Coditium? A Little History and How Not to Choose a Name.
Today we talk about the big Microsoft acquisitions, Ben's ill-fated PC endeavor, Warcraft, and a little history about Coditum.
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Sep 16, 2020
When's the Right Time to Start Learning Code?
Can you be too young/old to learn to code? In this episode we talk about the Oracle and Nvidia news, digress about video games, and then talk about what the right age to learn code is and the skills you'll need and build.
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Sep 11, 2020
Why Do We Teach What We Teach?
Today we talk about the scratch ban, the history of code at SummerTech, and why we teach the languages we teach at camp and Coditum.
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Sep 5, 2020
What's Quarantine Meant For Us?
Welcome to the SummerTech podcast! In Episode 1 we talk about what we've been doing during quarantine.
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