S9:E8 - How to Introduce Coding to Your Kids

06/29/22 • 44 min

In this episode, we talk about introducing children and teens to coding with Jon Mattingly, co-founder and CEO of Kodable, and Pete Ingram-Cauchi, CEO of ID Tech.

Show Notes

Abigail (Abby) Phoenix

Abigail (Abby) Phoenix is a longtime conference planner and the Special Projects Manager at Forem, passionate about bringing communities together in thoughtful, meaningful ways.

Jon Mattingly

A self-taught programmer, Jon wrote his first line of code at 6 years old on a computer that didn’t even have a mouse. A member of the Forbes 30 under 30 as well as a Y Combinator alum, Jon holds a degree in marketing and entrepreneurship from the University of Louisville, where he played football.

Pete Ingram-Cauchi

Pete Ingram-Cauchi is the CEO of iD Tech, a family-founded, Silicon Valley-based education company founded in 1999. iD Tech delivers online and in-person tech experiences for kids and teens, and curriculum spans Coding, Game Design, Digital Video, AI, Machine Learning, YouTube Streaming, and more.

In this episode, we talk about introducing children and teens to coding with Jon Mattingly, co-founder and CEO of Kodable, and Pete Ingram-Cauchi, CEO of ID Tech.

Show Notes

Abigail (Abby) Phoenix

Abigail (Abby) Phoenix is a longtime conference planner and the Special Projects Manager at Forem, passionate about bringing communities together in thoughtful, meaningful ways.

Jon Mattingly

Pete Ingram-Cauchi

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S9:E7 - How Technology is Used as a Tool for Abuse/Coercive Control

In this episode, we talk about how technology is being used as a tool for abuse and coercive control with Bindu Oommen Fernandes, executive director at Freedom Forward, and Sonya Mital, community engagement lead at Narika. We discuss possible warning signs of abuse to keep an eye out for, tactics abusers use on their victims, and the different ways technology is also helping survivors overcome these circumstances.

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Sonya Mital

Sonya is Community Engagement Lead at Narika where she raises awareness on domestic violence, technology abuse, healthy relationships and special concerns for immigrant & South Asian populations.

Bindu Oommen Fernandes

Bindu Fernandes is executive director at Freedom Forward, a bay area non profit that is working to prevent the commercial sexual exploitation of youth in San Francisco by transforming the systems that too often contribute to their exploitation. Prior to this, she led an organization serving survivors of domestic violence and also worked at Google for over a decade leading policy and diversity & inclusion efforts for global teams.