{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"S3 EP01 Building SEL Skills Through Code","description":"Valerie Sousa is a Kindergarten Teacher from Western Massachusetts. She has been teaching for 12 years and loves to incorporate new and innovative ideas into her classroom. She is the author of the book \u201cCoding to Kindness\u201d through EduMatch Publishing. This book was inspired by her students and her journey as she began coding in the classroom.   In today\u2019s episode, Valerie teaches us that teaching students to code young can also help them build community and SEL skills. She shows us how to start kids off with the \u201cbuilding blocks\u201d of coding, and explains how teaching the logic of coding early can help with foundational skills.    Time Stamps 1:59 How Valerie\u2019s coding and kinder journey began 4:35 Basic building blocks for coding 6:57 Coding is a collaborative task!  8:50 Benefits of learning to code young 10:01 The SEL side of coding 10:28 What makes a community?  13:44 How do SEL and coding come together in the classroom?  14:30 What inspired Valerie to write Coding for Kindness 14:50 Teaching kids to be part of a community 16:13 Women in STEM!  17:37 An interactive book 20:46 Guided questions and background history!  22:07 What thing would Valerie give to every teacher in the U.S.? 23:22 Remembering the things that you\u2019ve done over the year    Resources Valerie\u2019s Website Brian Aspinall Robot mouse activity set Botley the coding robot ","author_name":"SYS Presents: Adventures in Online Education","author_url":"https:\/\/syseducation.org\/aoe","html":"