S3:E6 - How to Gamify Coding

In this episode, we talk about gamified coding with senior curriculum developer at CodeCombat, Charlotte Cheng, and lead developer of TwilioQuest at Twilio, Kevin Whinnery.

Show Notes

• DevNews (sponsor)
• Triplebyte (sponsor)
• CodeNewbie (sponsor)
• RudderStack (sponsor)
• Pluralsight (sponsor)
• CodeCombat
• TwilioQuest
• Wonder Workshop
• LeapFrog
• Disney English
• Code.org
• Girls Who Code
• JavaScript
• Python
• Git
• Ozaria
• C++
• Code School
• Codecademy
• Node.js
• Ruby
• Java
• HTML
• CSS
• React
• Scratch
• Electron
• Slack
• Visual Studio Code
• Phaser
• Tiled
• Unity
• GameMaker

Charlotte Cheng

Charlotte Cheng's is senior curriculum developer at CodeCombat. Her expertise is creating effective and engaging content for kids at the intersection of education, media, and technology. With over 15 years of experience in Education Technology, she has developed learning content and curriculum for CodeCombat, Wonder Workshop, the Walt Disney Company, LeapFrog, and several edtech startups.

Kevin Whinnery

Kevin is the creator and team leader for TwilioQuest, an educational video game for teaching real world software engineering skills. He lives just outside Minneapolis, MN, with his wife and three devious children.

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