Watch 13 Year old Shakeena teach her Aunt Programming

13 year old Shakeena is an exceptional person.  A founding youth manager in Makeosity, Inc.  created by Karen P. Kaun , she’s building robots, designing products in 3-D, and learning to Code using Trinket.  But one of the most exceptional things about her is her willingness to teach others.

Shakeena and her Aunt
Shakeena and her Aunt

Shakeena’s increasingly using screencasting software to share her coding experiences with others. In this recent video she teaches her Aunt how Python does math using a Trinket:

 

She hasn’t stopped at teaching her family, either. You can see one of Shakeena’s videos explaining Python with a trinket on Makeosity’s site here.  We’ve been inspired by Shakeena and the students like her who are using Trinket to share the knowledge they’re gaining.  We know that peer teaching is one of the most effective methods of reinforcing learning for both the student-teacher and their peers.  Trinkets make it easy by letting students easily show each other their work.

We’ve asked Shakeena and Karen to help re-record some of the videos on our upcoming Hour of Code site, HourofPython.com.  Stay tuned for more updates on that process and to see some work in progress!