{"id":7295,"date":"2013-12-18T16:59:43","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T16:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=7295"},"modified":"2013-12-18T16:59:43","modified_gmt":"2013-12-18T16:59:43","slug":"play-hack-share-method-for-teaching-programming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7295","title":{"rendered":"Play, Hack &#038; Share method for teaching programming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/teachingkidsprogramming.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/INGITE_Seattle_girls.jpg?resize=474%2C392\" width=\"474\" height=\"392\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alan O&#8217;Donohoe (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/teknoteacher\">@teknoteacher<\/a>) has written a blog post in which he shares one of his favourite methods for teaching programming. Called &#8220;Play, Hack &amp; Share&#8221;, the method works best with pairs of young programmers (Navigator &amp; Driver) who look at an existing piece of programming and share their ideas with the wider group about how to improve upon what&#8217;s there.<\/p>\n<p>Well worth a read if you&#8217;re branching out into teaching, for instance with Code Club or at a Raspberry Jam.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/teachcomputing.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/18\/inspire-and-engage-learners-with-play-hack-share\/\">Read here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alan O&#8217;Donohoe (@teknoteacher) has written a blog post in which he shares one of his favourite methods for teaching programming. Called &#8220;Play, Hack &amp; Share&#8221;, the method works best with pairs of young programmers (Navigator &amp; Driver) who look at&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7295\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Play, Hack &amp; Share method for teaching programming - Raspberry Pi Pod<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7295\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Play, Hack &amp; Share method for teaching programming - Raspberry Pi Pod\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Alan O&#8217;Donohoe (@teknoteacher) has written a blog post in which he shares one of his favourite methods for teaching programming. 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