Launch School Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “How To Learn”

S4E3: The Story of Launch School

Launch School — Thu, 05 May 2022 19:00:00 -0400

In this episode Launch School Student Felicia interviews Chris as he shares the origin story of how Launch School came to be. He also offers his unique perspective on how Launch School approaches learning, coding education and software engineering. The show includes several new announcements that students should be aware of.

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S4E2: Latest News, Interviews and Catch-up with Mandy

Launch School — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 17:30:00 -0400

This episode Karis and Chris discuss the all the latest Launch School interviews and presentations. Karis also catches up with the co-host from last season Mandy who now works at Mozilla. Finally they leave you with a number of new announcements that students should be aware of.

Intro
Agenda
Felicia's Interview with Chris
Felicia's Interview with Carolina
Women's Group Employer Speaker Series
Rodney's Tech Talk on GatsbyJS
New Assessment details: RB189/JS189
Answer your Questions on Air: Core Graduates
Karis' Interview with previous co-host Mandy
Reminders & Outro

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S4E1: Welcome to Season 4!

Launch School — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 01:00:00 -0400

This season Chris kicks off our first episode by introducing Launch Schools new podcast format and new co-host Karis. Together they discuss the latest events happening at Launch School and some quick reminders students should be aware of. Karis also catches up with previous host Callie in a 1 on 1 interview.

Introduction - 0:00
Agenda - 4:33
Buddy System for Female Students - 5:10
Felicia's Interview with Karis - 8:58
Chelsea's Article (Lessons From First Half of Core) - 12:25
Felicia's Video About How She Prepares For Assessments - 14:55
Katarina's Article (We are Made of Stories) - 16:25
Ethan's Article (Variable Scope and Access in Ruby) - 19:08
Importance of Teaching/Explaining Concepts - 19:54
New Assessment (RB/JS 185) - 21:01
Update to JS239 (and Why Courses Get Updated) - 24:57
Peer-Led Professional Git Seminar - 28:28
Start of Interview with Callie (Her Experience After Capstone) - 31:57
Callie's Advice for Current Core/Capstone Students - 40:52
What Callie Misses About Launch School - 43:27
Callie's Advice for Hosting Launch School Podcast - 45:40
Reminders & Outro - 48:48

Show Notes
Articles and Interviews:

New and updated assessment Information:

Professional Git Seminar Post:

Professional Git Peer-Led Seminar

Daylight savings notice:

Daylight Savings Launch School Post

Next Womens Meetup notice:

Women’s Group Meetup April 3rd 2022 Post

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