Tech Truth: Teaching Kids to Code with Sonic Pi • Sam Aaron & James Lewis

About this episode

This episode features a discussion on teaching kids to code using Sonic Pi with guests Sam Aaron and James Lewis.

This conversation was recorded at GOTO Copenhagen 2025. https://gotocph.com Sam Aaron - Live Coding Musician & Creator of Sonic Pi James Lewis - Principal Consultant & Technical Director at Thoughtworks RESOURCES Sam https://www.patreon.com/samaaron https://bsky.app/profile/samaaron.bsky.social https://twitter.com/samaaron https://github.com/samaaron https://linkedin.com/in/samaaron James https://bsky.app/profile/boicy.bovon.org https://twitter.com/boicy https://linkedin.com/in/jam...

People in this episode

Guests: Sam Aaron, James Lewis

Topics covered

• coding
• education
• music
• technology
• Sonic Pi

Keywords

• Sonic Pi
• coding for kids
• live coding
• music education
• technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Thoughtworks

Places: Copenhagen

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