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A 7 minute lightning talk at Kidcrafters

This weekend I gave a lightning talk at Kidcrafters, a one day event run for and by parents with short talks and workshops all about bringing up a generation inspired to be creative.

Here’s my 7 minute talk about my approach to encouraging my kids to be creative with technology, and some things that other parents can do, mostly without having any coding skills.

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First published c. May 2014.