...I have designed board games since I was a teen, and have coded small games in many different languages over the years. (Unity3D, Godot, PyGame, Renpy, etc) I have developed may projects in Python, including data visualizations, websites, games, web crawlers, and much more. I studied computer sci... (read more)
...I am now a full-time teacher at Frankford Friends School in Philadelphia. I have been a Wyzant tutor since December of 2015. While I love being in the classroom and having 20 or so students at a time, I have found that the opportunity to work with students one on one is a very rewarding experience. (read more)
...And I have to say that I doI enjoy it as much today as I did then. I have been a tutor to students of all levels ranging from elementary school to college. I think that my love of teaching stems from the fact that I was a very slow learner myself and struggled with many aspects of mathematics. (read more)
...The focus with math and computer science topics is a holistic approach, giving the student the tools to tackle any type of problem sets as well as projects that they need to work on. Starting with the fundamentals is so important, so the student has the tools and understanding to expand on their... (read more)
...My favorite method of doing so is constantly facing students with variations of the original problem, waiting for their ideas, and challenging them. I always try to explain the same principle from different perspectives, often using cross-disciplinary analogies. These allow for a deeper understanding of the material and also provide students with a broader arsenal on their exam day. (read more)