Ep. 4: LEGO® by the Sea

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Oftentimes, when the kids come to my program,

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build something and then to program it and to make it move,

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the summertime. The fun really has to come first, right? But

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That is Kevin Hudson from the how many school in

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Hello, and welcome back to another show. My name is Mr. S .

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to the next level. He provides hands on Lego robotics and video

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chess club. I've run math team, I've run password, the old

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I'd like to welcome Kevin Hudson to Get Schooled Kevin, welcome

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Hi, Keith. It's it's great to connect with you

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Thanks for your time. And could you tell us a little bit

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Sure. Well, um, it's I've been teaching in the

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hard to believe when you're stopping think that It's been 26

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And what led you to become a teacher?

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You know, it's funny, I remember for me as a

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fell in love with school, again, fell in love with him, and in

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much he meant to me in fifth grade and the connection that we

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counselor, as well. So that was a chance for us to sort of

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And when I was a first year teacher, I was so happy to

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nice camaraderie between guys as is I have a group of friends

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I do, Keith and those were some some great,

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in district wide meetings where there are 50 6070 people in the

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and, you know, it's but definitely different. You know,

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That's, that's really good. And I would agree, I have

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Yeah, this is, you know, I think we've all we've

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getting kids back into the classroom. So we've been back

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best way to describe it right now is just making it work. And

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And what adaptations Have you made in your teaching to

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Well, I think one of the things well, when we were

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these students are spending on screen. So once once the

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together because we're all masked up and we're six feet

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just trying to get them off the zoom screen. So hands on

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And, and one of the things that, that caught my eye

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Yeah, so I think, you know, it's funny, my career,

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projector, and there was one computer that was wheeled around

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know, a tremendous grow from virtually zero technology to,

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everyone. So, for me, it's, it was, you know, I wasn't afraid

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wet, so to speak. So I'm to the point now, where I definitely

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As you get older is the technology will harder to keep

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I find sometimes it changes so quickly, you know,

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So for me, it was always the changes were happening so fast.

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that's something that is really stuck. So I feel like at least

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been nice to finally find something that we can just

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those tools. And so that, for me, has been something I've

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. You have a really amazing summer workshops and

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All right. Well, sure. It's a long story. And And

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football, so we were always outside, so but what little time

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putting on the Saturday morning cartoons and dumping that bin of

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school, you know, the Legos just sat in a bin, you know, in the

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sell Lego kits to the schools. I think you've actually used some

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with other districts and the kids had to invent and it got

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Lego it was it was a dream come true for me. So um, so that's

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was looking for someone to come run the Lego program for their

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was kind of a new new thing. So Lego had been around for a

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this was in Beverly, Massachusetts is where they were

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the house where I grew up. So um, so that got so that was

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of a perfect, perfect match for me in the summertime. And then

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and I was like, wow, I need a job. So I needed to have a job

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Hudson. I'm a fourth grade teacher. I've been teaching for

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thing they they put me up in their summer brochure. And it

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pretty soon word spread other towns that hey, you know, can

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probably four or five, six weeks of summer. And eventually I was

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The running joke over the is like a rock star. You have

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Yeah, it was so it was it's a great it's a fun, you

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should hold on to my baseball cards and my Lego that was it.

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just that the perfect job for me is teaching children and I'm

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And and the name you coined was Seacoast Technology

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Yeah, I kind of just worked as a sole

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it's 12 or 13 miles of coastline. So we're kind of

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Workshops. I did eventually morph into computer coding and

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And there were more people who are offering to run these Lego

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fall, and the school year I'm teaching. So a lot of that, you

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So I started teaching video game designing and coding to kids.

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you know, I took out a small loan, and invested in a whole

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towns don't want other people using their equipment and

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anywhere, so that that part was was great for me.

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What's your target audiences is it upper

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That's a great question. So for me, I've always

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one through six, I don't typically, you know, draw too

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has used Lego before, right, they have Lego at home, this is

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probably built Lego, you know, many, many times in their life,

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whole new dimension to building when you can actually make

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environment. You know, the when the kids can interact, so every

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also there's a lot of learning going on as well. So what's

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just maybe they're learning to play. And, you know, we're

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plastic, let's try to reduce the friction. So I do always try to

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they bring their creation, to life. And again, and having

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And as a dad of two daughters, grades three and

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I would say a typical class maybe I would

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the Lego Friends sets as well. So it's, it's certainly great to

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friend sets because their friend sets have brought a whole new

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That's great. Nice to see you getting a new audience that

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and June? And the regular school year?

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Yeah, I do. You know, it's funny one thing that

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basically canceled, right? Nobody was planning in person

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But what it did do is this fall, as I realized, Hey, I can

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me and made me realize that there are ways to do what I do

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And for anyone in our audience. Kevin, do you have any

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going?

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I would say key is to find a passion you know, find

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that that's I would start there is a there is a big market out

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clamoring to get their kids back into those face to face programs

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reaching out to a lot of town recreation departments. So

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home. So that's how I might recommend people get started is

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And for listeners in our immediate area, Kevin, how would

Kevin Husson: 00:30:40

Yeah, so thanks. Sure. So I maintain a Facebook

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we're planning summer. Again, assuming everything is safe, and

Mr. S: 00:31:14

Okay, and we will add those links in the description

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Yeah, you know, I have to say I really I like

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Friday. So

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I knew they were three clunkers in a row there, Kevin,

Kevin Husson: 00:31:47

Well, yeah, that you know, I think I you know, I

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Well, I may have to book you again in July for a little

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it's great Original Six matchup, that's for sure. You know, I

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payback, right. So if something is brewing in the first game,

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Keith. It was really a pleasure. This was my

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I feel the same I feel I listen to numbers gonna go

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Well, I really, honestly their real purpose for

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thanks for joining us on Get Schooled with Mr. S.

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Now it's time for my raise your hand portion of the show where

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GetSchooledwithmrs@gmail.com. So raise your hand and join the

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Mr. S, I questioned the accuracy of Miss Baker's story about Lou

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Our next question comes from James in Arizona. I am concerned

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make up for a tough year of school. Thanks, and I'm enjoying

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Thanks for raising your hand. James. I think a lot of parents

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catastrophic. So to that end, don't stress your son or

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also highly recommended over the summer. So James, I really thank

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