We will be learning and becoming skilled in the basics of Python programming. The goal of this series is for you to be able to code basic Python games and programs with confidence. As of now, I plan for there to be eight main sessions: Week 1: Introduction to programming, software needed to code Python, debugging, commenting, first program (print statement) Week 2: Introduce input function, values & data types, and operators & operands Week 3: For loop & while loop Week 4: Functions Week 5: Conditionals Week 6: Strings, lists, tuples Week 7: Files & dictionaries Week 8: Challenge problems & final assessment These sessions will take place every Sunday beginning Sunday, November 26, from 4 PM (CT) to 5:10 PM (CT). There will not be a session on December 24 due to my circumstances, and there may or may not be one session on December 31 (depending on if learners are going to celebrate the holidays and want a break). To make things easier for high school students who are studying for their semester finals, I plan for sessions 3 & 4 to be shorter than normal sessions, perhaps around 40 - 50 minutes each, depending on the needs of the learners. Additionally, I will be hosting Office Hour sessions every week for when we have a lesson beginning Saturday, December 2, for providing any help needed for (optional but recommended) homework/practice problems I will provide. Office hour sessions will last from 4 PM (CT) to 5 PM (CT). Additional help sessions can also be requested. Requirements: - Internet connection - A computer or somewhere you can type code Having a notebook or somewhere to jot down important notes is advised for this series. However, I will also post the slides I use to teach each session, so that learners can refer back to them when necessary. The schedule for these sessions is subject to modification according to the needs of the learners. At the end of each session, I will provide a google form for any feedback a learner may wish to provide, and modify my series accordingly.