The Cloud Skills Show: IoT for Good
Tags: iot, azure, livestream
Published: 2020-12-10 18:35:49

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The Cloud Skills show is a livestream brought to you by the Microsoft Developer Relations team in the UK. Each week the team will bring guests from the around the world to talk about technical skills. We will cover the latest Microsoft Cloud news and announcements and introduce guests from communities across the tech ecosystem.

In this episode, we’re covering the Internet of Things (IoT). How can IoT change the world around us for the better? What are tech communities doing to build the makers of the future?

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In the show we met:

* [Pete Gallagher](www.twitter.com/pete_codes) is a Microsoft Certified Trainer, MVP and Pluralsight Author. He specialises in IoT and is an active community organiser being involved in 4 meetups, a weekly Twitch Stream and a Podcast. 

* [Pamela Cortez](www.twitter.com/AltaOhms) is an IoT Developer Advocate and runs IoT developer community outreach for Microsoft Azure loT. Her specialities are IoT, maker community, developer advocacy, electrical engineering, STEAM, hackathons, workshops, security, programming, and outreach. 

* [Paul DeCarlo](www.twitter.com/pjdecarlo) is a Sr. Cloud Developer Advocate for Microsoft and Professor for the Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston. His current technology interests focus on Internet of Things, Cloud Applications, and App Development. 

* [Amy Boyd](www.twitter.com/AmyKateNicho) is a Senior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft, working on the Scalable Content team. Amy is responsible for building AI content for Microsoft Events around the world.  

* [Clifford Agius](www.twitter.com/cliffordagius) is an Airline Pilot for a Major UK Airline flying Boeing 787s around the world. When not on the Flight Deck you can find him huddled over a laptop working on a DotNet, Xamarin or IOT project.  Microsoft MVP and International Speaker.

* [Adam Jackson](www.twitter.com/adamj89) is a Program Manager at Microsoft Developer Relations, responsible for working with communities in the UK and Europe, as well as producing the Cloud Skills show, amongst other projects. 

* Avye & Helene from [Girls into Coding](www.twitter.com/GirlsIntoCoding) - a fantastic non-profit organisation helping Girls aged 10-14 years learn more about the Internet of Things and be inspired to learn how to code.

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####Resources from today####

Paul:

|  Resource       | URL  |
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RetroPi Game Translator|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bNlURIcpo8 
AZ220 – All Around Azure IoT|https://aka.ms/allaroundazure-iot 
AZ220|https://aka.ms/az220iot 
AZ220 Learning Path|https://aka.ms/iotlp 
AZ220 – Certification Guide|https://aka.ms/iotcertguide 

Jen: 

|  Resource       | URL  |
| ------------- | -----:|
GitHub Page for Microsoft  IoT Makers|https://microsoft.github.io/makers/  
YouTube|https://youtu.be/jyz0ArPEsj4  

Pete: 

|  Resource       | URL  |
| ------------- | -----:|
MakeCode|https://makecode.com/ 
MakeCode Online Learning|https://makecode.com/online-learning 
MakeCode Twitch|https://www.twitch.tv/msmakecode 
MakeCode for Micro:Bit|https://makecode.microbit.org/ 
MakeCode Arcade|https://arcade.makecode.com/ 
Meowbit|https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/meowbit-codable-console-for-microsoft-makecode-arcade?variant=29482824040531 
Pluralsight|https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/microsoft-azure-iot-developer-create-configure-iot-hub 

Pamela: 

|  Resource       | URL  |
| ------------- | -----:|
Microsoft Learn - IoT|https://aka.ms/cs-learn-iot
MSFT IoT Devs|https://aka.ms/msiotdevs?WT.mc_id=IoT-MVP-5003506 
IoT Show|https://aka.ms/cs-iotshow
IoT Show Deep Dive|https://aka.ms/cs-iot-deepdive
Project 15|http://aka.ms/project15 
IoT Tech Community|https://aka.ms/iottechcommunity 
IoT Blog|https://aka.ms/cs-iot-blog
Face Masks Demo|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hYHoPwWyU4&list=PL4MjTp2sO83vT-FcbASQj_091AD5gcsfs&index=3&ab_channel=PeterGallagher 

 

Amy: 

|  Resource       | URL  |
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All Around Azure AI|https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/educator-developer-blog/ai-and-azure-learning-all-around-azure-nov-18th-2020/ba-p/1890799 

Cliff: 

|  Resource       | URL  |
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GitHub for the Handy project|https://github.com/CliffAgius?tab=repositories&q=handy&type=&language= 
Blog on the Building|https://www.cliffordagius.co.uk 
WildernessLabs|https://www.wildernesslabs.co 

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Every week we livestream on Microsoft's [Learn TV](https://aka.ms/cs-learntv) and you'll also be able to find the show on Twitter [@MSdevUK](https://www.twitter.com/msdevuk) and on the [Microsoft Developer UK YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAwjqkUtlqX5C6_scGRiclg) account. Join us for this show at these times each Thursday:

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|10pm|7.30pm|3pm|2pm|9am|6am|

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