And you would think they'd be complete polar opposites or they'd be different, but that creativity in your mind is the same, whether it's programming or whether it's art, being creative and thinking. And at one point I realized they both kind of felt the same to me. So I did a lot of art, I did a lot of programming. So first I wanted to be an artist, and then I saw my first computer in school, in grade school, and then I wanted to be a programmer. This was way before the Apple II came out in the late seventies. It was like maybe you saw computers in the movies or on TV, but they were all fake. When I was a kid, when people would ask me, what do you want to do when you grow up, I'd say, I want to be an artist, because there was no such thing as a computer programmer back then. Well, it's kind of interesting because I got started as an artist. ![]() Now, coming from a family of "artists", and here you are, people would maybe look at computer science and program writing as the opposite of art, but how do you combat that misconception? So it's much more engaging for children and actually it's a little bit more fun to work on than just plain old boring business software. So instead of just educational software, the spin on it is, it is an educational game. And one of our products is a piano teaching game. So the passion for teaching and the passion for video games kind of came together into this educational software company, The Prodigy Factory. And I also had a passion for video games. And I have a passion for teaching because of that, because my family and our friends are all teachers. And so, of course, I didn't know when I should stop going to school, so I just kept going forever. So my dad was a high school art teacher and my mother was a grade school art teacher, and all of their friends were teachers. Well, I come from a family of teachers, which wasn't always a good thing when you're growing up, but in retrospect, it's a great thing actually. So why don't you tell our audience how you got into the homeschool field? ![]() And as a homeschool mom myself, I'm always looking for ways to spark creativity in my youngest child that's still at home homeschooling with me. I am interested in this concept of how music really does help creativity in the mind, in the brain. We're going to be discussing how music can awaken your child's imagination and introduce you to a product that might just be helpful in engaging your child in wanting to learn music. In today's episode, I am joined by Dana Dominiak. I'm your host, Janna Koch, and the community manager at BookShark.
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