Here are nine questions that the Infosys Foundation USA is dedicated to exploring and solving. In October 2015 we convened the top thinkers in computer science education to discuss how to bridge the digital divide.

1. Nine Questions that Matter

2. We support the development of high-quality
computer science and coding education with a
focus on underserved communities.

3. Infosys Foundation USA hosted its inaugural
CrossRoads event at Stanford University. This
event, for the first time, convened more than 50
educators, policymakers, and nonprofit leaders to
reimagine computer science education in
America.

4. Over the course of two days we employed design
thinking principles to discuss how we could
address the most pressing topics.

5. Alan Kay, educator and computer science
pioneer, encouraged us to not only re-think the
way we teach children but to question the
underlying assumptions on which our current
education system was built.

6. However, the day made us think about powerful
questions, not premature solutions. And we came
up with many thought provoking questions…

7. How might we make learning computer science
more enjoyable and hands-on? How might we
make it more immersive and experiential?

8. How might we balance practicality with creativity
as we seek to improve access to computer
science education?

9. How might we inspire children through the spirit of
making to become the creators not just the
consumers of technology?

10. How might we embed computer science
education within existing, seemingly unrelated,
curricula such as art, music, or chemistry?

11. How might we lower the pressure of grades in
coding classes and instead increase engagement
whilst delivering more tangible learning?

12. How might we empower communities as well as
classrooms?

13. How might we enrich technology education with a
broader set of perspectives? Ethics and a sense
of community are important.

14. How might we enable mentorship and have it to
be valued as much as sponsorship?

15. How might we learn from the best of the past, but
have our children’s future be more than just an
increment of it?

16. These are some of the questions that
Infosys Foundation USA
is dedicated to exploring and solving.
Join us in our journey.
www.infosys.org/usa
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