1. The Computer
Science Imperative
TCEA CS Academy
July 2015
@HalSpeed @TACSEd

2. Index of Changing Work Tasks in the U.S. Economy 1960-2009
2 Source: http://content.thridway.org/publications/714/Dancing-With-Robots.pdf
IndexValue:1960=50

3. Jobs Shifting in the Digital Era
3
Agrarian Workers
(farmers) Industrial Workers
(manufacturing) Creative/Digital Workers
(knowledge & technology)
Source: Richard Florida, Rise of the Creative Class (2002) and Dan Taylor (2013)

4. 4 Source: http://www.weforum.org/reports/new-vision-education-unlocking-potential-technology
4. ICT literacy – Ability to
use and create
technology-based
content, including
finding and sharing
information, answering
questions, interacting
with other people and
computer programming

5. Why I started TACSE
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6. State Government
Principals and Administrators
Teachers & Counselors
Elementary
School
Middle
School
High
School
Post-
Secondary
School
Federal Government
Community
Citizens
Parents
Employers
Students
Public Education is a Complex System
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7. TACSE Objectives
7
“Traditional” CS
Students
Everyone Else,
the
“Digitally Illiterate”
Digital Jobs
Everyone Becomes
“Literate” in the
Digital Society
1B
1A
Teach every
student the
foundational
understanding of
computer science
Increase
the number
of students
pursuing digital
careers

8. 1A. Teach every student the
foundational understanding of
computer science
8

9. 9
Computer Science

10. 10
Computer Programming

11. 11
Software Implementation

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14. 1B. Increase the number of
students pursuing digital careers
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15. 15 Source: Code.org

16. 16 Source: Code.org

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18. What Happened to Women in Computer Science?
18

19. Computer Science is the Fastest Growing AP
Course of the 2010s
19 Source: Code.org, College Board

20. Information Technology Industry Trends
20 Source: http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends/information-technology-industry

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26. 26 Source: http://austintechnologycouncil.org/atc-shares-preliminary-findings-of-tech-talent-study/

27. Top Hard Skills in Demand
27
http://www.austinchamber.com/education-talent/job-market/june-2015.php
Skills in demand for available jobs in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos MSA from May 14, 2015 to June 13, 2015

28. Texas Required High School Curriculum
 English language arts (5)
 Mathematics (5)
 Science (6)
 Social Studies (5)
 Physical Education (2)
 Fine Arts (8)
 Career and Technical Education (12)
 Language Other than English (3)
 Speech (1)…
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29. 74.3(b)(2)(I) Tech App Curriculum Requirement – every district must offer, and
74.3(b)(4) each student must have the opportunity to participate in the following:
Computer Science I
AP Computer Scienceor
At least two (2) of the following:
• Computer Science III
• Digital Art and Animation
• Digital Communications in the 21st
Century
• Digital Design and Media
Production
• Digital Forensics
• Digital Video and Audio Design
• Discrete Mathematics for
Computer Science
• Fundamentals of Computer Science
• Game Programming and Design
• Independent Study in
Evolving/Emerging Technologies
• Independent Study in Technology
Applications
• Mobile Application Development
• Robotics Programming and Design
• 3-D Modeling and Animation
• Web Communications
• Web Design
• Web Game Development
Computer Science II
…and Technology Applications (4)
29 Source: http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter074/ch074a.html

30. Texas Computer Science Task Force
Met on Oct 8, 2014 at Austin
Chamber of Commerce
15 people representing CS
teachers, edtech business,
higher ed, TCEA, CTAT,
Code.org, College Board, ISD
leaders and policymakers
Built consensus around key
barriers and recommendations
Building the Texas
Computer Science Pipeline
Strategic Recommendations
for Success
Carol L. Fletcher, Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
http://www.thetrc.org/computer-science-resources/
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31. Texas Computer Science Task Force
31 Source: Carol Fletcher, Building the Texas Computer Science Pipeline

32. Texas Teacher Certification: Computer Science 8-12
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015*
Annual New Net Total
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Source: https://secure.sbec.state.tx.us/Reports/prodrpts/rpt_edu_tchr_prod_counts.asp
* Sept 2014-Apr 2015, all other years Sept-Aug

33. Texas Teacher Certification: Computer Science 8-12
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
2000
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015*
Annual New Net Total
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Source: https://secure.sbec.state.tx.us/Reports/prodrpts/rpt_edu_tchr_prod_counts.asp
* Sept 2014-Apr 2015, all other years Sept-Aug

34. CS Offerings in Texas 2013-14
Based on data obtained
from Teacher FTE Counts
and Course Enrollment
Reports
PEIMS # Course FTEs Student
Enrollment
03580200 Computer Science I 68.47 9,132
03580300 Computer Science II 13.14 879
A3580100 AP Computer Science A 51.54 5,572
TOTAL 133.15 15,583
Source: http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/adhocrpt/adfte.html34

35. cs10kcommunity.org/projects code.org/learn
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37. texascomputerscience.weebly.com thetrc.org/computer-science-resources
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38. Recruitment and Clubs
 ncwit.org
 yeswecode.org
 starsalliance.org
 madewithcode.com
 cs-first.com
 blackgirlscode.com
 girlswhocode.com
 girlstart.org
 coderdojo.com
 ngcproject.org
 codenow.org
 techgirlz.org
 girlsintech.org
 tech-girls.org
 code2040.org
 projectcsgirls.com
 girldevelopit.com
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40. Thank you!
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41. 41
Productivity
Grows
Wages
Increase
Workers Buy
More
Companies
Hire More
Tax Revenue
Increases
Government
Invests More
Workers
Better
Educated
Economy
Expands
Virtuous
Cycle
Source: Inequality for All

42. Program or Be Programmed
Digital technology is programmed. This makes it biased toward those
with the capacity to write the code. In a digital age, we must learn how
to make the software, or risk becoming the software. It is not too
difficult or too late to learn the code behind the things we use—or at
least to understand that there is code behind their interfaces.
Otherwise, we are at the mercy of those who do the programing, the
people paying them, or even the technology itself.
42 Source: Douglas Rushkoff, Program or Be Programmed

43. The Cyber Revolution
A new era of production has begun. Its principles of organization are as
different from those of the industrial era as those of the industrial era
were different from the agricultural. The cybernation revolution has
been brought about by the combination of the computer and the
automated self-regulating machine. This results in a system of almost
unlimited production capacity which requires progressively less human
labor. Cybernation is already reorganizing the economic and social
system to meet its own needs.
43 Source: http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/coll/pauling/peace/papers/1964p.7-01.html