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CODING PAGE 2015
This document discusses coding and why learning to code is important. It argues that coding teaches important skills like problem solving and that there is a high demand for coders. It provides various resources for learning to code like websites, books, and games. It encourages learning to code for both its practical benefits and to unlock one's creativity.
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CODING PAGE 2015
- 1. CODING brianhousand.com/page2015 IT MAY BETHE CLOSEST THING WE HAVE TO A SUPERPOWER
- 2. SLIDES AND RESOURCESAVAILABLE AT brianhousand.com/page2015
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- 16. Everybody in this countryshould learn how to program a computer because it teaches you how to think. - Steve Jobs
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- 23. “Learning to write programs stretchesyour mind and helps you think better, creates a way of thinking about things that I think is helpful in all domains.”
- 24. Even if yourkids don’t go on to code for living, a basic understanding of programming concepts improves problem-solving and thinking skills which are both transferable and empowering.
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- 30. 1 MILLION MORE CSJOBS THAN COMPUTER SCIENTISTS TO FILL THEM
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- 44. MECHANISMS OF MOTIVATION CONTROL CHALLENGE CURIOSITY COOPERATION COMPETITION Housand,B. C. & Housand, A. M. (2012). The role of technology in gifted students’ motivation. Psychology in the Schools, 49(7), 706-715.
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- 52. 0.4%OF FEMALE COLLEGEFRESHMAN PLAN ON MAJORING IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
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- 56. Go ahead…. TELL ME ICAN’T!
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- 59. EXPERTS AT What? creativity communication collaboration problemsolving Task commitment navigation
- 60. “There is nothing that isNOT possible.”
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- 62. UNLIMITED You can makeit into whatever you want it to be.
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- 78. I used tothink… But now, I think…
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- 80. THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THOSEWHO CODE
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