Brian Housand, Ph.D. brianhousand.com

1. CODING
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IT MAY BE THE CLOSEST THING
WE HAVE TO A SUPERPOWER

2. SLIDES AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE AT
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4. Brian
H E L L O
My name is

16. Everybody in this
country should learn how
to program a computer
because it teaches you
how to think.
- Steve Jobs

17. WHAT
IS IT?

18. EVENTAn action that
causes something
to happen.

20. PROGRAMERS
INTERFACERS

23. “Learning to
write programs
stretches your
mind and helps
you think
better, creates a
way of thinking
about things that I
think is helpful in
all domains.”

24. Even if your kids
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.

27. developer.apple.com/xcode

28. bit.ly/stanford-xcode

29. WHY

30. 1 MILLION MORE
CS JOBS THAN
COMPUTER SCIENTISTS
TO FILL THEM

33. $60,000FIRST YEAR SALARY

35. HOW

38. code.org/learn

39. CREATIVITY

41. EVENTAn action that
causes something
to happen.

42. EVENTIS ANOTHER’S
ONE PERSON’S
REACTION

43. MOTIVATION

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.

49. appinventor.mit.edu

51. 400,000
DOWNLOADS!

52. 0.4%OF FEMALE COLLEGE FRESHMAN PLAN
ON MAJORING IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

54. www.truthandtrolls.com

56. Go ahead….
TELL ME
I CAN’T!

57. HOURS
10,000

59. EXPERTS AT What?
creativity
communication
collaboration
problem solving
Task commitment
navigation

60. “There is
nothing
that is NOT
possible.”

61. SURVIVAL
OR
CREATIVE

62. UNLIMITED
You can make it into
whatever you want it to be.

63. CONSUMERS
PRODUCERS

64. gamestarmechanic.com

66. stemchallenge.org

67. stemchallenge.org

68. codecademy.com

69. codehunt.com

70. kodugamelab.com

71. khanacademy.org/computig/cs

72. stemchallenge.org

73. play-i.com

74. littlebits.cc

75. 75

77. visiblethinkingpz.org

78. I used to think…
But now, I think…

79. ExcitedWorries
Need to Know
Stance or Suggestion
for Moving Forward

80. THE FUTURE
BELONGS TO
THOSE WHO
CODE

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