Brian Housand, Ph.D. brianhousand.com

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

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

16. INTERFACERS
PROGRAMERS

18. WHAT
IS IT?

19. WHY

20. 1 MILLION MORE
CS JOBS THAN
COMPUTER SCIENTISTS
TO FILL THEM

23. $60,000 FIRST YEAR SALARY

25. HOW

26. 10,000
HOURS

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

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

30. SURVIVAL
OR
CREATIVE

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

32. CONSUMERS
PRODUCERS

33. gamestarmechanic.com

37. code.org/learn

38. 0.4% OF FEMALE COLLEGE FRESHMAN PLAN
ON MAJORING IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

41. www.truthandtrolls.com

43. Go ahead….
TELL ME
I CAN’T!

48. appinventor.mit.edu

50. 400,000
DOWNLOADS!

52. codecademy.com

53. codehunt.com

54. kodugamelab.com

55. khanacademy.org/computig/cs

56. stemchallenge.org

57. play-i.com

58. littlebits.cc

59. 59

61. THE FUTURE
BELONGS TO
THOSE WHO CODE