Brian Housand Ph.D.

1. CODING
brianhousand.com/megt2015
IT MAY BE THE CLOSEST THING
WE HAVE TO A SUPERPOWER

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

15. PROGRAMERS
INTERFACERS

17. WHAT
IS IT?

18. “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.”

21. developer.apple.com/xcode

22. bit.ly/Stanford-App-Class

23. WHY

24. 1 MILLION MORE
CS JOBS THAN
COMPUTER SCIENTISTS
TO FILL THEM

27. $60,000FIRST YEAR SALARY

29. HOW

30. HOURS
10,000

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

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

34. SURVIVAL
OR
CREATIVE

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

36. CONSUMERS
PRODUCERS

37. gamestarmechanic.com

41. code.org/learn

42. CREATIVITY

44. MOTIVATION

45. 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.

46. 0.4%OF FEMALE COLLEGE FRESHMAN PLAN
ON MAJORING IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

49. www.truthandtrolls.com

51. Go ahead….
TELL ME
I CAN’T!

56. appinventor.mit.edu

58. 400,000
DOWNLOADS!

59. stemchallenge.org

60. stemchallenge.org

61. codecademy.com

62. codehunt.com

63. kodugamelab.com

64. khanacademy.org/computig/cs

65. stemchallenge.org

66. play-i.com

67. littlebits.cc

68. 68

70. THE FUTURE
BELONGS TO
THOSE WHO
CODE