Pamela Fox: Learner, Creator, Teacher

A talk given to Melbourne Grammar School girls in April 2017, about my life- how I got into tech, my many jobs in it, and what I do now.

Transcript

1. THE STORY OF PAMELA FOX: LEARNER, TEACHER, CREATOR
2. WHERE IT ALL BEGAN....
3. MY DAD
4. MY MUM
5. MY GEEKY CHILDHOOD NOT THE USUAL PAINTINGS...
6. COMPUTERS EVERYWHERE
7. FASTEST INTERNET AROUND!
8. WINDOWS DOS, YAY
9. MY FIRST “CODE”
10. HOW I SPENT MY NEW YEARS VACATION
11. DIGITIZE ALL THE THINGS!
12. THE POWER OF THE WEB
13. Pamela Fox THE JAVA YEARS....
14. MY DAD GOT TOO EXCITED…
15. BUT I “REBELLED”... Arts & Crafts Volunteering Clubs Student Government
16. COLLEGE PICKING TIME! 11TH GRADE.
17. A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS... - Event Planning (with Computers) - Graphic Design (with Computers) - Newspaper layout (with Computers) - Computer Programming - Website Development COMPUTERS,
    COMPUTERS,
    COMPUTERS.
    
18. WHERE?
19. WHERE?
20. A DIVERSE FOUR YEARS
21. COMPUTER SCIENCE + LINGUISTICS
22. COMPUTER SCIENCE + ANIMATION
23. COMPUTER SCIENCE + GAMES
24. SIDE PROJECTS!
25. IT’S JOB FINDING TIME!
    SUMMER AFTER SENIOR YEAR.
26. Programming Communication Visual Arts ?
27. WHAT JOB TITLE FITS? - Games Programmer? - UX Engineer? - Web Developer? - Technical Director?
28. “DEVELOPER ADVOCATE”
29. HELPING PEOPLE MAKE MAPS
30. 20% TIME MY SIDE PROJECT
31. TALKS AROUND THE WORLD Japan Australia Singapore France Brazil Philippines
32. MY YEAR OF “HERMIT HACKING”
33. SO MANY APPS TO MAKE!
34. I STARTED OFF AT HOME
35. THEN I TRIED OUT CAFES
36. I DECIDED TO JOIN A “CO-WORKING SPACE”
37. BUT I FELT LONELY.
38. I MISSED WORKING AT A COMPANY.
39. THE HUNT BEGINS AGAIN!
40. Creating Teaching Learning ? WHAT DO I WANT TO DO?
41. MORE SPECIFICALLY.... - Developer Advocate? - Exercise Designer? - Instructional Ops? - Training Consultant? - Engineer?? - Adobe? - Mozilla? - Khan Academy? - Codecademy?
42. “FRONTEND ENGINEER” I CODED SO MUCH.
43. I LEARNED SO MUCH.
44. WHAT ABOUT TEACHING?
45. GIRLDEVELOPIT!
46. BUT I WANTED MORE!
47. “COMPUTING CURRICULUM LEAD” 140+ HOURS OF CURRICULUM (VIDEOS, CHALLENGES, PROJECTS)
48. A CREATIVE COMPANY
49. 3 YEARS LATER, IT WAS TIME TO MOVE ON.
50. Creating Teaching Learning ?
51. THE CONNECTION SOCIETY INVENTING EVENTS CREATING A COMPANY TEACHING NEW THINGS
52. BURNING MAN FESTIVAL FROM DESIGN TO FUNDRAISING TO REALITY!
53. 4 MONTH BUDDHIST RETREAT LEARNING ABOUT MY MIND
54. IT’S HOME IMPROVEMENT TIME! HARDWARE PROJECTS LASER CUTTING INSTRUCTABLES
55. THIS SUMMER: CAMP TEACHER, MAKER TRACK
56. YOU CAN LEARN THE SKILLS THAT WILL EMPOWER YOU TO CREATE THE IDEAS IN YOUR HEAD. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN? WHAT WILL YOU CREATE?