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Programming is Awesome
Pamela Fox
March 25, 2015
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Programming is Awesome
A talk presented at the TEALS CS Opportunity Fair to 400 high school students.
Pamela Fox
March 25, 2015
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Transcript
PROGRAMMING IS AWESOME ! ! by pamela fox [“hip”, “hip”]
HOW’D I GET INTO IT?
WE WERE SURROUNDED.
WINDOWS DOS, FTW
AND THUS IT BEGINS...
HOW I SPENT MY NEW YEARS VACATION
THE POWER OF THE WEB
DIGITIZE ALL THE THINGS!
SCHOOL PROJECTS
CYBERCLUB
WHY I LOVE PROGRAMMING #1 It’s creative
COLLEGE PICKING TIME! 11TH GRADE.
A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS... - Event Planning (+
Computers) - Graphic Design (+ Computers) - Language learning (+ Computers) - Newspaper layout (+ Computers) - Computer Programming - Website Development ! COMPUTERS, COMPUTERS, COMPUTERS.
WHERE? 3D Animation Linguistics Computer Science
COMPUTER SCIENCE + LINGUISTICS
COMPUTER SCIENCE + ANIMATION
COMPUTER SCIENCE + GAMES
SIDE PROJECTS!
WHY I LOVE PROGRAMMING #2 It’s interdisciplinary
IT’S JOB FINDING TIME! SUMMER AFTER SENIOR YEAR.
“DEVELOPER ADVOCATE” THE YEARS
THE YEARS
20% TIME THE YEARS
THE YEARS Japan Australia Singapore France Brazil Philippines
WHY I LOVE PROGRAMMING #3 It’s fun to teach
THE HACKING YEAR
THE YEAR
THE YEARS
OUR TEAM
http://life.khanacademy.org/ WE EAT…
WE BOND… http://life.khanacademy.org/
WE CELEBRATE! http://life.khanacademy.org/
WHY I LOVE PROGRAMMING #4 It’s collaborative
WHY PROGRAMMING IS AWESOME Collaborative Creative Fun to teach Interdisciplinary
…for me
WHY PROGRAMMING IS AWESOME …for other people Sarah Northway: Creates
games Bill Mills: Visualizes physics Tom Heinan: Makes medical apps Carrie Cai: Researches learning
WHAT WILL MAKE PROGRAMMING AWESOME FOR *YOU*? @pamelafox