Programming is Awesome

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1. PROGRAMMING IS AWESOME ! ! by pamela fox [“hip”, “hip”]

2. HOW’D I GET INTO IT?

3. WE WERE SURROUNDED.

4. WINDOWS DOS, FTW

5. AND THUS IT BEGINS...

6. HOW I SPENT MY NEW YEARS VACATION

7. THE POWER OF THE WEB

8. DIGITIZE ALL THE THINGS!

9. SCHOOL PROJECTS

10. CYBERCLUB

11. WHY I LOVE PROGRAMMING #1 It’s creative

12. COLLEGE PICKING TIME! 11TH GRADE.

13. 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.
    

14. WHERE? 3D Animation Linguistics Computer Science

15. COMPUTER SCIENCE + LINGUISTICS

16. COMPUTER SCIENCE + ANIMATION

17. COMPUTER SCIENCE + GAMES

18. SIDE PROJECTS!

19. WHY I LOVE PROGRAMMING #2 It’s interdisciplinary

20. IT’S JOB FINDING TIME!
    SUMMER AFTER SENIOR YEAR.

21. “DEVELOPER ADVOCATE” THE YEARS

22. THE YEARS

23. 20% TIME THE YEARS

24. THE YEARS Japan Australia Singapore France Brazil Philippines

25. WHY I LOVE PROGRAMMING #3 It’s fun to teach

26. THE HACKING YEAR

27. THE YEAR

28. THE YEARS

29. OUR TEAM

30. http://life.khanacademy.org/ WE EAT…

31. WE BOND… http://life.khanacademy.org/

32. WE CELEBRATE! http://life.khanacademy.org/

33. WHY I LOVE PROGRAMMING #4 It’s collaborative

34. WHY PROGRAMMING IS AWESOME Collaborative Creative Fun to teach Interdisciplinary

    …for me

35. WHY PROGRAMMING IS AWESOME …for other people Sarah Northway: Creates

    games Bill Mills: Visualizes physics Tom Heinan: Makes medical apps Carrie Cai: Researches learning

36. WHAT WILL MAKE PROGRAMMING AWESOME FOR *YOU*? @pamelafox