computer science at your school
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Information about the importance of bring computer science to public schools, early and often.TRANSCRIPT
- 1. The Importance of Bringing CS to YOUR School Steve Svetlik, Deerfield High School Erica Roberts, Young Womens Leadership Charter School
- 2. Introductions
- 3. Heard about the Hour of Code?
- 4. Computer Science is More than Technology Literacy
- 5. CS Teaches: Design Logical Reasoning Problem Solving Ability to Create & Adapt New Technologies
- 6. The New 21st Literacy??
- 7. CS Means Rewarding Careers Five of the fastest growing occupations are computing By 2016 there will be 1.5 million computing related jobs available Computing related jobs are among the highest entry level salaries of any bachelors degree Money Magazine 100 Best Jobs
- 8. Jobs will be plentiful!
- 9. A Chance to Improve Diversity
- 10. CS is where math and art collide.
- 11. Plus it's fun!!!
- 12. So Why Are Schools Not Offering More CS to Students? Reason 1: Not a subject on a standardized test?
- 13. So Why Are Schools Not Offering More CS to Students? Reason 2: Too hard/time-consuming for teachers to learn how to teach? There are LOTS of resources at different levels: http://list.ly/list/Eqv-resources-for-teaching-coding
- 14. So Why Are Schools Not Offering More CS to Students? Reason 3: No clearly-defined curriculum or lack of professional resources?
- 15. Questions? More info? Want this presentation? Steve Svetlik Deerfield High School Mathematics and CS (224)632-3232 [email protected] http://svetlik.weebly.com http://svetlikapcs.blogspot. com Erica Roberts YWLCS Technology Curriculum (312)949-4971 [email protected] http://about.me/iteachco mputers