Instructional Material: Coding Video: The Importance of Learning to Program

Submitted by Matt Bell on 27 February, 2013 - 12:04

This engaging and well produced video gives a great perspective on the importance of learning programming (coding). Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Will.i.am and others describe how learning to program is the closest thing we have to possessing a superpower. It tells how there are over 1 million unfilled programming jobs and shows the cool facilities that high tech companies build to attract talent (nobody asking "do you want fries with that?" in these jobs). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKIu9yen5nc

Material Type: 
Lecture/Presentation
Education Level: 
Middle School
High School
Focus Subject: 
Computing / Computer Science
Engineering
Robotics Software
Technology
HW Platform: 
Any
SW Platform: 
Any
Interactivity Style: 
Expositive