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1. SPARKING INNOVATION
GIFTED KIDS, CREATIVITY AND CODE
BRIAN HOUSAND LCAHURRISI TKIIER RSCAHY

2. SPARKING INNOVATION
GIFTED KIDS, CREATIVITY AND CODE
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10. INTERFACERS
PROGRAMERS

12. Everybody in this
country should learn how
to program a computer
because it teaches you
how to think.
- Steve Jobs

13. WHY

14. Top Ten
Skills to Cultivate
in your Gifted Child
1. Grit
2. Resiliency
3. Optimism
4. Self-Control
5. Enjoyment of Solitude
6. Finding Meaningfulness in Learning
7. Working on the Edge of One’s Competency
8. Being an Autonomous, Autodidactic Learner
9. Learning to Deal with Stress & Control Anxiety
10. Developing Appropriate Attitudes Toward Work & Ability
Paula
Olszewski-­‐Kubilius
-­‐
Parenting
for
High
Potential,
March/April
2013

15. Even if your kids
don’t go on to code
for living, a basic
understanding of
programming
concepts improves
problem-solving
and thinking skills
which are both
transferable and
empowering.

16. “Learning to
write programs
stretches your
mind and helps
you think
better, creates a
way of thinking
about things that
I think is helpful
in all domains.”

20. 1 MILLION MORE
CS JOBS THAN
COMPUTER SCIENTISTS
TO FILL THEM BY 2020

23. $60,000 FIRST YEAR SALARY

25. HOW

27. CREATIVITY

29. https://www.madewithcode.com/

31. MOTIVATION

32. MECHANISMS OF MOTIVATION
CONTROL
CHALLENGE
CURIOSITY
COOPERATION
COMPETITION
Housand, B. C. & Housand, A. M. (2012). The role of technology in gifted students’ motivation.
Psychology in the Schools, 49(7), 706-715.

33. www.truthandtrolls.com

35. Go ahead….
TELL ME
I CAN’T!

40. appinventor.mit.edu

42. 400,000
DOWNLOADS!

45. Key Ideas and Details
Craft and Structure
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Production and Distribution of Writing
Research to Build and Present Knowledge
Comprehension and Collaboration
Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas

46. 1 Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
3 Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of
others.
4 Model with mathematics.
5 Use appropriate tools strategically.
6 Attend to precision.
7 Look for and make use of structure.
8 Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

48. code.org/learn

53. csedweek.org

55. THE FUTURE
BELONGS TO
THOSE WHO CODE

56. SPARKING INNOVATION
GIFTED KIDS, CREATIVITY AND CODE
BRIAN HOUSAND LCAHURRISI TKIIER RSCAHY