Keynote presentation by Sarah Young of the Utah State Office of Education at the 2016 Powering Learning Through Computational Thinking.

1. HOW #CSFORALL BECOMES
#CSFORMYSTUDENTS
SARAH YOUNG
U T A H S T A T E O F F I C E O F E D U C A T I O N / S T E M A C T I O N C E N T E R
@ Y O U N G U T S C I E N C E
S A R A H . Y O U N G @ S C H O O L S . U T A H . G O V

2. H O W D O Y O U S C A L E
I N N O V A T I O N ?
A M O D E L F O R C O N S I D E R A T I O N :

3. LESSON #1: DESIGN FOR THE FUTURE,
NOT FOR TODAY
• Innovation requires VISION
• The App Store did not exist
at the time the iPhone
launched (it actually came
about a year later)
• This was not “playing it
safe”
• This was about designing
for the FUTURE as opposed
to TODAY
#1 – Do not be
stopped by existing
infrastructure in
education or policy

4. LESSON #2: START SMALL AND GROW
• iPhone originally only available on the
AT&T platform for the first five years
• Allowed for the platform to be honed and
refined before going large scale where
variation could kill the vision
• Also, provided a joint investment so
multiple companies were supporting the
vision of success
#2 – Target your launch sites

5. LESSON #3: MARKETING
• The original iPhone advertisement that debuted during
the Oscar broadcast 2007

6. LESSON #3: MARKETING

7. LESSON #3: MARKETING
• Know your audience
• It was about USING the iPhone, not the technical specs
• Who is our audience for Computer Science?
• This marketing already exists for #CSforALL

8. All resources from : https://code.org/promote

9. LESSON #3: MARKETING
All resources from : https://code.org/promote

10. LESSON #3: MARKETING
#3 – Build tools to communicate your
message.
The technology in
Jurassic World? Made
possible by computer
scientists.
Computer science
would have been a
better career path than
training raptors…
… but I can handle
it. I’m from
Minnesota.

11. LESSON #4: TRAILBLAZERS ARE KEY
• Early adopters are to be
embraced, supported,
and celebrated
• How many of you know
at least ONE amazing
teacher?
• Treat them well, what
you are asking is not
easy
#4 – This is you. CS Education needs you.

12. LESSON #5: TEAM EFFORT
• The vision had to spread beyond the “company” to
include other tech providers
• Information, training, communication, needs to be
accessible to stakeholders. This includes parents,
principals, students, universities, industry, after school
entities, museums, etc.
#5 – These are your friends. Collaboration
is key to Computer Science for all.

13. LESSON #6: SOCIAL MEDIA BUILDS
MOMENTUM
• New products are
regularly launched
using Facebook, Twitter,
Instagram, LinkedIn,
Snapchat, etc.
• #CSforAll – White
House Initiative

14. LESSON #6: SOCIAL MEDIA BUILDS
MOMENTUM
#6 – Tweet now, and often.
#CSforAll #STEM #MNSTEMConf @STEMUtah

15. LESSON #7: BE RELEVANT
• What is wrong with this image?
• “There’s an App for that.”
– Texting, Email, internet, cell
phone access, maps,
technological connectivity
toward global society
• College and career ready
expectations for all students
#7 – Would you do it?

16. LESSON #8: BE DIFFERENT
• The original iPhone introduced
new platform, a new interface, a
new system
• Ask your students – Different is
appealing
• When you claim similarity, it’s
easy to say “We already do
that.”
#8 – Embrace differences of CS
education.

17. LESSON #9: MULTIPLE ITERATIONS
ARE NECESSARY
• Just like our lesson plans, we need to constantly revisit the vision to
make improvements
• CS Education 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 3.0 S….
#9 – Try, try, and try again.

18. LESSON #10: ACCESS IS KEY
• Whether it’s price dropping or cost-effective models,
the model will only scale with a vision of access for ALL
• This means using free curriculum, finding innovative
ways to train teachers, building exposure and
experience in K-12, leveraging CTE and STEM
TOGETHER
#10 - CS ED NEEDS TO BE BUILT ON
ACCESS AND EQUITY

19. LESSON #10: ACCESS IS KEY
All resources from : https://code.org/promote

20. 10 THINGS CS EDUCATION NEEDS TO
BE SUCCESSFUL
LESSONS LEARNED FROM APPLE
#1 - DESIGN FOR THE FUTURE, NOT FOR TODAY
#2 - START SMALL AND GROW
#3 - MARKETING
#4 - TRAILBLAZERS
#5 - NEEDS TO BE A TEAM EFFORT
#6 - NEEDS SOCIAL MEDIA TO BUILD
MOMENTUM
#7 - BE RELEVANT
#8 - BE DIFFERENT
#9 - MULTIPLE ITERATIONS
#10 – BE BUILT ON ACCESS AND EQUITY
STEPS TO SCALE CS EDUCATION TO
YOUR STUDENTS
#1 – Don’t be stopped by existing infrastructure
in education or policy.
#2 – Target launch sites.
#3 – Tools to communicate the message.
#4 – This is you.
#5 – These are your friends.
#6 – Tweet now, and often.
#7 – Would you do it?
#8 – Embrace differences.
#9 – Try, try, and try again.
#10 – Include all your students. Engage ELL, GT,
FRL, YIC, etc.

21. WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IN
MINNESOTA?
• Who are your leaders?
• How do you get involved? How do you get others involved?
• Who are your partners?
• Where are your launch sites?
• Where can you give feedback to inform future iterations?
• What are your baseline access and equity metrics, and how do
you measure increases?

22. YES, UTAH CAN BE INNOVATIVE…
• We are using these themes to build a #CSforALL initiative as a
Code.org partner state.
• Nominate a teacher!
• K-6 Trainings are free, include GEAR and relicensure points, build into
existing elementary programs
• Middle School Science cohort includes teachers, district leaders, and
representatives from all our informal science education institutions.
• High school cohorts held spaces for Youth-In-Custody teachers
• Industry certification pathways and partnerships for high schools with
Department of Workforce Services
• Flyers to parents – “These schools are offering CS, is yours?”

23. WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IN
MINNESOTA?
• Who are your leaders?
• How do you get involved? How do you get others involved?
• Who are your partners?
• Where are your launch sites?
• Where can you give feedback to inform future iterations?
• What are your baseline access and equity metrics, and how do
you measure increases?

24. A FEW WORDS ABOUT
EXPERIENCE VS. ENTHUSIASM
•Back in my day…
•Hour of Code
•All hands on deck
•Welcome all teachers.
They are the key to
your future.

25. THANK YOU
Sarah Young sarah.young@schools.utah.gov @YoungUTScience
All resources from : https://code.org/promote