A project for the York/Sheridan Information Design 2 class.

1. PROGRAMMING FOR
A BETTER FUTURE

2. INTRO
‟Digital literacy is now a fundamental
skill like reading and writing.”
http://goo.gl/dLydoL

3. By not exposing children to better
computer education students miss out
on their inner potential.
THE PROBLEM

4. 60K
THE PROBLEM - CANADIAN AVERAGE SALARIES
30K
Average Salary
University Degree
Software developers
http://goo.gl/Z93ZF7
http://goo.gl/ypW3tY
http://goo.gl/Cx565P

5. ‟Math isn’t [just] done by
mathematicians. it’s done by engineers,
biologists, archaeologists.”
THE PROBLEM - MATHEMATICS

6. 12-year-old app developer Thomas Suarez:
“For soccer, you can join a soccer team.
For violin you can get lessons. But where
do you go if you want to learn how to
make an app? Not many parents have
made an app before.”
THE PROBLEM - EDUCATIONAL AVAILABILITY

7. “Everyone in this country should learn
how to program a computer… because it
teaches you to think”
THE PROBLEM - LEARNING HOW TO THINK

8. THE SOLUTION
Programming for kids Grade 5+

9. THE SOLUTION - HIGH EMPLOYMENT POTENTIAL
100%
Average job growth
Programming jobs
Software developers
http://goo.gl/GtuFUj

10. THE SOLUTION - GENDER IMBALANCE IN IT http://goo.gl/GZy0qX
Males (80%)
Females (20%)
Male vs Female population
in the I.T. Industry

11. Help students to think
critically & analytically.
Learn how to solve
complex problems.
THE SOLUTION - LEARNING TO THINK

12. THE SOLUTION - CAUTION
Programming must not be presented
as a ‘difficult’ topic.

13. ROADMAP
evangelists
industry
professionals
education
boards

14. CLOSING
Teach kids to program,
give them a future.

15. Nathan Butler
Information Design 2
Gary Leroux
30 September, 2013