0:01 all right thank you all for coming here for this said
0:03 add announcement today my twin brother Allen I
0:07 at started Co .org as a hobby at it was a personal hobby to make a video to
0:12 inspire students to learn computer science
0:14 ten million views later my hobby has become a life mission
0:18 and the organization have one has now become a team of dozens
0:22 and before we go into the details of what we're doing akiko .org
0:26 I want to start by showing you a short video this is footage from the same
0:30 interviews
0:31 that led to the first code or video our first short film was based the intended
0:35 for
0:36 students as an inspiration this is a video in intended for
0:40 influencers whether among the media among the press
0:43 world leaders educators even teachers
0:46 software and computers I'll
0:51 a city that was just kinda secretary the world but now suffer touches all these
0:55 different things you use
0:56 nom I think if you looking everything I mean there's more phones and tablets and
1:00 laptops &
1:01 website is in everybody's own social media and I mean is just all these
1:06 different things and
1:07 everything is moving faster so I'm
1:11 just be in a position the kind of understand their language that's going
1:15 to be tough to future I mean I'm
1:17 I think it's a i think is a good thing to do it's absolutely crucial turn know
1:22 how to code
1:23 to understand how technology is built even if you don't choose to
1:27 you know make a living more be a full-time software developer
1:30 understanding how software works which something that affects
1:34 everything around you from your purchases to you know how you eat and
1:38 just how everything works nowadays
1:40 is really important to be able to know how it works so that you
1:45 are not serve a victim of other people's choices
1:48 it's important for these kids my right now starting it eight-years-old
1:52 book to be a citizen on this planet my make whatever country from
1:58 bring to remain Rycote in a few waiting to your
2:03 and adore you probably will never do it as tightly to paint learn how to program
2:07 it would be like
2:09 not learn how to read now dead the future would just be close to me
2:13 %uh when I think about what we're gonna be teaching in schools
2:16 live ten fifteen years from now I I definitely think that
2:19 computer science or at least %uh basic programming is going to be as important
2:23 as a skill
2:24 as be able to do basic reading and writing
2:28 %uh admin I think we're gonna look back and wonder why it took us so long to get
2:32 to that point
2:34 %uh
2:40 the thank you
2:46 he
2:50 so our first video had an insane reception and
2:53 at basie put me headlong into decision to basic commit my life to
2:57 make you really what Mark Zuckerberg said the and true
3:00 had and getting the something that we teach like reading writing and math
3:04 and the code or vision is that every school should teach computer science
3:08 and that every student should have a chance to study or at least
3:12 get some basic exposure and you know living in Silicon Valley
3:16 you don't need me to repeat the the reams of data that shows about them
3:19 million jobs gap for the opportunity to grow the the economy
3:23 at your people in Silicon Valley understand the real reason we're doing
3:26 this man I'm doing this is because it's the right thing to do we don't
3:30 look at job data when we decide to teachers students that red blood cells
3:33 carry oxygen
3:34 where the water is h2o or how to solve the quadratic equation
3:38 in a 21st century surrounded by technology computers every child needs
3:43 some basic awareness
3:44 a what it takes to to you know program a computer and create these technologies
3:48 so today we're announcing our first step on a long road to realizing that vision
3:53 we're announcing the hour of code this is a massive worldwide campaign
3:59 for computer science education week to Computer Science Education Week is the
4:03 second week of December
4:04 to celebrate the birthday of grace hopper a woman who's an early founders
4:09 computer science
4:10 and it's a congressional recognized internationally celebrated weekly you've
4:14 probably never heard have
4:15 and we're gonna be dialing up to 11 this year are
4:18 said this year what we're gonna be doing for computer science education week is
4:22 introducing 10 million students
4:24 to one hour up code and what that means is we're asking teachers
4:28 worldwide to take one hour during that week whether in English class math class
4:33 science class what not
4:34 to spend one hour that to teach basic basic computer science their students
4:39 and we're actually reaching beyond the classroom not only to after school to
4:42 reach students
4:43 but to employers are labor unions to reach adults
4:47 as well now people are so what's an hour
4:50 code we're partnering with numerous organizations to create
4:54 online tutorials that anybody can do and the goal these tutorials are basically
4:58 giving introduction a taste
5:00 and to demystify the spielt to to remove the veil that separates
5:04 regular people from the bill gates remarks doctor birds in the world
5:08 and that speaking about Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg
5:12 after receiving at least a thousand personal emails asked me to make this
5:16 happen
5:17 we're excited to say the code authorities also going to produce our
5:20 own one hour tutorial
5:22 which'll be featuring video lectures from Bill Gates from Mark Zuckerberg
5:26 and a diverse group a role models from all walks of life and multiple different
5:30 industries
5:31 and our tutorials gonna teach you the basics of coding
5:34 but oh also feel like a game so instead of just taking a lesson it'll be like
5:38 playing a game
5:40 that enables you actually program a game and we're also excited to say that we're
5:44 gonna feature
5:45 artwork from angry birds and plants versus zombies to have literally the
5:49 most popular games in the entire world
5:51 to basics pose to dance to this new field so lectures from bill gets a Mark
5:55 Zuckerberg
5:56 to program bill angry birds and plants versus zombies is going to be
6:00 10 million students first introduction to learn how to code
6:04 to this shows a screenshot observatorio we're building
6:07 it's gonna work on any PC any tablet or any phone
6:10 a but it's really important to ACR allow this to be used by people who don't have
6:14 computers in many schools
6:16 there's not enough computers for the kids so kids can do it on smartphones
6:19 and if they don't have smartphones
6:21 we're gonna have unplug tutorials which basically means pen and paper exercises
6:25 that
6:26 that students can do in a group to teach them how an algorithm works or how to
6:29 give instructions to computer
6:31 without even using a computer were designing this to be used by every
6:35 single classroom in the world
6:36 were also announcing a number of prizes for participants because we want this to
6:41 be something that
6:42 teachers and educators worldwide can adopt but especially in this country
6:46 said the person is for the first one hundred thousand educators
6:50 to to basie signed up to do in our code we're gonna give them
6:53 10 gigabytes of free storage tank you thanks to drop box in their Dropbox
6:57 accounts that they have them
6:58 and then at we're encouraging schools to do in our code for every single soon to
7:03 basically
7:04 pass kids to the computer lab to learn what our computer science
7:08 I'm personally donating a free class at have laptops
7:11 250 schools one lucky school in every state that basically agrees to do
7:16 an hour code for all their students and then lastly fifty you
7:20 lucky classrooms are gonna win video chats with Bill Gates
7:24 Jack Dorsey Susan would secure Google and Gabe Newell a valve
7:28 as a little intro to their to kick off their our code
7:31 at now beyond this first hours is just an introduction to this question what's
7:36 the follow-on after an hour
7:38 and of course we're going to lead people to Macy learn whether it's online or
7:41 from teachers as a follow-on
7:43 and students to take our poll on course on line with us
7:46 are going to have a chance to win other real word gets including
7:49 Skype credits or online gift cards very popular online stores
7:55 server also talking about the fall on you know really the hour is just
7:59 an introduction for the students it's an introduction for the teachers it's an
8:02 introduction into an a chance to learn about them that they may want to go on
8:06 to learn
8:06 and for us as well as an introduction on a ten year journey to bring computer
8:10 science every school in the country
8:12 and also the basin ounce how we're gonna go about doing that we want to announce
8:17 a very unprecedented list of donors and partners and backers to our effort
8:22 and this has been an amazing thing for me this is a group that basically
8:25 collected
8:26 literally just in the last three months certain at
8:29 from the tech industry in relief from corporates Amazon Apple
8:33 Microsoft Google and a whole bunch of other companies have come through
8:37 as you heard major donors are major promotional partners
8:40 literally the four largest software companies the country are backing this
8:43 collectively
8:45 from the educational world the Association for Computing Machinery the
8:48 Boys and Girls Club
8:50 the College Board Teach for America and the national associations have science
8:54 teachers
8:55 math teachers and computer science teachers and many other organizations
8:59 are all supporting our organization and the hour code promotion
9:04 and then lastly I'm humbled to announce our individual
9:07 pounding donors Pravasi very generous donors were backing our effort in making
9:11 this possible
9:12 and putting us on our part way to solve this problem for the country
9:16 it includes folks like Bill Gates Mark Zuckerberg John door
9:20 Reid Hoffman Steve Case Jeremy Dr
9:23 and a whole bunch of names basie many the top leaders in the tech industry
9:27 at what's amazing about this list is these are actually the highlights
9:31 at so if you go to our website you'll see I'm at less that's almost three
9:34 times as long
9:36 names are people who may see supporting either code organs donors
9:39 or the hour code as promotional partners and it's been
9:42 amazing collecting this group at you know we've
9:46 assemble this incredible support from the tech industry
9:49 and the reason actions that this problem is bigger than tech
9:52 the opportunity for computer science isn't just for the tech industry
9:56 in fact two-thirds the jobs in software are outside the tech industry there in
10:00 banking and retail and governments in entertainment
10:04 so this isn't a tech industry problem it's in america problem
10:07 and really it's america's opportunity at a time when our government is divided in
10:11 camp do stuff
10:12 this is the chance and opportunity to create millions of jobs
10:15 and to boost our economy and to prepare our children for the 21st century
10:20 said I firmly believe that bring in computer science education
10:24 to every student is the gift that the tech industry owes back to America
10:28 and recruiting their support has been a pleasure because
10:31 is been so natural and people have been so willing to make this happen
10:35 so to speak a few words on behalf a really the tech industry like to
10:38 introduce
10:39 the founder and chairman of LinkedIn and a personal friend and role model Reed
10:43 Hartman
10:46 he
10:52 and see both use the microphone and sidestep
10:56 podium a little bit I'm
11:01 saw start by wishing you all happy adventures and navigation day
11:06 I why I'm not calling a Columbus Day
11:09 poll two reasons the first the which if you haven't seen it
11:14 %uh the simplest form will be go to the oatmeal
11:17 comic and see the a comic on Columbus Day and that will give you some detail
11:23 the second a and I think he refers to it as part of a midday
11:28 the second I will come back to so
11:31 I'm aware that as i stand four you that classically this looks like a
11:35 sachem Bali costs it's a how do we hire more engineers how do we build our
11:40 industry this is you know really important like well but there's a lot
11:43 more problems in the world
11:45 and for what it's worth there's nothing wrong with a classic Silicon Valley
11:48 cause
11:49 that the fact that we are growing robust tech industries is a good thing for the
11:53 world
11:54 however there's much much more to this than that and I think that there are
11:59 up four levels to think about how actually in fact
12:03 teaching computer science coding to everyone
12:07 every kid is actually a beneficial
12:10 first the individuals on their lives themselves
12:13 a second the transformation industries the third is the US
12:17 and the fourth is the world so let's start with the individuals
12:21 see say well keep each coating thickness of wrenching job can make an economic
12:25 transformation a life is the classic
12:27 sort of silicon valley you know a drumbeat
12:31 which is important but it does much more than that
12:34 41 it actually teaches problem solving and critical thinking but useful
12:38 anywhere in terms what you do in your life it's an
12:41 access 28 to to camp crisp
12:45 engineering problem-solving that's the easiest
12:48 on-boarding thank you and start with simple things like print hello world
12:53 but as a way to start getting into this kind of problem solving
12:56 that even for example five-year-olds can learn
13:00 the second is that it's understanding the modern world around you
13:03 height software is transforming are just about every industry
13:08 and if you think about how in the information age
13:11 stop nap self-driving cars personalized medicine
13:14 all these areas are transforming
13:17 these industries are transforming any be in the pickle what is employment look
13:20 like in
13:21 any of these industries was problem-solving look like in any of
13:24 these industries
13:26 the fundamentals are being able to do reasoning the way that's
13:29 coding skills teach you is fundamental across
13:32 all these industries and that's part of how it transforms an individual's life
13:36 it's not simply a look we might get a software engineering job at a really
13:40 great company
13:41 but its almost every industry and its almost any passports a problem solving
13:45 just how we
13:46 go through life the second as industry
13:49 and I've already sort of foreshadow this comment and that
13:53 it is not simply that we have a growing robustness of our companies here in the
13:57 valley
13:57 we do that's great but in fact all industries are somewhat being touched
14:02 by the information revolution by the Data revolution
14:06 I ready for the self-driving cars you know part of what's been happening in
14:09 and pharmaceuticals and drugs is being able to hold our genetics
14:14 in terms of transforming those into the bits in the digital world and then being
14:17 able to
14:18 study with the results are personalized medicine
14:21 and on and on when it goes through so industries
14:24 wherever you are it's important for coding skills
14:29 the US well not only is a question I do we have
14:32 vibrant industries and you know should we support those injuries but
14:36 as we actually have byron entries in economics which come from
14:40 being adaptive come from being able to an I
14:43 help participate on the leading edge products and services
14:48 that then creates the economics that then feedback in the
14:51 all the other changes that we wanna see it feedbacks into
14:54 healthcare it feeds back into education obviously
14:58 we have education and and in a drug for me as well
15:01 and so this is not something that simply important to
15:04 assess offer companies but something that's important the country overall
15:09 and then finally the world and part of this reason porno world is not just like
15:13 well can you take the US and you got every country cell apart and she's a
15:16 good
15:17 yes that's of course true but it's also
15:20 you begin to think about how technology in particular software
15:24 can transform other kinds of causes that we we care about
15:28 and so for example you got everything from how to transform government
15:32 you got like for example what New York has been doing with the 311
15:35 you've got how to transform poverty you can't seem to keep it at organs doing in
15:38 terms of providing marketplace
15:40 there's all these places in which software can tackle
15:44 Syria or help I solve not solely by help solve serious problems the world
15:49 that are the ones we all care about
15:53 so let's come back to the car our Cup no wise
15:56 our code important it's important because every journey starts with a step
16:00 and the pop the the the sooner that we get the problem solving skills the
16:04 experience
16:05 what's going on with computer engineering into the minds of everyone
16:09 most especially the next generation most especially especially our youth
16:14 our children that helps them navigate the world in the right way
16:18 and so that's why I called this happy adventures and navigation day
16:22 ripe for Columbus Day because what we're trying to do with the our code is we're
16:25 trying to help
16:27 the next generation figure out how to navigate the new modern world well as
16:30 problem solving
16:31 understanding the technologies around them that's what this is trying to do
16:35 and so without that was all I really plan intact so for those useful
16:45 and I will say this is a great guy to do
16:49 thank you
16:55 one great thing about our readers that he took this columbus day date which
16:59 were
16:59 turn out to be an error on our parts to make it sound like urs actually
17:03 intention on terms the timing of this event
17:05 at I'd like to ask I de Mendoza from
17:09 the mayor's office to come talk about how the city in san Francisco's gonna be
17:12 supporting our code campaign
17:14 get afternoon everyone and thanks for having me my name is high demand does
17:25 then I serve as mayor leaves education and Family Services advisor and also a
17:29 member of the board of education
17:31 and appeared to kids who are way more advanced in technology than I am
17:36 I'm actually really delighted to be here this afternoon because this is
17:40 key and important merely sends his regards he's actually on his way to
17:45 China and I know that he will personally experience what China is doing
17:48 and what we are not and so this is a wonderful opportunity
17:52 for us to get on board and to talk about basics
17:55 merely has initiated that mayors education leadership
17:59 an inmate in middle schools in through that program and partnering with
18:04 Salesforce dot com foundation
18:05 we've been able to wifi oliver middle schools and
18:09 but devices into the hands of our students as part of that initiative
18:13 we're really talking about not
18:15 not all the APs and all other programs that they're going to be able to have
18:18 access to
18:20 but how do we actually get to those programs into those APs
18:23 so computer science which has been I'm not in our schools from
18:27 for many many years is now something that we want to bring back and we want
18:32 to make sure that our kids
18:33 all have access to so we as a school district here in San Francisco
18:38 I'm are have adopted the Common Core and where we're actually wanna eat
18:43 school districts in the state of California that have already received a
18:47 waiver and we're going to be pushing
18:49 the envelope even more in California and so
18:53 our commitment I'm today not only
18:56 to I go .org but to our students are 56,000 students
19:01 in San Francisco Unified School District is to ensure that they have this
19:06 opportunity to participate in this hour
19:08 code and beyond so we're committing to have our middle schoolers
19:13 that are part of the mayor's leadership initiative to be able to have access and
19:17 support
19:18 during that our code and to ensure that all of our teachers
19:22 who are already early adapters and are already committed to making sure that
19:26 our students understand the value and importance
19:29 upholding will be able to participate in this
19:32 sadness a wonderful initiative and were also committing to ensuring that
19:37 all OVR principles throughout San Francisco Unified
19:41 have access and opportunity to the same that that are middle school students
19:44 will have access to
19:46 so on behalf of our 56,000 students
19:49 and I merely who certainly looks at San Francisco as the center of innovation
19:55 I we're delighted to be part of this we want to thank you honey for this
19:58 amazing gift because as simple and as
20:02 I important as it is it really is a gift to remind us
20:06 what the basics are and how we need to go back to them to ensure that we know
20:10 where we're going and we're working where we've come from and so
20:13 again on behalf merrily and San Francisco Unified School District we are
20:18 on board and we're really excited to be part of this thank you
20:21 so we're gonna have a panel to
20:31 that talk about the little bit about the issues in computer science education
20:34 at and we're gonna be joined by both Google and Microsoft who are
20:38 first and our most important backers in this campaign
20:41 at but to introduce our moderator Allan Lin
20:44 at I metal and three years ago when they had the CS department at UW at
20:50 spoke to me when I first got interested in this feeling is that you have to meet
20:53 her she's
20:53 basie the best computer science teacher in the States and very passionate about
20:57 this field
20:58 at and she was basing the first person I spoke to learn more about
21:02 Computer Science Education Center medications that thank you Alan
21:10 amateur
21:18 been listed come up three years all introduced them one by one and thank you
21:21 so much how d-ma
21:23 humbled to be here very excited to be part of this initiative
21:26 and so we're gonna have
21:29 a panel until about three o'clock and when I'm gonna do is briefly introduced
21:33 you to the panelists they represent a broad range
21:37 I have different perspectives on computer science education
21:40 was really excited to have all those voices is exciting to have all those
21:44 voices
21:45 represented here and I'm gonna have a few questions
21:49 that I have prepared and then we'll leave a few minutes
21:52 for you all to ask questions so peace be thinking about things that you would
21:56 like to ask
21:57 so to my right I have State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom
22:02 Torlakson
22:03 to the superintendent was elected to a four-year term in 2010
22:09 and as a chief if California's public school system in a leader
22:12 of the California Department of Education as senate and superintendent
22:16 relaxin
22:17 has applied his experience as a science teacher high school coach
22:21 Anesti policymaker to fight for California students and improve the
22:25 state's
22:25 public education system to be thank you for joining us
22:30 to his right is Maggie Johnson
22:34 who is the director education and literacy relations at Google
22:37 said Google many managers technical training and leadership development
22:40 programs for engineers
22:42 as well as operations staff the app the information management and technical
22:46 writing teams
22:47 and the good Google's educational outreach efforts
22:51 she also manages the University Relations area
22:54 which means building strategic partnerships with faculty and labs
22:57 globally try to google a Mac user faculty member and director
23:01 undergraduate studies
23:03 in Stanford's computer science department
23:07 and of course you've heard from hyper to reading and CEO of code i dork
23:12 to his right is max left shin
23:16 who is the president and CEO a href
23:19 and max confounded paper how was it CT 0
23:23 until it was acquired by eBay Inc and more recently he's been involved
23:26 in an Innovation Lab called HBF which explores and funds data-driven projects
23:31 and HBF launch its first project called a firm
23:34 in early 2013 recently launched low
23:38 which some of you may have read about in is currently serving on the boards of
23:41 several well-known companies such as
23:43 Yelp and Yahoo and finally we have Brad Smith with us today
23:48 who is the general counsel and executive vice president for the legal and
23:53 corporate affairs group
23:54 at Microsoft and so his group is responsible for all the legal work
23:59 and for government industry and community affairs activities
24:03 again and Microsoft so thank you all for being upset with us here today
24:07 as they said its own really great panel with a diversity
24:12 of perspectives so before we get started in earnest I thought it would %uh just
24:17 be fun to ask you guys whether
24:19 interview had plans for the hour code is anybody doing anything interesting
24:24 either as a participant or maybe as a planner he
24:28 I have an 11-year-old daughter my arm I've already talked to her technology
24:32 teacher and she's gonna be doing
24:34 our code with her six right so that's one thing
24:38 at admires we're gonna prove that absolutely anybody on the planet can
24:42 learn to code because we're going to try to get
24:45 each have our lawyers. to spend an hour doing
24:50 I'm looking forward to going to class went unseen students first and putting
24:53 my hands on
24:56 it's ok to get some time to actually code yeah
25:00 fantastic so as he said we've got a lot of different perspectives represented
25:06 here so
25:07 I wanted to hear little bit about your organizations in your personal
25:11 reasons for thinking the computer science should be a central part
25:14 love a young person's education and maybe we can start with Brad
25:19 well I'd I think that computer sciences to the 21st century what
25:23 physics wise to the 20th minute it is the a fundamental field
25:27 that is he is at the heart of so many advances in so many other fields and
25:32 certainly
25:32 for so much technological innovation and yet I think the great difference is that
25:37 here in the thirteenth year of the century
25:40 we have such a long ways to go in order to make this
25:43 field available to students across the country as just one data point
25:48 there's over 42,000 high schools in the United States
25:53 any at last year the number high schools that was certified to teach the AP
25:56 course in computer science
25:58 was only 2,555
26:02 fewer students last year took the AP exam in computer science then took the
26:06 AP exam bien
26:08 are history and for example
26:11 arm it was only about a 15 save the number who took the AP exam in calculus
26:17 so we have a long ways to go in surely one of the things that we've been
26:20 doing at Microsoft together with lot of other people who are represented here on
26:24 the West
26:25 I is just die I'll pursuing a variety of programs to try to fill this gap both in
26:30 the k12 system
26:32 and in higher education system
26:37 other perspectives on why computing should be such a central focus
26:41 began person's education
26:45 was also vital for our economy and as I talk to employers up and down the state
26:50 day
26:50 they need engineers in Gen on any computer science engineers
26:53 in particular so it's a huge focus I represent
26:57 over 10,000 schools 6 million students
27:00 and not enough that pain medication to bed just spoke to his
27:04 is going on it so I want to incur did I have an issue through our
27:08 technology education technology task force called well we want when you want
27:11 computing capacity
27:13 every hour the day during the school day an off campus in on the weekend
27:17 but we're we're calling it an issue No Child Left offline
27:20 and so you have the magic and the actual learning but then beyond that is
27:24 this whole issue computer science learning to program learning to code
27:28 learning how computers work and how they can transform the world
27:31 and so I believe that this is a mission we need to do the ass
27:34 Lee endorse and a change in direction so we have more high school
27:38 and college graduate ready to go to work in our field
27:44 I'm think its pretty fundamental
27:49 to just generally broaden be
27:55 acceptance and understanding of computer science
27:58 not only because it is the control sites to 20 percent re
28:02 is the physics up the next generation
28:07 but also to maintain economic competitiveness the United States going
28:10 forward
28:11 the we're basically even if we think that fixes just fine
28:15 and we don't have to change it up to computer science this the world isn't
28:18 and I read somewhere
28:22 in the one of the books love
28:25 you'll see whatsoever Creek leading 21st century americans are pretty much going
28:28 to be only good at two things writing code and delivering Peter
28:31 and I want children to write code because that probably will keep more
28:34 economically a
28:36 prepared for for the competitors competitive universe
28:39 I'm job site though
28:43 I think ok learning how to code learning Howell
28:47 vast majority are everything
28:50 around damn works literally
28:54 letters to say that everything you Internet of Things one and and many
28:58 other
29:00 trends like it having that knowledge
29:03 will prepare children for the generations to come
29:07 22 to participate in an interesting way an economic hub development of the unit
29:12 the world so that's probably the reason I'm most excited about it
29:17 well and i think is to mention there's a there's a pipeline problem really series
29:21 one where we have
29:22 I'll we more demand than we have supply you know in terms a computer science and
29:27 computing professionals
29:28 and even with the you know upturn that we've seen in the last couple years in
29:32 in the number of our majors
29:34 coming out of our undergraduate programs you're still the project forward eight
29:38 to ten years is just not going to be enough
29:40 so what we really need to be thinking about in an odd he's got great start
29:44 here is how did
29:45 how to help arm all students parents teachers administrators understand
29:50 the potential for a career in this field and also understand that it's not
29:55 about sitting in an isolated cubicle 10 hours
29:59 not doing anything but I'm looking at that computer not talkin anybody it's
30:04 just not like that at all it is an inherently creative activity
30:09 and its team based and this is something else that we really have to help our
30:12 armor our kids understand
30:14 it's just a little it's a perception issues as well as a career potential
30:19 now breasted up mentioning that we have a problem in terms if
30:23 K 12 students having access to computing courses a lot of schools to start
30:26 teaching at you saw from
30:28 Rd slides as well that about five percent of students
30:31 are taking computer science in in
30:34 US schools what do you think is the single biggest challenge that's
30:39 keeping computer science courses from being more broadly offered currently
30:44 and how did you wanna start as I would you know you can talk to a lot of
30:46 schools yeah I can say pretty
30:48 confidently that there's at multiple challenges and so this isn't an easy
30:53 single thing that you solve problem
30:54 at the but the biggest challenge by far as a shortage of teachers
30:59 at and you know the difficulties you can't just saw about challenger vacuum
31:03 because
31:04 the local state policies in different states is really compatible computer
31:08 science education
31:09 and the states have trouble changing the policy has the should've teachers
31:12 it's harder to teachers to the field because the state policy so there's
31:15 little to check a bag
31:17 between those things and then on top of that there's a cultural stereotype that
31:21 this is only for a unique sort of set of people
31:24 so am and we're trying to solve all three of those basie that the
31:28 availability of teachers the state policy stuff
31:32 as well as the Arab the cultural perception one other thing I want to
31:36 mention everybody here talk about how
31:38 computer science is important at the one thing it's actually
31:41 very it's served deeply ingrained in me that is actually fun
31:45 and for students if you ask soon which is more fun
31:48 whether they're a girl or a boy memorizing the capital the
31:51 the capitals of all the cities in the world we're building an app on a
31:54 smartphone
31:55 10 outta 10 students would say they'd rather build a call it a lot
31:59 at and so just making education fun for kids is actor good reason for doing this
32:05 and it's fine for teachers to be was considered enthused and excited at
32:09 I do agree with the need to go back in our task force report says we need to go
32:13 back to the school education
32:15 make sure we have a reorientation that is rich new way I'm learning
32:19 itself in the 21st century skills to go along with the Common Core
32:23 but also open up the door for teachers to be certified
32:26 and have certification various areas where
32:29 they can be certified encoding be certified in
32:33 an analysis updated and using a data from computer programs
32:37 to help instruct individual efforts in in learning so that
32:40 that huge one other thing is the equipment
32:43 and is embarrassing in california where like 40 is in the nation
32:48 in and the lack thereof internet-connected devices and bandwidth
32:51 we may only have about half of what we need
32:54 and I do actually full-on you do the learning digitally
32:58 through the internet as well as do the assessment to the internet so
33:02 a number in issues like being a month later how we can together
33:05 go to the state legislature this year they did a follow request mine for a
33:10 billion and a quarter dollars
33:11 do actually invest in the teacher training that we're talking about
33:15 and in the computer collectively so weathered
33:18 man with towers and WiFi antenna
33:22 and the wiring we need to get that capital dollars
33:26 in there to match this creative teaching
33:30 not an even more bad news to let your but the curriculum is also really tight
33:35 in high school so if you look at just just trying to fit anything else and
33:39 that's why for years and
33:40 really the only way in for any kind computer science education has been
33:43 advanced placement
33:45 so I'm that's another issue that I think you know needs to be dealt with both at
33:49 the policy level and then just
33:51 in terms a are finding ways to not only have computer science education but ways
33:55 of integrating into
33:56 into other areas as well tastic now
34:00 i speaking about policy a brat I know that
34:03 your group has been heavily involved in policy work
34:06 can you tell us a little bit about how Microsoft has been working to influence
34:09 computer science education policy
34:11 sure I think there's a couple of dimensions that both tonight some other
34:14 problems and also some other solutions first do
34:17 what is the point that Hardy made a state policy plays a tremendous role
34:22 now right now in New 38 States tel
34:26 I even if you're lucky enough to go to high school were you can take the AP
34:29 course in computer science
34:31 he will not count towards either your math or your science distribution
34:35 requirements to graduate from high school
34:38 Iraq and that's just a a real determined to have me goes it is well to the point
34:43 that Maggie May 10 hits
34:44 a lot harder for principal or superintendent to getting food used
34:49 about adding a computer science course to the curriculum
34:53 when that won't count towards what the students need to
34:57 study in order to meet the state's graduation requirements
35:00 so at the state level we we need to move as quickly as we can to make computer
35:05 science came out and make it count in all 50 states
35:09 I do think this is the kinda problem that just
35:12 calling attention takes a big step toward solving it because when people
35:16 step back and think about it they do tend to get it
35:19 him there's a lot of opportunity for progress at the federal level
35:23 our senses the federal government can do a lot more to help
35:27 I'm in a sense I'd say we've been here before as a country
35:31 I in the late nineteen fifties there was this broad recognition after the launch
35:35 of Sputnik that the country needed to invest in math and science education
35:40 federal law was passed that's really what led to the first federal programs
35:44 at both the high ready and k12 level to train teachers in new fields in that
35:49 time it was really mapping
35:51 in science and Russian up love all things
35:54 but what we proposed hand but found its way happily into the
35:59 comprehensive immigration bill passed by the Senate
36:02 is a provision that would raise the fees on bees as because I think we all
36:06 recognize that in the short run the only way don't fill their jobs
36:09 is to hire more people from outside the United States
36:13 but you some of these visa fees in green card fees
36:16 to create a national stem Education Fund
36:20 and to provide this money to the states specifically for initiatives such as
36:24 teacher training
36:25 I'm the problem is multifaceted but that's probably the single most
36:29 expensive part of the problem to solve
36:31 and that's the kind of thing that together with philanthropy & Co died or
36:35 can help us grow to scale in teacher training
36:39 one thing I wanted say on the policy side is called authorities has a sister
36:42 organization called computing in the corps to base the impact the policy at
36:45 the
36:46 state level and the federal level at Microsoft has been a tremendous help in
36:50 terms of
36:51 the state by state effort to do this but the that numerous other tech companies
36:56 Google Apple pace pick up all they see lend a hand or going to be lending a
37:00 hand in doing this
37:01 and some amazing inroads he made at you know this incredibly divided Congress
37:07 we managed to get the house to vote unanimously to make an amendment to the
37:10 ESEA
37:11 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for computer science
37:15 at and the state by state level just in the last few months we've had three
37:19 different states
37:20 change policy on this out recognizing computer science towards graduation
37:23 credits
37:24 said it's somewhat unheard up to have this US House
37:28 bro you haven't seen anything and it's almost more in Heard up to have
37:32 three different states in a span of four months change policy on an issue
37:35 II in such a quick period in our goal is to basically get us
37:39 from where Brad said we are to have instead of fourteen fifteen states
37:43 having 24 states by the end of next year
37:45 recognize computer science as part of a math and science pathways
37:49 support in and also liked it added
37:52 on another federal policy though we need all work together the same kind a
37:56 coalition you put together for
37:58 a code or on you rate it's a source abandoned it was established by the
38:02 federal government to help low-income students and their families connect to
38:05 the internet
38:06 and two also get the the
38:09 connection out into rural areas in this country and so I'm leading a
38:13 an effort another school cheese and all parties
38:16 and rural-urban to change the rate level and we need to work with the SEC I went
38:21 back recently in
38:22 that was a couple commissioners and Senator John Rockefeller from West
38:25 Virginia is heading up an effort
38:27 to increase than amount of money which is now only two and a half billion a
38:30 year
38:30 to double that and how to make it easier for schools to apply to get those funds
38:34 so more market and our teachers will have access to the Internet
38:39 and one reason to increase access to a computer science education which we
38:42 haven't heard
38:43 as much about is just increased that diverse city in the field
38:47 we certainly have her low diversity and I
38:50 is in terms of gender diversity about Nick they perceive socioeconomic
38:53 diversity of
38:54 room you know in terms of ruler been divided so all those things
38:58 are another reason to and get computer science and more schools
39:02 no menya I know that Google has been specifically
39:05 working hard to increase a representation in computer science meet
39:10 us a little bit about some of those initiatives
39:12 sure I won't let me start by just talking about why it's so important to
39:16 her have diversity in
39:18 in the workforce in technology if we're going to %uh build systems that are
39:23 designed and implemented by any
39:25 particular demographic there will be a inherent but
39:29 unintentional bias in the system's so if we want to create systems that are
39:34 really
39:35 I'm accessible to everyone then they must be
39:38 and developed and implemented by a a diverse group
39:42 so it's really important aspect what we're doing what we're building to have
39:46 that diversity in in a workforce
39:48 now at Google we do quite a bit to support this I we have our rise award
39:53 program which is out every year we go out and identify
39:56 arm small organizations that are working in this area
39:59 there's so much work going on in this so we don't have to reinvent we'll just
40:03 have to find the ones doing really impact of things and then we we'd find
40:06 them
40:07 were also strong supporters have NC wit in the newborn
40:11 Institute Witcher 2 with the most important Tom
40:14 organizations with the women in technology issue
40:17 we have %uh intern programs and we have a computer science Summer Institute
40:23 are all these programs bring a large number of diverse both women and
40:27 under our represent minority students to a Google campus every summer
40:31 in the other work on industry level projects or they'd
40:35 go through some computer science educational activities are complementary
40:38 to the undergraduate programs for those are some highlights:
40:42 by the way the diversity reason is the diversity issues the key reason we came
40:46 up with the our code campaign because
40:48 all the data shows that the the stereotypical computer programmers
40:52 basically
40:53 a young white male and the whole idea behind the hour codes to get 10 million
40:57 people
40:58 young or old above all races all demographic background in specially boy
41:03 and girl
41:04 to engage at least in one hour this and once we have that happen suddenly will
41:09 be in a world where
41:10 it's not just a minority people or just the young white male boys who
41:14 learn computer programming everybody's at least tried it and then people can
41:18 decide who wants to go on
41:21 and menu a you gonna mention there's not a lot of great
41:25 curriculum yet that but there's a lot efforts that are I certainly underway
41:29 and a lot of really promising
41:31 practices and and and tools that are out there so
41:35 but to any %uh view if a parent or teacher comes to you and says my student
41:41 is interested
41:42 the dummy our code what's next what might you tell them and honey maybe you
41:47 want to start with that and
41:49 I will hear other ideas as well yes sir we're gonna have a whole bunch of server
41:52 curated online tutorials for people if they wanna go beyond one hour to learn
41:57 depending on what level you're out whether it's elementary level or or
42:00 high school or post post-high school or what not at
42:04 but the real challenge is actually bring in computer science to schools
42:07 at near them at code are already has
42:10 they see the best database of all the local places you can learn whether its
42:14 public schools private schools workshops
42:16 summer camps elite people took to learn at ever in a physical location near them
42:21 but we are long-term effort beyond the hour code is going to be bringing
42:25 computer science school by school to every school in the country
42:30 you enough to have things that they like to tell parents or
42:34 or teachers in the country here's a place to start maksoud you
42:37 when it was just me chirping to server my personal experience the
42:42 just slightly apropos over a month early sure how
42:45 I grow up in the country that launched sputnik
42:48 and it's interesting a quite quite some time ago
42:52 but term my first exposure to you a code and programming
42:57 was actually in a Germany burr heard workshop
43:00 this is in the early ET's is that this is a while ago
43:04 and I don't really spend a lot of time thinking about it but is remarkable
43:08 bat a relatively backwards are very backwards country like so union
43:12 had platitude obvs
43:16 local places that it could gather and learn how to code
43:19 and there were basically industry people
43:23 at the time you know super crunchy old song developers from the
43:28 defense program basically they were volunteering their time teaching kids
43:31 how to write code and I think today
43:35 in the US I'm not entirely sure given our
43:39 relatively said computer science education state affairs
43:42 we can do much better so today i would tell a parent hey you know what
43:46 find someone who writes code for a living bad
43:50 volunteering their time a local workshop and that's a great place
43:53 to up to to get going ultimately
43:56 but the thing that sir put me on the path to becoming a computer scientist
44:00 with an amazing teacher when I was in a
44:03 our last year %uh my soviet high school I E
44:07 was extraordinarily lucky to have a computer science teacher
44:11 that understood that
44:14 computer science including and or everything that you can learn
44:17 is unjust important before these are economic prosperity or or
44:22 presides respective he ultimately thought of it as an art form as a form
44:25 of self-expression and fun
44:27 and that just fundamentally change my view of this is Matt but
44:31 a little bit more it's Matt with typing became this is the way to a
44:35 to be interesting this is the way to I it stopped it never was really for me
44:39 nervy thing to do it was something that I
44:43 felt I could differently much help from from from my peers and and and on so
44:48 ultimately that's why I E Gina perception is probably one of the more
44:52 important things like a dork
44:53 his is so cool and so important
44:56 and we are under frontier very exciting time
45:00 in transforming education California using the new Common Core the critical
45:04 thinking
45:05 skills and problem-solving skills and
45:08 also the local control funding formula that puts more money
45:11 into low income students and into the education English learners
45:15 there's an accountability plan every single school district in the state
45:18 could have to
45:19 produced by june thirtieth next year and why not make it to the parent
45:23 to be an advocate why not have that be integrated into
45:26 the new plans for how we advance education in California we have programs
45:30 like mister
45:32 math engineering science achievement has been around for forty years it doesn't
45:35 do a lot in computer science but you could do more
45:37 but it does reach out to disadvantaged in TN girls who code
45:41 so how do how to connect that parent and that student
45:45 to a robotics club and approach to science teacher who
45:49 is open to learning how to be that
45:52 computer science teacher in code on on robots code on
45:56 percent arm contest they have there's ways you can get some hands-on
46:00 activities
46:01 while we build bigger infrastructure that each other's panels and spoken to
46:07 fantastic so you can hear there's a lot of hopeful developments happening from a
46:10 lot of different angles
46:11 look to take a few questions from you have anybody had anything they would
46:15 like to
46:16 ask our panelists
46:19 yes please said
46:38 said
46:43 good
46:48 either because the buttons are yeah
46:53 so the question is your repeated mention
46:56 that and we could look at this as a purely Silicon Valley
47:00 cause in submission is well what words
47:03 be attributed that how can we look at this as a national
47:07 issue for even a global issue and sounds like Max is gonna take a first down I
47:12 I think that until and unless manufacturing comes back to the US
47:17 we're going to be fundamentally exporting intellectual property
47:20 in the world seen
47:23 our trade will be exporting stuff that comes out of the brain
47:27 and these days the most sellable version
47:30 about to this code or programming system so
47:34 it's partly a Silicon Valley issue just happens to be the case that Silicon
47:38 Valley's did
47:39 most constant replacers offers produced but hopefully we produce in more places
47:43 and we need more people that know how to do it it's a little bit like
47:47 we need more engineers in the fifties to you
47:50 make should work competitor psycho it's like
47:53 a sec not be like going to university in saying
47:56 G you almost be promoting reading because everybody at university knows
48:01 how
48:01 who in the reality is that good
48:04 no actually I actually don't think it is for the following reason:
48:08 it doesn't matter what part of the country you're in it doesn't matter what
48:11 part of the economy Yuri and
48:13 he computers are ubiquitous in the course
48:17 a computer that doesn't run software is just an expensive paperweight
48:21 now it doesn't matter if you're going to mean to be mean
48:24 automobiles the all of these fields are being touched by computers
48:28 in all of these companies in industries needed the answers in computer science
48:33 him were in order to move forward and
48:37 ill Silicon Valley maybe the part of the country that
48:41 Queen the phrase Silicon Valley but look across the country
48:45 go down to los angeles they talk about silicon beach go to Utah they caught
48:49 they talk about the silicon slopes coated a map to my they're talking about
48:53 the silicon Prairie go to New York for talking about Silicon Alley go to London
48:57 the talking about the silicon roundabout it
49:01 here he it could be because people are not very creative but what it really
49:07 reflects
49:08 is that they're all other industries in all over their economies are
49:13 increasingly based on
49:15 silicon computers and hence this really has become something
49:20 that hey i has become some part in the fabric up the economy not just
49:24 nationally but increasingly on a global basis as well
49:27 there's at in this country two-thirds of the software jobs are
49:32 outside of tech companies and every single state and every single
49:36 congressional district has more jobs for software engineers
49:40 and their students studying this field so that is basically
49:43 its is a it's a national problem
49:53 it
49:55 yell though I would say it's good
49:57 way but I think that's breaking down
50:00 can if you want to look and one place words breaking down
50:04 look at how the people in politics run their campaigns
50:08 I mean look at the degree to which can be in Sprint Cup
50:11 basically day day in computing intensive activities
50:15 it's just one more example I'm near the ubiquity
50:20 what we're talking about here either waco .org goal isn't to
50:24 create enough computer programmers to fill these jobs are our vision is about
50:28 every student and every student does need to become a computer programmer for
50:32 a living and the reason we're doing this is
50:33 every politician in 2040 should have
50:37 enough a background to know about the technology that they're going to be
50:40 regulating
50:41 your every single doctor in 2040 should have some background and the stuff
50:45 because the actual things that are going to be put in your body
50:48 already include computing devices and so on for you know
50:51 the controlling your medicine so this is an appeal this is going to be limited to
50:56 the people creating the software
50:57 at this is something I i from we believe every sin is gonna need to learn
51:01 it's it's already happening and you look at the university's Anaheim
51:05 number of majors right now that require introductory computer science
51:09 just turn you know for students to get that major in to be successful in this
51:13 field I mean things like
51:15 like economics i care is a business medicine biology these are all areas
51:19 where
51:19 it's not just computing and we're learning how to use a computer Intel
51:23 rhythmic design and thinking
51:24 so this is already happening quite a bit think you'd like to take another
51:28 question
51:29 from you for comment
51:33 are Savon Goodman closing so what can we expect in the next
51:39 five years or so what's what's kind of the
51:41 in the outcome of all this a me know what what would
51:45 what would you like to see it may be is really what he's asking
51:49 book actually type are deported extremely well
51:53 we should want to create a future where every student in this country has the
51:57 opportunity to learn computer science
52:00 before here she graduates from high school it doesn't mean that every
52:04 american student
52:05 necessarily should but everybody ought to have the chance if that's what they
52:10 want
52:10 and we should build on that by creating the capacity in our
52:14 university systems across the country to graduate
52:18 the students who will have the skills to fill the jobs that the economy is
52:22 creating right now we're falling further behind each year rather than catching up
52:26 he and your five years from now we'll have a couple
52:30 really easy metrics to look at how many high schools offer this
52:33 how many college degrees are reproducing how does that compare to the number of
52:37 jobs that are being created
52:39 hope we will be making real progress in this I think
52:43 should be part of a larger Renaissance a larger push for STEM education in
52:47 general and engineers across
52:48 different fields and students will switch career pathways is a
52:52 learn more and get excited and the legislature in recognition is
52:56 emphasis on Kord technology education
52:59 has put out to a fifty million dollars my department will be dispersing grants
53:03 over the next three years and I want to make sure that
53:05 him among those careers is computer science
53:08 and we have career pathways that move from middle and high school education
53:12 right up into community college into our universities and I want to say I
53:16 heartily endorse hardier vision here
53:19 and the hour coding wanna see and i'll be asking all 1100 issues in California
53:24 join the campaign cuz I wanna see
53:26 every student million just didn't have a chance to have this opportunity
53:29 to learn coding program I wanna point out that the superintendent and I
53:34 talked about what he just said literally 10 minutes before the
53:37 event started he said you know what is it that we could do know is that all you
53:40 can announce they're gonna ask every principle in California do this
53:43 and he said done at sir I was about to ask you if you can actually talk about
53:48 it I'm glad you remembered
53:50 yeah yes ball to close this event I want us two things first of all
53:55 this is really important for our country no matter what you do
53:58 help us spread the word about the hour code if your parent Ashurst
54:02 your students teacher for your principle to offer an hour code in their schools
54:06 I'm everybody here should also get a code or cat as you
54:09 as you walk out and I want you actually wear those
54:13 at not to promote code are over to promote computer science and
54:17 especially those are you here who are women consider wearing the hat
54:21 or go to our website we have these these t-shirts that say code like a girl
54:26 that are fantastic are part of code onerous goal
54:29 is to get people to think that this isn't just for a minority of Americans
54:33 so wear the hats or T-shirts probably because it it takes place in the leaders
54:38 of our industry
54:39 to help set a trend for the rest of the country thank you so much
54:42 well
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0:03 add announcement today my twin brother Allen I
0:07 at started Co .org as a hobby at it was a personal hobby to make a video to
0:12 inspire students to learn computer science
0:14 ten million views later my hobby has become a life mission
0:18 and the organization have one has now become a team of dozens
0:22 and before we go into the details of what we're doing akiko .org
0:26 I want to start by showing you a short video this is footage from the same
0:30 interviews
0:31 that led to the first code or video our first short film was based the intended
0:35 for
0:36 students as an inspiration this is a video in intended for
0:40 influencers whether among the media among the press
0:43 world leaders educators even teachers
0:46 software and computers I'll
0:51 a city that was just kinda secretary the world but now suffer touches all these
0:55 different things you use
0:56 nom I think if you looking everything I mean there's more phones and tablets and
1:00 laptops &
1:01 website is in everybody's own social media and I mean is just all these
1:06 different things and
1:07 everything is moving faster so I'm
1:11 just be in a position the kind of understand their language that's going
1:15 to be tough to future I mean I'm
1:17 I think it's a i think is a good thing to do it's absolutely crucial turn know
1:22 how to code
1:23 to understand how technology is built even if you don't choose to
1:27 you know make a living more be a full-time software developer
1:30 understanding how software works which something that affects
1:34 everything around you from your purchases to you know how you eat and
1:38 just how everything works nowadays
1:40 is really important to be able to know how it works so that you
1:45 are not serve a victim of other people's choices
1:48 it's important for these kids my right now starting it eight-years-old
1:52 book to be a citizen on this planet my make whatever country from
1:58 bring to remain Rycote in a few waiting to your
2:03 and adore you probably will never do it as tightly to paint learn how to program
2:07 it would be like
2:09 not learn how to read now dead the future would just be close to me
2:13 %uh when I think about what we're gonna be teaching in schools
2:16 live ten fifteen years from now I I definitely think that
2:19 computer science or at least %uh basic programming is going to be as important
2:23 as a skill
2:24 as be able to do basic reading and writing
2:28 %uh admin I think we're gonna look back and wonder why it took us so long to get
2:32 to that point
2:34 %uh
2:40 the thank you
2:46 he
2:50 so our first video had an insane reception and
2:53 at basie put me headlong into decision to basic commit my life to
2:57 make you really what Mark Zuckerberg said the and true
3:00 had and getting the something that we teach like reading writing and math
3:04 and the code or vision is that every school should teach computer science
3:08 and that every student should have a chance to study or at least
3:12 get some basic exposure and you know living in Silicon Valley
3:16 you don't need me to repeat the the reams of data that shows about them
3:19 million jobs gap for the opportunity to grow the the economy
3:23 at your people in Silicon Valley understand the real reason we're doing
3:26 this man I'm doing this is because it's the right thing to do we don't
3:30 look at job data when we decide to teachers students that red blood cells
3:33 carry oxygen
3:34 where the water is h2o or how to solve the quadratic equation
3:38 in a 21st century surrounded by technology computers every child needs
3:43 some basic awareness
3:44 a what it takes to to you know program a computer and create these technologies
3:48 so today we're announcing our first step on a long road to realizing that vision
3:53 we're announcing the hour of code this is a massive worldwide campaign
3:59 for computer science education week to Computer Science Education Week is the
4:03 second week of December
4:04 to celebrate the birthday of grace hopper a woman who's an early founders
4:09 computer science
4:10 and it's a congressional recognized internationally celebrated weekly you've
4:14 probably never heard have
4:15 and we're gonna be dialing up to 11 this year are
4:18 said this year what we're gonna be doing for computer science education week is
4:22 introducing 10 million students
4:24 to one hour up code and what that means is we're asking teachers
4:28 worldwide to take one hour during that week whether in English class math class
4:33 science class what not
4:34 to spend one hour that to teach basic basic computer science their students
4:39 and we're actually reaching beyond the classroom not only to after school to
4:42 reach students
4:43 but to employers are labor unions to reach adults
4:47 as well now people are so what's an hour
4:50 code we're partnering with numerous organizations to create
4:54 online tutorials that anybody can do and the goal these tutorials are basically
4:58 giving introduction a taste
5:00 and to demystify the spielt to to remove the veil that separates
5:04 regular people from the bill gates remarks doctor birds in the world
5:08 and that speaking about Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg
5:12 after receiving at least a thousand personal emails asked me to make this
5:16 happen
5:17 we're excited to say the code authorities also going to produce our
5:20 own one hour tutorial
5:22 which'll be featuring video lectures from Bill Gates from Mark Zuckerberg
5:26 and a diverse group a role models from all walks of life and multiple different
5:30 industries
5:31 and our tutorials gonna teach you the basics of coding
5:34 but oh also feel like a game so instead of just taking a lesson it'll be like
5:38 playing a game
5:40 that enables you actually program a game and we're also excited to say that we're
5:44 gonna feature
5:45 artwork from angry birds and plants versus zombies to have literally the
5:49 most popular games in the entire world
5:51 to basics pose to dance to this new field so lectures from bill gets a Mark
5:55 Zuckerberg
5:56 to program bill angry birds and plants versus zombies is going to be
6:00 10 million students first introduction to learn how to code
6:04 to this shows a screenshot observatorio we're building
6:07 it's gonna work on any PC any tablet or any phone
6:10 a but it's really important to ACR allow this to be used by people who don't have
6:14 computers in many schools
6:16 there's not enough computers for the kids so kids can do it on smartphones
6:19 and if they don't have smartphones
6:21 we're gonna have unplug tutorials which basically means pen and paper exercises
6:25 that
6:26 that students can do in a group to teach them how an algorithm works or how to
6:29 give instructions to computer
6:31 without even using a computer were designing this to be used by every
6:35 single classroom in the world
6:36 were also announcing a number of prizes for participants because we want this to
6:41 be something that
6:42 teachers and educators worldwide can adopt but especially in this country
6:46 said the person is for the first one hundred thousand educators
6:50 to to basie signed up to do in our code we're gonna give them
6:53 10 gigabytes of free storage tank you thanks to drop box in their Dropbox
6:57 accounts that they have them
6:58 and then at we're encouraging schools to do in our code for every single soon to
7:03 basically
7:04 pass kids to the computer lab to learn what our computer science
7:08 I'm personally donating a free class at have laptops
7:11 250 schools one lucky school in every state that basically agrees to do
7:16 an hour code for all their students and then lastly fifty you
7:20 lucky classrooms are gonna win video chats with Bill Gates
7:24 Jack Dorsey Susan would secure Google and Gabe Newell a valve
7:28 as a little intro to their to kick off their our code
7:31 at now beyond this first hours is just an introduction to this question what's
7:36 the follow-on after an hour
7:38 and of course we're going to lead people to Macy learn whether it's online or
7:41 from teachers as a follow-on
7:43 and students to take our poll on course on line with us
7:46 are going to have a chance to win other real word gets including
7:49 Skype credits or online gift cards very popular online stores
7:55 server also talking about the fall on you know really the hour is just
7:59 an introduction for the students it's an introduction for the teachers it's an
8:02 introduction into an a chance to learn about them that they may want to go on
8:06 to learn
8:06 and for us as well as an introduction on a ten year journey to bring computer
8:10 science every school in the country
8:12 and also the basin ounce how we're gonna go about doing that we want to announce
8:17 a very unprecedented list of donors and partners and backers to our effort
8:22 and this has been an amazing thing for me this is a group that basically
8:25 collected
8:26 literally just in the last three months certain at
8:29 from the tech industry in relief from corporates Amazon Apple
8:33 Microsoft Google and a whole bunch of other companies have come through
8:37 as you heard major donors are major promotional partners
8:40 literally the four largest software companies the country are backing this
8:43 collectively
8:45 from the educational world the Association for Computing Machinery the
8:48 Boys and Girls Club
8:50 the College Board Teach for America and the national associations have science
8:54 teachers
8:55 math teachers and computer science teachers and many other organizations
8:59 are all supporting our organization and the hour code promotion
9:04 and then lastly I'm humbled to announce our individual
9:07 pounding donors Pravasi very generous donors were backing our effort in making
9:11 this possible
9:12 and putting us on our part way to solve this problem for the country
9:16 it includes folks like Bill Gates Mark Zuckerberg John door
9:20 Reid Hoffman Steve Case Jeremy Dr
9:23 and a whole bunch of names basie many the top leaders in the tech industry
9:27 at what's amazing about this list is these are actually the highlights
9:31 at so if you go to our website you'll see I'm at less that's almost three
9:34 times as long
9:36 names are people who may see supporting either code organs donors
9:39 or the hour code as promotional partners and it's been
9:42 amazing collecting this group at you know we've
9:46 assemble this incredible support from the tech industry
9:49 and the reason actions that this problem is bigger than tech
9:52 the opportunity for computer science isn't just for the tech industry
9:56 in fact two-thirds the jobs in software are outside the tech industry there in
10:00 banking and retail and governments in entertainment
10:04 so this isn't a tech industry problem it's in america problem
10:07 and really it's america's opportunity at a time when our government is divided in
10:11 camp do stuff
10:12 this is the chance and opportunity to create millions of jobs
10:15 and to boost our economy and to prepare our children for the 21st century
10:20 said I firmly believe that bring in computer science education
10:24 to every student is the gift that the tech industry owes back to America
10:28 and recruiting their support has been a pleasure because
10:31 is been so natural and people have been so willing to make this happen
10:35 so to speak a few words on behalf a really the tech industry like to
10:38 introduce
10:39 the founder and chairman of LinkedIn and a personal friend and role model Reed
10:43 Hartman
10:46 he
10:52 and see both use the microphone and sidestep
10:56 podium a little bit I'm
11:01 saw start by wishing you all happy adventures and navigation day
11:06 I why I'm not calling a Columbus Day
11:09 poll two reasons the first the which if you haven't seen it
11:14 %uh the simplest form will be go to the oatmeal
11:17 comic and see the a comic on Columbus Day and that will give you some detail
11:23 the second a and I think he refers to it as part of a midday
11:28 the second I will come back to so
11:31 I'm aware that as i stand four you that classically this looks like a
11:35 sachem Bali costs it's a how do we hire more engineers how do we build our
11:40 industry this is you know really important like well but there's a lot
11:43 more problems in the world
11:45 and for what it's worth there's nothing wrong with a classic Silicon Valley
11:48 cause
11:49 that the fact that we are growing robust tech industries is a good thing for the
11:53 world
11:54 however there's much much more to this than that and I think that there are
11:59 up four levels to think about how actually in fact
12:03 teaching computer science coding to everyone
12:07 every kid is actually a beneficial
12:10 first the individuals on their lives themselves
12:13 a second the transformation industries the third is the US
12:17 and the fourth is the world so let's start with the individuals
12:21 see say well keep each coating thickness of wrenching job can make an economic
12:25 transformation a life is the classic
12:27 sort of silicon valley you know a drumbeat
12:31 which is important but it does much more than that
12:34 41 it actually teaches problem solving and critical thinking but useful
12:38 anywhere in terms what you do in your life it's an
12:41 access 28 to to camp crisp
12:45 engineering problem-solving that's the easiest
12:48 on-boarding thank you and start with simple things like print hello world
12:53 but as a way to start getting into this kind of problem solving
12:56 that even for example five-year-olds can learn
13:00 the second is that it's understanding the modern world around you
13:03 height software is transforming are just about every industry
13:08 and if you think about how in the information age
13:11 stop nap self-driving cars personalized medicine
13:14 all these areas are transforming
13:17 these industries are transforming any be in the pickle what is employment look
13:20 like in
13:21 any of these industries was problem-solving look like in any of
13:24 these industries
13:26 the fundamentals are being able to do reasoning the way that's
13:29 coding skills teach you is fundamental across
13:32 all these industries and that's part of how it transforms an individual's life
13:36 it's not simply a look we might get a software engineering job at a really
13:40 great company
13:41 but its almost every industry and its almost any passports a problem solving
13:45 just how we
13:46 go through life the second as industry
13:49 and I've already sort of foreshadow this comment and that
13:53 it is not simply that we have a growing robustness of our companies here in the
13:57 valley
13:57 we do that's great but in fact all industries are somewhat being touched
14:02 by the information revolution by the Data revolution
14:06 I ready for the self-driving cars you know part of what's been happening in
14:09 and pharmaceuticals and drugs is being able to hold our genetics
14:14 in terms of transforming those into the bits in the digital world and then being
14:17 able to
14:18 study with the results are personalized medicine
14:21 and on and on when it goes through so industries
14:24 wherever you are it's important for coding skills
14:29 the US well not only is a question I do we have
14:32 vibrant industries and you know should we support those injuries but
14:36 as we actually have byron entries in economics which come from
14:40 being adaptive come from being able to an I
14:43 help participate on the leading edge products and services
14:48 that then creates the economics that then feedback in the
14:51 all the other changes that we wanna see it feedbacks into
14:54 healthcare it feeds back into education obviously
14:58 we have education and and in a drug for me as well
15:01 and so this is not something that simply important to
15:04 assess offer companies but something that's important the country overall
15:09 and then finally the world and part of this reason porno world is not just like
15:13 well can you take the US and you got every country cell apart and she's a
15:16 good
15:17 yes that's of course true but it's also
15:20 you begin to think about how technology in particular software
15:24 can transform other kinds of causes that we we care about
15:28 and so for example you got everything from how to transform government
15:32 you got like for example what New York has been doing with the 311
15:35 you've got how to transform poverty you can't seem to keep it at organs doing in
15:38 terms of providing marketplace
15:40 there's all these places in which software can tackle
15:44 Syria or help I solve not solely by help solve serious problems the world
15:49 that are the ones we all care about
15:53 so let's come back to the car our Cup no wise
15:56 our code important it's important because every journey starts with a step
16:00 and the pop the the the sooner that we get the problem solving skills the
16:04 experience
16:05 what's going on with computer engineering into the minds of everyone
16:09 most especially the next generation most especially especially our youth
16:14 our children that helps them navigate the world in the right way
16:18 and so that's why I called this happy adventures and navigation day
16:22 ripe for Columbus Day because what we're trying to do with the our code is we're
16:25 trying to help
16:27 the next generation figure out how to navigate the new modern world well as
16:30 problem solving
16:31 understanding the technologies around them that's what this is trying to do
16:35 and so without that was all I really plan intact so for those useful
16:45 and I will say this is a great guy to do
16:49 thank you
16:55 one great thing about our readers that he took this columbus day date which
16:59 were
16:59 turn out to be an error on our parts to make it sound like urs actually
17:03 intention on terms the timing of this event
17:05 at I'd like to ask I de Mendoza from
17:09 the mayor's office to come talk about how the city in san Francisco's gonna be
17:12 supporting our code campaign
17:14 get afternoon everyone and thanks for having me my name is high demand does
17:25 then I serve as mayor leaves education and Family Services advisor and also a
17:29 member of the board of education
17:31 and appeared to kids who are way more advanced in technology than I am
17:36 I'm actually really delighted to be here this afternoon because this is
17:40 key and important merely sends his regards he's actually on his way to
17:45 China and I know that he will personally experience what China is doing
17:48 and what we are not and so this is a wonderful opportunity
17:52 for us to get on board and to talk about basics
17:55 merely has initiated that mayors education leadership
17:59 an inmate in middle schools in through that program and partnering with
18:04 Salesforce dot com foundation
18:05 we've been able to wifi oliver middle schools and
18:09 but devices into the hands of our students as part of that initiative
18:13 we're really talking about not
18:15 not all the APs and all other programs that they're going to be able to have
18:18 access to
18:20 but how do we actually get to those programs into those APs
18:23 so computer science which has been I'm not in our schools from
18:27 for many many years is now something that we want to bring back and we want
18:32 to make sure that our kids
18:33 all have access to so we as a school district here in San Francisco
18:38 I'm are have adopted the Common Core and where we're actually wanna eat
18:43 school districts in the state of California that have already received a
18:47 waiver and we're going to be pushing
18:49 the envelope even more in California and so
18:53 our commitment I'm today not only
18:56 to I go .org but to our students are 56,000 students
19:01 in San Francisco Unified School District is to ensure that they have this
19:06 opportunity to participate in this hour
19:08 code and beyond so we're committing to have our middle schoolers
19:13 that are part of the mayor's leadership initiative to be able to have access and
19:17 support
19:18 during that our code and to ensure that all of our teachers
19:22 who are already early adapters and are already committed to making sure that
19:26 our students understand the value and importance
19:29 upholding will be able to participate in this
19:32 sadness a wonderful initiative and were also committing to ensuring that
19:37 all OVR principles throughout San Francisco Unified
19:41 have access and opportunity to the same that that are middle school students
19:44 will have access to
19:46 so on behalf of our 56,000 students
19:49 and I merely who certainly looks at San Francisco as the center of innovation
19:55 I we're delighted to be part of this we want to thank you honey for this
19:58 amazing gift because as simple and as
20:02 I important as it is it really is a gift to remind us
20:06 what the basics are and how we need to go back to them to ensure that we know
20:10 where we're going and we're working where we've come from and so
20:13 again on behalf merrily and San Francisco Unified School District we are
20:18 on board and we're really excited to be part of this thank you
20:21 so we're gonna have a panel to
20:31 that talk about the little bit about the issues in computer science education
20:34 at and we're gonna be joined by both Google and Microsoft who are
20:38 first and our most important backers in this campaign
20:41 at but to introduce our moderator Allan Lin
20:44 at I metal and three years ago when they had the CS department at UW at
20:50 spoke to me when I first got interested in this feeling is that you have to meet
20:53 her she's
20:53 basie the best computer science teacher in the States and very passionate about
20:57 this field
20:58 at and she was basing the first person I spoke to learn more about
21:02 Computer Science Education Center medications that thank you Alan
21:10 amateur
21:18 been listed come up three years all introduced them one by one and thank you
21:21 so much how d-ma
21:23 humbled to be here very excited to be part of this initiative
21:26 and so we're gonna have
21:29 a panel until about three o'clock and when I'm gonna do is briefly introduced
21:33 you to the panelists they represent a broad range
21:37 I have different perspectives on computer science education
21:40 was really excited to have all those voices is exciting to have all those
21:44 voices
21:45 represented here and I'm gonna have a few questions
21:49 that I have prepared and then we'll leave a few minutes
21:52 for you all to ask questions so peace be thinking about things that you would
21:56 like to ask
21:57 so to my right I have State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom
22:02 Torlakson
22:03 to the superintendent was elected to a four-year term in 2010
22:09 and as a chief if California's public school system in a leader
22:12 of the California Department of Education as senate and superintendent
22:16 relaxin
22:17 has applied his experience as a science teacher high school coach
22:21 Anesti policymaker to fight for California students and improve the
22:25 state's
22:25 public education system to be thank you for joining us
22:30 to his right is Maggie Johnson
22:34 who is the director education and literacy relations at Google
22:37 said Google many managers technical training and leadership development
22:40 programs for engineers
22:42 as well as operations staff the app the information management and technical
22:46 writing teams
22:47 and the good Google's educational outreach efforts
22:51 she also manages the University Relations area
22:54 which means building strategic partnerships with faculty and labs
22:57 globally try to google a Mac user faculty member and director
23:01 undergraduate studies
23:03 in Stanford's computer science department
23:07 and of course you've heard from hyper to reading and CEO of code i dork
23:12 to his right is max left shin
23:16 who is the president and CEO a href
23:19 and max confounded paper how was it CT 0
23:23 until it was acquired by eBay Inc and more recently he's been involved
23:26 in an Innovation Lab called HBF which explores and funds data-driven projects
23:31 and HBF launch its first project called a firm
23:34 in early 2013 recently launched low
23:38 which some of you may have read about in is currently serving on the boards of
23:41 several well-known companies such as
23:43 Yelp and Yahoo and finally we have Brad Smith with us today
23:48 who is the general counsel and executive vice president for the legal and
23:53 corporate affairs group
23:54 at Microsoft and so his group is responsible for all the legal work
23:59 and for government industry and community affairs activities
24:03 again and Microsoft so thank you all for being upset with us here today
24:07 as they said its own really great panel with a diversity
24:12 of perspectives so before we get started in earnest I thought it would %uh just
24:17 be fun to ask you guys whether
24:19 interview had plans for the hour code is anybody doing anything interesting
24:24 either as a participant or maybe as a planner he
24:28 I have an 11-year-old daughter my arm I've already talked to her technology
24:32 teacher and she's gonna be doing
24:34 our code with her six right so that's one thing
24:38 at admires we're gonna prove that absolutely anybody on the planet can
24:42 learn to code because we're going to try to get
24:45 each have our lawyers. to spend an hour doing
24:50 I'm looking forward to going to class went unseen students first and putting
24:53 my hands on
24:56 it's ok to get some time to actually code yeah
25:00 fantastic so as he said we've got a lot of different perspectives represented
25:06 here so
25:07 I wanted to hear little bit about your organizations in your personal
25:11 reasons for thinking the computer science should be a central part
25:14 love a young person's education and maybe we can start with Brad
25:19 well I'd I think that computer sciences to the 21st century what
25:23 physics wise to the 20th minute it is the a fundamental field
25:27 that is he is at the heart of so many advances in so many other fields and
25:32 certainly
25:32 for so much technological innovation and yet I think the great difference is that
25:37 here in the thirteenth year of the century
25:40 we have such a long ways to go in order to make this
25:43 field available to students across the country as just one data point
25:48 there's over 42,000 high schools in the United States
25:53 any at last year the number high schools that was certified to teach the AP
25:56 course in computer science
25:58 was only 2,555
26:02 fewer students last year took the AP exam in computer science then took the
26:06 AP exam bien
26:08 are history and for example
26:11 arm it was only about a 15 save the number who took the AP exam in calculus
26:17 so we have a long ways to go in surely one of the things that we've been
26:20 doing at Microsoft together with lot of other people who are represented here on
26:24 the West
26:25 I is just die I'll pursuing a variety of programs to try to fill this gap both in
26:30 the k12 system
26:32 and in higher education system
26:37 other perspectives on why computing should be such a central focus
26:41 began person's education
26:45 was also vital for our economy and as I talk to employers up and down the state
26:50 day
26:50 they need engineers in Gen on any computer science engineers
26:53 in particular so it's a huge focus I represent
26:57 over 10,000 schools 6 million students
27:00 and not enough that pain medication to bed just spoke to his
27:04 is going on it so I want to incur did I have an issue through our
27:08 technology education technology task force called well we want when you want
27:11 computing capacity
27:13 every hour the day during the school day an off campus in on the weekend
27:17 but we're we're calling it an issue No Child Left offline
27:20 and so you have the magic and the actual learning but then beyond that is
27:24 this whole issue computer science learning to program learning to code
27:28 learning how computers work and how they can transform the world
27:31 and so I believe that this is a mission we need to do the ass
27:34 Lee endorse and a change in direction so we have more high school
27:38 and college graduate ready to go to work in our field
27:44 I'm think its pretty fundamental
27:49 to just generally broaden be
27:55 acceptance and understanding of computer science
27:58 not only because it is the control sites to 20 percent re
28:02 is the physics up the next generation
28:07 but also to maintain economic competitiveness the United States going
28:10 forward
28:11 the we're basically even if we think that fixes just fine
28:15 and we don't have to change it up to computer science this the world isn't
28:18 and I read somewhere
28:22 in the one of the books love
28:25 you'll see whatsoever Creek leading 21st century americans are pretty much going
28:28 to be only good at two things writing code and delivering Peter
28:31 and I want children to write code because that probably will keep more
28:34 economically a
28:36 prepared for for the competitors competitive universe
28:39 I'm job site though
28:43 I think ok learning how to code learning Howell
28:47 vast majority are everything
28:50 around damn works literally
28:54 letters to say that everything you Internet of Things one and and many
28:58 other
29:00 trends like it having that knowledge
29:03 will prepare children for the generations to come
29:07 22 to participate in an interesting way an economic hub development of the unit
29:12 the world so that's probably the reason I'm most excited about it
29:17 well and i think is to mention there's a there's a pipeline problem really series
29:21 one where we have
29:22 I'll we more demand than we have supply you know in terms a computer science and
29:27 computing professionals
29:28 and even with the you know upturn that we've seen in the last couple years in
29:32 in the number of our majors
29:34 coming out of our undergraduate programs you're still the project forward eight
29:38 to ten years is just not going to be enough
29:40 so what we really need to be thinking about in an odd he's got great start
29:44 here is how did
29:45 how to help arm all students parents teachers administrators understand
29:50 the potential for a career in this field and also understand that it's not
29:55 about sitting in an isolated cubicle 10 hours
29:59 not doing anything but I'm looking at that computer not talkin anybody it's
30:04 just not like that at all it is an inherently creative activity
30:09 and its team based and this is something else that we really have to help our
30:12 armor our kids understand
30:14 it's just a little it's a perception issues as well as a career potential
30:19 now breasted up mentioning that we have a problem in terms if
30:23 K 12 students having access to computing courses a lot of schools to start
30:26 teaching at you saw from
30:28 Rd slides as well that about five percent of students
30:31 are taking computer science in in
30:34 US schools what do you think is the single biggest challenge that's
30:39 keeping computer science courses from being more broadly offered currently
30:44 and how did you wanna start as I would you know you can talk to a lot of
30:46 schools yeah I can say pretty
30:48 confidently that there's at multiple challenges and so this isn't an easy
30:53 single thing that you solve problem
30:54 at the but the biggest challenge by far as a shortage of teachers
30:59 at and you know the difficulties you can't just saw about challenger vacuum
31:03 because
31:04 the local state policies in different states is really compatible computer
31:08 science education
31:09 and the states have trouble changing the policy has the should've teachers
31:12 it's harder to teachers to the field because the state policy so there's
31:15 little to check a bag
31:17 between those things and then on top of that there's a cultural stereotype that
31:21 this is only for a unique sort of set of people
31:24 so am and we're trying to solve all three of those basie that the
31:28 availability of teachers the state policy stuff
31:32 as well as the Arab the cultural perception one other thing I want to
31:36 mention everybody here talk about how
31:38 computer science is important at the one thing it's actually
31:41 very it's served deeply ingrained in me that is actually fun
31:45 and for students if you ask soon which is more fun
31:48 whether they're a girl or a boy memorizing the capital the
31:51 the capitals of all the cities in the world we're building an app on a
31:54 smartphone
31:55 10 outta 10 students would say they'd rather build a call it a lot
31:59 at and so just making education fun for kids is actor good reason for doing this
32:05 and it's fine for teachers to be was considered enthused and excited at
32:09 I do agree with the need to go back in our task force report says we need to go
32:13 back to the school education
32:15 make sure we have a reorientation that is rich new way I'm learning
32:19 itself in the 21st century skills to go along with the Common Core
32:23 but also open up the door for teachers to be certified
32:26 and have certification various areas where
32:29 they can be certified encoding be certified in
32:33 an analysis updated and using a data from computer programs
32:37 to help instruct individual efforts in in learning so that
32:40 that huge one other thing is the equipment
32:43 and is embarrassing in california where like 40 is in the nation
32:48 in and the lack thereof internet-connected devices and bandwidth
32:51 we may only have about half of what we need
32:54 and I do actually full-on you do the learning digitally
32:58 through the internet as well as do the assessment to the internet so
33:02 a number in issues like being a month later how we can together
33:05 go to the state legislature this year they did a follow request mine for a
33:10 billion and a quarter dollars
33:11 do actually invest in the teacher training that we're talking about
33:15 and in the computer collectively so weathered
33:18 man with towers and WiFi antenna
33:22 and the wiring we need to get that capital dollars
33:26 in there to match this creative teaching
33:30 not an even more bad news to let your but the curriculum is also really tight
33:35 in high school so if you look at just just trying to fit anything else and
33:39 that's why for years and
33:40 really the only way in for any kind computer science education has been
33:43 advanced placement
33:45 so I'm that's another issue that I think you know needs to be dealt with both at
33:49 the policy level and then just
33:51 in terms a are finding ways to not only have computer science education but ways
33:55 of integrating into
33:56 into other areas as well tastic now
34:00 i speaking about policy a brat I know that
34:03 your group has been heavily involved in policy work
34:06 can you tell us a little bit about how Microsoft has been working to influence
34:09 computer science education policy
34:11 sure I think there's a couple of dimensions that both tonight some other
34:14 problems and also some other solutions first do
34:17 what is the point that Hardy made a state policy plays a tremendous role
34:22 now right now in New 38 States tel
34:26 I even if you're lucky enough to go to high school were you can take the AP
34:29 course in computer science
34:31 he will not count towards either your math or your science distribution
34:35 requirements to graduate from high school
34:38 Iraq and that's just a a real determined to have me goes it is well to the point
34:43 that Maggie May 10 hits
34:44 a lot harder for principal or superintendent to getting food used
34:49 about adding a computer science course to the curriculum
34:53 when that won't count towards what the students need to
34:57 study in order to meet the state's graduation requirements
35:00 so at the state level we we need to move as quickly as we can to make computer
35:05 science came out and make it count in all 50 states
35:09 I do think this is the kinda problem that just
35:12 calling attention takes a big step toward solving it because when people
35:16 step back and think about it they do tend to get it
35:19 him there's a lot of opportunity for progress at the federal level
35:23 our senses the federal government can do a lot more to help
35:27 I'm in a sense I'd say we've been here before as a country
35:31 I in the late nineteen fifties there was this broad recognition after the launch
35:35 of Sputnik that the country needed to invest in math and science education
35:40 federal law was passed that's really what led to the first federal programs
35:44 at both the high ready and k12 level to train teachers in new fields in that
35:49 time it was really mapping
35:51 in science and Russian up love all things
35:54 but what we proposed hand but found its way happily into the
35:59 comprehensive immigration bill passed by the Senate
36:02 is a provision that would raise the fees on bees as because I think we all
36:06 recognize that in the short run the only way don't fill their jobs
36:09 is to hire more people from outside the United States
36:13 but you some of these visa fees in green card fees
36:16 to create a national stem Education Fund
36:20 and to provide this money to the states specifically for initiatives such as
36:24 teacher training
36:25 I'm the problem is multifaceted but that's probably the single most
36:29 expensive part of the problem to solve
36:31 and that's the kind of thing that together with philanthropy & Co died or
36:35 can help us grow to scale in teacher training
36:39 one thing I wanted say on the policy side is called authorities has a sister
36:42 organization called computing in the corps to base the impact the policy at
36:45 the
36:46 state level and the federal level at Microsoft has been a tremendous help in
36:50 terms of
36:51 the state by state effort to do this but the that numerous other tech companies
36:56 Google Apple pace pick up all they see lend a hand or going to be lending a
37:00 hand in doing this
37:01 and some amazing inroads he made at you know this incredibly divided Congress
37:07 we managed to get the house to vote unanimously to make an amendment to the
37:10 ESEA
37:11 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for computer science
37:15 at and the state by state level just in the last few months we've had three
37:19 different states
37:20 change policy on this out recognizing computer science towards graduation
37:23 credits
37:24 said it's somewhat unheard up to have this US House
37:28 bro you haven't seen anything and it's almost more in Heard up to have
37:32 three different states in a span of four months change policy on an issue
37:35 II in such a quick period in our goal is to basically get us
37:39 from where Brad said we are to have instead of fourteen fifteen states
37:43 having 24 states by the end of next year
37:45 recognize computer science as part of a math and science pathways
37:49 support in and also liked it added
37:52 on another federal policy though we need all work together the same kind a
37:56 coalition you put together for
37:58 a code or on you rate it's a source abandoned it was established by the
38:02 federal government to help low-income students and their families connect to
38:05 the internet
38:06 and two also get the the
38:09 connection out into rural areas in this country and so I'm leading a
38:13 an effort another school cheese and all parties
38:16 and rural-urban to change the rate level and we need to work with the SEC I went
38:21 back recently in
38:22 that was a couple commissioners and Senator John Rockefeller from West
38:25 Virginia is heading up an effort
38:27 to increase than amount of money which is now only two and a half billion a
38:30 year
38:30 to double that and how to make it easier for schools to apply to get those funds
38:34 so more market and our teachers will have access to the Internet
38:39 and one reason to increase access to a computer science education which we
38:42 haven't heard
38:43 as much about is just increased that diverse city in the field
38:47 we certainly have her low diversity and I
38:50 is in terms of gender diversity about Nick they perceive socioeconomic
38:53 diversity of
38:54 room you know in terms of ruler been divided so all those things
38:58 are another reason to and get computer science and more schools
39:02 no menya I know that Google has been specifically
39:05 working hard to increase a representation in computer science meet
39:10 us a little bit about some of those initiatives
39:12 sure I won't let me start by just talking about why it's so important to
39:16 her have diversity in
39:18 in the workforce in technology if we're going to %uh build systems that are
39:23 designed and implemented by any
39:25 particular demographic there will be a inherent but
39:29 unintentional bias in the system's so if we want to create systems that are
39:34 really
39:35 I'm accessible to everyone then they must be
39:38 and developed and implemented by a a diverse group
39:42 so it's really important aspect what we're doing what we're building to have
39:46 that diversity in in a workforce
39:48 now at Google we do quite a bit to support this I we have our rise award
39:53 program which is out every year we go out and identify
39:56 arm small organizations that are working in this area
39:59 there's so much work going on in this so we don't have to reinvent we'll just
40:03 have to find the ones doing really impact of things and then we we'd find
40:06 them
40:07 were also strong supporters have NC wit in the newborn
40:11 Institute Witcher 2 with the most important Tom
40:14 organizations with the women in technology issue
40:17 we have %uh intern programs and we have a computer science Summer Institute
40:23 are all these programs bring a large number of diverse both women and
40:27 under our represent minority students to a Google campus every summer
40:31 in the other work on industry level projects or they'd
40:35 go through some computer science educational activities are complementary
40:38 to the undergraduate programs for those are some highlights:
40:42 by the way the diversity reason is the diversity issues the key reason we came
40:46 up with the our code campaign because
40:48 all the data shows that the the stereotypical computer programmers
40:52 basically
40:53 a young white male and the whole idea behind the hour codes to get 10 million
40:57 people
40:58 young or old above all races all demographic background in specially boy
41:03 and girl
41:04 to engage at least in one hour this and once we have that happen suddenly will
41:09 be in a world where
41:10 it's not just a minority people or just the young white male boys who
41:14 learn computer programming everybody's at least tried it and then people can
41:18 decide who wants to go on
41:21 and menu a you gonna mention there's not a lot of great
41:25 curriculum yet that but there's a lot efforts that are I certainly underway
41:29 and a lot of really promising
41:31 practices and and and tools that are out there so
41:35 but to any %uh view if a parent or teacher comes to you and says my student
41:41 is interested
41:42 the dummy our code what's next what might you tell them and honey maybe you
41:47 want to start with that and
41:49 I will hear other ideas as well yes sir we're gonna have a whole bunch of server
41:52 curated online tutorials for people if they wanna go beyond one hour to learn
41:57 depending on what level you're out whether it's elementary level or or
42:00 high school or post post-high school or what not at
42:04 but the real challenge is actually bring in computer science to schools
42:07 at near them at code are already has
42:10 they see the best database of all the local places you can learn whether its
42:14 public schools private schools workshops
42:16 summer camps elite people took to learn at ever in a physical location near them
42:21 but we are long-term effort beyond the hour code is going to be bringing
42:25 computer science school by school to every school in the country
42:30 you enough to have things that they like to tell parents or
42:34 or teachers in the country here's a place to start maksoud you
42:37 when it was just me chirping to server my personal experience the
42:42 just slightly apropos over a month early sure how
42:45 I grow up in the country that launched sputnik
42:48 and it's interesting a quite quite some time ago
42:52 but term my first exposure to you a code and programming
42:57 was actually in a Germany burr heard workshop
43:00 this is in the early ET's is that this is a while ago
43:04 and I don't really spend a lot of time thinking about it but is remarkable
43:08 bat a relatively backwards are very backwards country like so union
43:12 had platitude obvs
43:16 local places that it could gather and learn how to code
43:19 and there were basically industry people
43:23 at the time you know super crunchy old song developers from the
43:28 defense program basically they were volunteering their time teaching kids
43:31 how to write code and I think today
43:35 in the US I'm not entirely sure given our
43:39 relatively said computer science education state affairs
43:42 we can do much better so today i would tell a parent hey you know what
43:46 find someone who writes code for a living bad
43:50 volunteering their time a local workshop and that's a great place
43:53 to up to to get going ultimately
43:56 but the thing that sir put me on the path to becoming a computer scientist
44:00 with an amazing teacher when I was in a
44:03 our last year %uh my soviet high school I E
44:07 was extraordinarily lucky to have a computer science teacher
44:11 that understood that
44:14 computer science including and or everything that you can learn
44:17 is unjust important before these are economic prosperity or or
44:22 presides respective he ultimately thought of it as an art form as a form
44:25 of self-expression and fun
44:27 and that just fundamentally change my view of this is Matt but
44:31 a little bit more it's Matt with typing became this is the way to a
44:35 to be interesting this is the way to I it stopped it never was really for me
44:39 nervy thing to do it was something that I
44:43 felt I could differently much help from from from my peers and and and on so
44:48 ultimately that's why I E Gina perception is probably one of the more
44:52 important things like a dork
44:53 his is so cool and so important
44:56 and we are under frontier very exciting time
45:00 in transforming education California using the new Common Core the critical
45:04 thinking
45:05 skills and problem-solving skills and
45:08 also the local control funding formula that puts more money
45:11 into low income students and into the education English learners
45:15 there's an accountability plan every single school district in the state
45:18 could have to
45:19 produced by june thirtieth next year and why not make it to the parent
45:23 to be an advocate why not have that be integrated into
45:26 the new plans for how we advance education in California we have programs
45:30 like mister
45:32 math engineering science achievement has been around for forty years it doesn't
45:35 do a lot in computer science but you could do more
45:37 but it does reach out to disadvantaged in TN girls who code
45:41 so how do how to connect that parent and that student
45:45 to a robotics club and approach to science teacher who
45:49 is open to learning how to be that
45:52 computer science teacher in code on on robots code on
45:56 percent arm contest they have there's ways you can get some hands-on
46:00 activities
46:01 while we build bigger infrastructure that each other's panels and spoken to
46:07 fantastic so you can hear there's a lot of hopeful developments happening from a
46:10 lot of different angles
46:11 look to take a few questions from you have anybody had anything they would
46:15 like to
46:16 ask our panelists
46:19 yes please said
46:38 said
46:43 good
46:48 either because the buttons are yeah
46:53 so the question is your repeated mention
46:56 that and we could look at this as a purely Silicon Valley
47:00 cause in submission is well what words
47:03 be attributed that how can we look at this as a national
47:07 issue for even a global issue and sounds like Max is gonna take a first down I
47:12 I think that until and unless manufacturing comes back to the US
47:17 we're going to be fundamentally exporting intellectual property
47:20 in the world seen
47:23 our trade will be exporting stuff that comes out of the brain
47:27 and these days the most sellable version
47:30 about to this code or programming system so
47:34 it's partly a Silicon Valley issue just happens to be the case that Silicon
47:38 Valley's did
47:39 most constant replacers offers produced but hopefully we produce in more places
47:43 and we need more people that know how to do it it's a little bit like
47:47 we need more engineers in the fifties to you
47:50 make should work competitor psycho it's like
47:53 a sec not be like going to university in saying
47:56 G you almost be promoting reading because everybody at university knows
48:01 how
48:01 who in the reality is that good
48:04 no actually I actually don't think it is for the following reason:
48:08 it doesn't matter what part of the country you're in it doesn't matter what
48:11 part of the economy Yuri and
48:13 he computers are ubiquitous in the course
48:17 a computer that doesn't run software is just an expensive paperweight
48:21 now it doesn't matter if you're going to mean to be mean
48:24 automobiles the all of these fields are being touched by computers
48:28 in all of these companies in industries needed the answers in computer science
48:33 him were in order to move forward and
48:37 ill Silicon Valley maybe the part of the country that
48:41 Queen the phrase Silicon Valley but look across the country
48:45 go down to los angeles they talk about silicon beach go to Utah they caught
48:49 they talk about the silicon slopes coated a map to my they're talking about
48:53 the silicon Prairie go to New York for talking about Silicon Alley go to London
48:57 the talking about the silicon roundabout it
49:01 here he it could be because people are not very creative but what it really
49:07 reflects
49:08 is that they're all other industries in all over their economies are
49:13 increasingly based on
49:15 silicon computers and hence this really has become something
49:20 that hey i has become some part in the fabric up the economy not just
49:24 nationally but increasingly on a global basis as well
49:27 there's at in this country two-thirds of the software jobs are
49:32 outside of tech companies and every single state and every single
49:36 congressional district has more jobs for software engineers
49:40 and their students studying this field so that is basically
49:43 its is a it's a national problem
49:53 it
49:55 yell though I would say it's good
49:57 way but I think that's breaking down
50:00 can if you want to look and one place words breaking down
50:04 look at how the people in politics run their campaigns
50:08 I mean look at the degree to which can be in Sprint Cup
50:11 basically day day in computing intensive activities
50:15 it's just one more example I'm near the ubiquity
50:20 what we're talking about here either waco .org goal isn't to
50:24 create enough computer programmers to fill these jobs are our vision is about
50:28 every student and every student does need to become a computer programmer for
50:32 a living and the reason we're doing this is
50:33 every politician in 2040 should have
50:37 enough a background to know about the technology that they're going to be
50:40 regulating
50:41 your every single doctor in 2040 should have some background and the stuff
50:45 because the actual things that are going to be put in your body
50:48 already include computing devices and so on for you know
50:51 the controlling your medicine so this is an appeal this is going to be limited to
50:56 the people creating the software
50:57 at this is something I i from we believe every sin is gonna need to learn
51:01 it's it's already happening and you look at the university's Anaheim
51:05 number of majors right now that require introductory computer science
51:09 just turn you know for students to get that major in to be successful in this
51:13 field I mean things like
51:15 like economics i care is a business medicine biology these are all areas
51:19 where
51:19 it's not just computing and we're learning how to use a computer Intel
51:23 rhythmic design and thinking
51:24 so this is already happening quite a bit think you'd like to take another
51:28 question
51:29 from you for comment
51:33 are Savon Goodman closing so what can we expect in the next
51:39 five years or so what's what's kind of the
51:41 in the outcome of all this a me know what what would
51:45 what would you like to see it may be is really what he's asking
51:49 book actually type are deported extremely well
51:53 we should want to create a future where every student in this country has the
51:57 opportunity to learn computer science
52:00 before here she graduates from high school it doesn't mean that every
52:04 american student
52:05 necessarily should but everybody ought to have the chance if that's what they
52:10 want
52:10 and we should build on that by creating the capacity in our
52:14 university systems across the country to graduate
52:18 the students who will have the skills to fill the jobs that the economy is
52:22 creating right now we're falling further behind each year rather than catching up
52:26 he and your five years from now we'll have a couple
52:30 really easy metrics to look at how many high schools offer this
52:33 how many college degrees are reproducing how does that compare to the number of
52:37 jobs that are being created
52:39 hope we will be making real progress in this I think
52:43 should be part of a larger Renaissance a larger push for STEM education in
52:47 general and engineers across
52:48 different fields and students will switch career pathways is a
52:52 learn more and get excited and the legislature in recognition is
52:56 emphasis on Kord technology education
52:59 has put out to a fifty million dollars my department will be dispersing grants
53:03 over the next three years and I want to make sure that
53:05 him among those careers is computer science
53:08 and we have career pathways that move from middle and high school education
53:12 right up into community college into our universities and I want to say I
53:16 heartily endorse hardier vision here
53:19 and the hour coding wanna see and i'll be asking all 1100 issues in California
53:24 join the campaign cuz I wanna see
53:26 every student million just didn't have a chance to have this opportunity
53:29 to learn coding program I wanna point out that the superintendent and I
53:34 talked about what he just said literally 10 minutes before the
53:37 event started he said you know what is it that we could do know is that all you
53:40 can announce they're gonna ask every principle in California do this
53:43 and he said done at sir I was about to ask you if you can actually talk about
53:48 it I'm glad you remembered
53:50 yeah yes ball to close this event I want us two things first of all
53:55 this is really important for our country no matter what you do
53:58 help us spread the word about the hour code if your parent Ashurst
54:02 your students teacher for your principle to offer an hour code in their schools
54:06 I'm everybody here should also get a code or cat as you
54:09 as you walk out and I want you actually wear those
54:13 at not to promote code are over to promote computer science and
54:17 especially those are you here who are women consider wearing the hat
54:21 or go to our website we have these these t-shirts that say code like a girl
54:26 that are fantastic are part of code onerous goal
54:29 is to get people to think that this isn't just for a minority of Americans
54:33 so wear the hats or T-shirts probably because it it takes place in the leaders
54:38 of our industry
54:39 to help set a trend for the rest of the country thank you so much
54:42 well
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