Unplugged Acivity - What is Computer Science
What do you want to be when you grow up Olivia? um, an astronaut
Do you happen to know what a computer programmer is?
yeah, um no. ummm, wait what?
I'm not really sure how to explain it computer programming is pretty simple
it's a set of instructions like a recipe, you have to follow them
step-by-step to get the end result you want computer science is
is that its a way to impact the world
they can be music videos you can be games detect whether or not someone
related to someone else you can
you know find people's friends you can do all sorts of other crazy things that
actually save lives
you do have to have a drive
great programming to me is
not that dissimilar to great art
when I finally learned a little bit of programming that that blank wall
resolved into a bunch of doors
doors and you open them and of course that the find
behind them is another hallway filled with a bunch of doors
programming is fun and easy, you can do whatever
your mind wants to do finally you start to open enough doors tthat the light comes in
and to me a finished program is like a structured filled with light
all the corners are illuminated. the number of people you can
you can touch and interact with is something the world has never seen before
are first lesson in this series is all about what
what computer science is what a computer scientist does
and how you can be more responsible use of technology
very important lesson but it is a little text heavy
but at the and you get to make your very on customized encoding
using your next it's a fun activity and it's very empowering
as binary is one other thing that feels very technical
but once you understand it it's like you speak a secret language