“Whether you want to uncover the secrets of the universe, or you just want to pursue a career in the 21st century, basic computer programming is an essential skill to learn” WantUniverseSecretCareersCenturySkillsEssentialsComputerPursueProgramming21st CenturyComputer Programming Author:Stephen Hawking
“Although our grammar schools are teaching a whole generation computer language to adjust to the technological needs of a Stage II [post survival-focused] society, we have neglected to teach this generation relationship language and conflict resolution skills to address the social and psychological needs of a Stage II society. And when it is taught, in countries like Germany, although called social competence it focuses on workplace teamwork - still on survival, breadwinner oriented work goals.” NeedsStillsCountryWholeSchoolLanguageSocialGoalTeachGenerationsTeachingStageTaughtSkillsConflictComputerSurvivalFocusedPsychologicalPostsGermanyAddressesResolutionTeamworkTechnologicalWorkplaceGrammarCompetenceNeglectedThis GenerationConflict ResolutionComputer LanguageGrammar SchoolBreadwinnerPsychological Needs Author:Warren Farrell
“I went - I had designed - in high school designed hundreds and hundreds of computers over and over and over, so I developed these skills without ever thinking I'd do it in life as job.” ThinkingSchoolJobsSkillsComputerHigh School Author:Steve Wozniak
“I am the person I want to be. I got to teach and had some of the greatest times in my life learning that I had some teaching skills and doing some incredible things teaching 200 hours of computers a year to fifth graders, making them experts at certain things.” WantYearsPersonsCertainHoursTeachTeachingSkillsComputerIncrediblesExpertsFifthLife LearningFifth Graders Author:Steve Wozniak
“Technology and computers are very much at the core of our economy going forward. To be prepared for the demands of the 21st century-and to take advantage of its opportunities-it is essential that more of our students today learn basic computer programming skills, no matter what field of work they want to pursue.” WantMatterTodayOpportunityTechnologyEconomyCenturyFieldsStudentsSkillsDemandEssentialsComputerAdvantageNo Matter WhatPreparedCorePursueProgrammingBe Prepared21st CenturyComputer ProgrammingStudents Today Author:Todd Park
“Computers force us into creating with our minds and prevent us from making things with our hands. They dull the skills we use in everyday life.” MindUseHandsForceSkillsComputerCreatingEverydayDullEveryday Life Author:Clifford Stoll
“What's happened with computer technology is perfectly timed for someone with my set of skills. I tell stories with pictures. What I love about CGI is that if I can think it, it can be put on the screen.” IfsThinkingI CanStoriesTechnologyHappenedSkillsComputerScreensComputer TechnologyCgi Author:Frank Miller
“If a student takes a Stanford computer class and a Princeton business class, it shows they are motivated and have skills. We know it has helped employees get better jobs.” IfsKnowsShowsJobsClassStudentsSkillsComputerGet BetterEmployeeMotivatedBetter JobsStanfordPrinceton Author:Daphne Koller
“I have met bright students in computer science who have never seen the source code of a large program. They may be good at writing small programs, but they can't begin to learn the different skills of writing large ones if they can't see how others have done it.” IfsWritingMayDifferentDoneStudentsSourceMetsSkillsComputerProgramBe GoodCodeComputer Science Book:Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman Source: Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman
“While we bemoan the decline of literacy, computers discount words in favor of pictures and pictures in favor of video. While we fret about the decreasing cogency of public debate, computers dismiss linear argument and promote fast, shallow romps across the information landscape. While we worry about basic skills, we allow into the classroom software that will do a student's arithmetic or correct his spelling.” WorryInformationStudentsInternetSkillsComputerArgumentFavorsDebateVideoLandscapeSoftwareClassroomDeclineFree SpeechShallowLiteracyLinearArithmeticSpellingDiscounts Author:David Gelernter
“The cell phone has transformed public places into giant phone-a-thons in which callers exist within narcissistic cocoons of private conversations. Like faxes, computer modems and other modern gadgets that have clogged out lives with phony urgency, cell phones represent the 20th Century's escalation of imaginary need. We didn't need cell phones until we had them. Clearly, cell phones cause not only a breakdown of courtesy, but the atrophy of basic skills.” NeedsCausesModernCenturySkillsConversationComputerPhonesCellsGiantsTransformedImaginary20th CenturyCourtesyNarcissisticCell PhoneUrgencyBreakdownPhonyGadgetsCocoonsAtrophyFaxEscalation Author:Mary Schmich
“Whether we're fighting climate change or going to space, everything is moved forward by computers, and we don't have enough people who can code. Teaching young people to code early on can help build skills and confidence and energize the classroom with learning-by-doing opportunities. I learned how to fly a hot air balloon when I was 30,000 feet up and my life was in the balance: you can learn skills at any age but why wait when we can teach everyone to code now!” PeopleEnoughHelpingAgeYoungFightingOpportunityWaitingSpaceTeachAirFeetTeachingBalanceSkillsComputerHotMovedClimateClimate ChangeCodeClassroomBalloonsLearning By DoingHot AirAir BalloonsHot Air Balloons Author:Richard Branson
“I think everyone should get a little exposure to computer science because it really forces you to think in a slightly different way, and it's a skill that you can apply in life in general, whether you end up in computer science or not.” ThinkingWayShouldLittlesDifferentEndsForceSkillsComputerDifferent WaysExposureComputer Science Author:Tony Hsieh
“We need to make sure that every child in America goes to a school every day that is safe, will teach them how to read and write, do arithmetic and gain the computer skills necessary to allow them to compete in the global marketplace. If we can get that through the public schools, fine. If we can't, I'm all for parental choice in education to allow that parent to take his/her/their child to a school that is safe and teaches them, even if it is a faith-based school!” IfsNeedsWritingChildrenSchoolAmericaChoicesParentTeachFineSkillsSafeComputerGainsPublic SchoolMarketplaceParentalArithmeticFaith Based Author:J. C. Watts
“Speaking of human computers, there is a guy named Art Benjamin, he's a human calculator. He says it's a skill he learned as a kid. Now he's a math professor at Harvey Mudd. He can find the square root of a six digit number in a few seconds. Practice.” HumansArtKidsGuyNumbersPracticeSkillsSixComputerArt IsRootsMathSecondsProfessorsSquaresHarveyCalculatorsSquare Roots Author:Bill Nye
“Those with engineering skills will build tomorrow's genius computers. But those with the ability to create knowledge of any kind will be the ones who are best able to extract great value from them. The way to create value in the age of genius machines will be to compile and disseminate knowledge that other people will find useful.” PeopleWayKindAgeAbleValuesAbilityGeniusTomorrowSkillsComputerMachinesEngineeringGreat Value Author:Ray Kurzweil
“The early personal computers were not very powerful so the idea of feeding their program into a small amount of memory requires immense skill.” IdeasMemoriesPowerfulAmountSkillsComputerProgramImmenseFeedingVery PowerfulSmall AmountsPersonal Computers Author:Bill Gates
“There's spatial intelligence. they're, which end up being, people going into math or music. there's mechanical where you work well with your hands. There's an intelligence with language that would lead someone into writing. So it's not necessarily that you're six years old and you know you're going to be a lawyer Or you're going into tech startups or computers. It's something more elemental than that. It's that this is a skill, a way of thinking that comes naturally to me that I was drawn to and it was very clear in childhood.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayWritingYearsWellsEndsHandsLanguageClearChildhoodSkillsSixComputerMathLawyerWay Of ThinkingElementalsSix Year OldsSpatial Author:Robert Greene
“It was used for decades to describe talented computer enthusiasts, people whose skill at using computers to solve technical problems and puzzles was - and is - respected and admired by others possessing similar technical skills.” PeopleProblemUsedSkillsComputerSolveDecadesPuzzlesPossessingTechnical Skills Author:Kevin Mitnick
“Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn't just skills like computer technology. It's the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command.” LongSelfMotivationTermTechnologyDisciplineSkillsComputerCommandLong TermInternalsSelf MotivationSelf DisciplineSelf RelianceOld FashionedRelianceBasicsComputer TechnologyReinforcement Author:Steven Pressfield
“Living alone,' November whispered, 'is a skill, like running long distance or programming old computers. You have to know parameters, protocols. You have to learn them so well that they become like a language: to have music always so that the silence doesn't overwhelm you, to perform your work exquisitely well so that your time is filled. You have to allow yourself to open up until you are the exact size of the place you live, no more or else you get restless. No less, or else you drown. There are rules; there are ways of being and not being.” KnowsWayWellsLongRunningLanguageSilenceSkillsComputerFilledDistanceSizeProgrammingRestlessNovemberLong DistanceParametersProtocolLiving AlonePlaces You Live Author:Catherynne M. Valente
“Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't rightly see how somebody who claims to have had -What'd you say? One partner?-can be welled trained." He had a point. Her brain clicked away. "I was referring to the instructional videotapes my agency has all its new employees watch." "They train you by watching videos?" His eyes narrowed reminding her of a hunter looking down a gun sight,"Now, ain't that interesting." She felt a little surge of pleasure as her child lost another few points on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills. Even a computer couldn't have picked a more perfect match.” ChildrenLittlesEyeLostFeltPerfectPleasureInterestingBrainWatchesMissingSkillsComputerGunTestsSightClaimsTrainPartnersVideoAgencyHis EyesEmployeeHuntersRemindingReferringIowaLooking DownMissing SomethingPerfect MatchNew Employees Author:Susan Elizabeth Phillips