the computer science imperative
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Index of Changing Work Tasks in the U.S. Economy 1960-2009
Source: http://content.thridway.org/publications/714/Dancing-With-Robots.pdf
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Jobs Shifting in the Digital Era
Agrarian Workers(farmers) Industrial Workers
(manufacturing) Creative/Digital Workers(knowledge & technology)
Source: Richard Florida, Rise of the Creative Class (2002) and Dan Taylor (2013)
4 Source: http://www.weforum.org/reports/new-vision-education-unlocking-potential-technology
4. ICT literacy – Ability to use and create technology-based content, including finding and sharing information, answering questions, interacting with other people and computer programming
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State Government
Principals and Administrators
Teachers & Counselors
ElementarySchool
Middle School
High School
Post-Secondary
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Federal Government
Community
CitizensPa
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Employers
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Public Education is a Complex System
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TACSE Objectives
“Traditional” CS Students
Everyone Else,the
“Digitally Illiterate”
Digital Jobs
Everyone Becomes “Literate” in the
Digital Society
1B
1A
Teach every student the
foundational understanding of computer science
Increase the numberof students
pursuing digital careers
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Information Technology Industry Trends
Source: http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends/information-technology-industry
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Top Hard Skills in Demand
http://www.austinchamber.com/education-talent/job-market/june-2015.phpSkills in demand for available jobs in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos MSA from May 14, 2015 to June 13, 2015
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Texas Required High School Curriculum
English language arts (5) Mathematics (5) Science (6) Social Studies (5) Physical Education (2) Fine Arts (8) Career and Technical Education (12) Language Other than English (3) Speech (1)…
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74.3(b)(2)(I) Tech App Curriculum Requirement – every district must offer, and74.3(b)(4) each student must have the opportunity to participate in the following:
Computer Science I
AP Computer Scienceor
At least two (2) of the following:• Computer Science III• Digital Art and Animation• Digital Communications in the 21st
Century• Digital Design and Media
Production• Digital Forensics
• Digital Video and Audio Design• Discrete Mathematics for
Computer Science• Fundamentals of Computer Science• Game Programming and Design• Independent Study in
Evolving/Emerging Technologies• Independent Study in Technology
Applications• Mobile Application Development• Robotics Programming and Design• 3-D Modeling and Animation• Web Communications• Web Design• Web Game Development
Computer Science II
…and Technology Applications (4)
Source: http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter074/ch074a.html
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Texas Computer Science Task Force
Met on Oct 8, 2014 at Austin Chamber of Commerce
15 people representing CS teachers, edtech business, higher ed, TCEA, CTAT, Code.org, College Board, ISD leaders and policymakers
Built consensus around key barriers and recommendations
http://www.thetrc.org/computer-science-resources/
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Texas Computer Science Task Force
Source: Carol Fletcher, Building the Texas Computer Science Pipeline
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Texas Teacher Certification: Computer Science 8-12
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015*0
100
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Annual New Net Total
Source: https://secure.sbec.state.tx.us/Reports/prodrpts/rpt_edu_tchr_prod_counts.asp* Sept 2014-Apr 2015, all other years Sept-Aug
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Texas Teacher Certification: Computer Science 8-12
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015*0
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Annual New Net Total
Source: https://secure.sbec.state.tx.us/Reports/prodrpts/rpt_edu_tchr_prod_counts.asp* Sept 2014-Apr 2015, all other years Sept-Aug
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CS Offerings in Texas 2013-14
Based on data obtained from Teacher FTE Counts and Course Enrollment Reports
PEIMS # Course FTEs Student Enrollment
03580200 Computer Science I 68.47 9,132
03580300 Computer Science II 13.14 879
A3580100 AP Computer Science A 51.54 5,572
TOTAL 133.15 15,583
Source: http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/adhocrpt/adfte.html
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Recruitment and Clubs ncwit.org yeswecode.org starsalliance.org madewithcode.com cs-first.com blackgirlscode.com
girlswhocode.com girlstart.org coderdojo.com ngcproject.org codenow.org techgirlz.org
girlsintech.org tech-girls.org code2040.org projectcsgirls.com girldevelopit.com
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Productivity Grows Wages
Increase
Workers Buy More
Companies Hire MoreTax Revenue
Increases
Government Invests More
Workers Better Educated
Economy Expands
VirtuousCycle
Source: Inequality for All
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Program or Be Programmed
Digital technology is programmed. This makes it biased toward those with the capacity to write the code. In a digital age, we must learn how to make the software, or risk becoming the software. It is not too difficult or too late to learn the code behind the things we use—or at least to understand that there is code behind their interfaces. Otherwise, we are at the mercy of those who do the programing, the people paying them, or even the technology itself.
Source: Douglas Rushkoff, Program or Be Programmed
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The Cyber Revolution
A new era of production has begun. Its principles of organization are as different from those of the industrial era as those of the industrial era were different from the agricultural. The cybernation revolution has been brought about by the combination of the computer and the automated self-regulating machine. This results in a system of almost unlimited production capacity which requires progressively less human labor. Cybernation is already reorganizing the economic and social system to meet its own needs.
Source: http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/coll/pauling/peace/papers/1964p.7-01.html