Transcript Kindergarden presentation about Computer Science

A little about me…
Where did I work?
Where else did I work?
And then, straight to UTEP!
My job, in a nutshell
Professor: I teach Computer Science
Researcher: I look for new and better ways to do
stuff (more on this later  )
Other activities include:
Outreach 
Travel
But… What is Computer
Science about???
What is a computer scientist? Software engineer? Software
architect? Etc.???
CS is about solving problems / building things that
happen to need computers, like: …
Games: on computers, WII, iPhone, iPad, etc. & Movies
Weather forecast: a lot of computations!!! Helps predict
catastrophes!
Medicine: detect diseases, guide surgery with robots…
What are computer
scientists like?
Problem solvers
Leaders
Entrepreneurs
Techies
Inventors
Designers
Coders
Innovators
WHO ARE YOU?
Who can be a computer
scientist?
Everyone!
YOU!
HOW???
Getting started / fun activities!
Lightbot: Control a robot = program your computer
http://light-bot.com/hocflash.html
Flappy birds: Program your own flappy bird game!!!
http://learn.code.org/s/Flappy%20Levels/level/151
Scratch: Program your own video, your own game, just like you
play with Legos
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/?tip_bar=getStarted
Pieces of Advice
or… How to be successful?
Pick what you like, not what you are told
Explore many areas to find what you really like
Everything can be learned
Use resources (people, web, etc.)
Be proactive, be passionate!
There is no age to start Computer Science!