7-year old talks Coding with Steve Harvey
It will never cease to amaze me...our children can do so much more than what we teach in the classroom. Here is a video of 7-year old Kedar, talking with Steve Harvey about how he created a board game, with a Goldilocks and the Three Bears theme to help others learn how to code.
It is amazing because he tells Harvey about what an If...Then statement does. 'If' his playing piece is touching the rabbit, 'Then' he will say "tag you're it." Watch as he explains not only the 'if/then,' but explains exactly how the computer would read the code.
His excitement and knowledge are contagious! This would be a great motivational video to show ALL teachers. As more and more states move to adopting K-12 computer science standards, we all know that K-5 teachers will be responsible for teaching them. I would challenge all 6-12 teachers to find ways of infusing computational thinking and computer science into their curriculums. In order to realize CS4ALL, it cannot just be an elective class that 6-12th-grade students take in middle or high school.
Almost all careers leverage technology and computer science for continuous improvement. When my own daughter (biology major/psychology minor) began her first career was charged with creating a website. She had never had any formal training but used readily accessible online tools and you-tube to create a professional and aesthetically pleasing website. More on various careers use computer science in another post...
