Creating a Coding Culture

Nicholas H.Tollervey

ntoll@ntoll.org

Part 1.
The Narrative

2040-ish?

Change is the only constant.
~ Heraclitus

It is difficult to predict (especially the future).
~ Niels Bohr



The real question is, do we direct technology, or do we let ourselves be directed by it and those who have mastered it?

~ Doug Rushkoff

Asking what sort of education we want is the same as asking what sort of society we want to become.

For education is the process through which we interact with our future colleagues, collaborators and customers.

~ Nicholas Tollervey ;-)

Part 2.
Learn Code

School exams 🇬🇧 😬

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(£6000 for 3 months)

Part 3.
Progress is a Journey

Thought experiment

What if we taught music like we teach programming?

School exams 🎺 😬

Learn Tuba in 24 hours
O'Rly book

🤔

Part 4.
Culture And Code

Thought experiment

What if we taught programming like we teach music?

John Pinner
What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing; thus we become builders by building houses, and musicians by playing music.

~ Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics)

Roman Numerals (Grade 2)

🤣 Homework 🤣

Due at GITEX 2040

The End

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