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Why Should I Learn To Code? Dr. Derrick Mears, Ph.D. EdS Program Coordinator/Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction/Educational Technology University of Arkansas Email: [email protected] Web: www.tinyurl.com/derrickmears Twitter:@mearsdr

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Why Should I Learn To Code?Dr. Derrick Mears, Ph.D.EdS Program Coordinator/Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction/Educational TechnologyUniversity of ArkansasEmail: [email protected] Web: www.tinyurl.com/derrickmearsTwitter:@mearsdr

Youre Kind of a Big Deal

Who is This Guy? 25th year in education:Middle School and High School Teacher:Kansas City Public School DistrictNorth Kansas City School District

Who is This Guy?25th year in education:Middle School and High School Teacher:Taught Science, Physical Education and Gifted EducationHelped Train TeachersChair of Staff Development Committee, New Teacher Mentor, Essential Elements of Instruction Trainer

What does he do?25th year in education:13th year in Higher Education:Teach teachers about curriculum or what they should be teachingTrain teachers, instructional designers and business and industry how to use technology for teaching

What does he do? 25th year in education:13th year in Higher Education:Introduction to Educational MediaInstructional DesignLearning with Computers in K-12Curriculum Models and ImplementationLearner Assessment and Program Evaluation

Coding-Old School! 1984-Neosho High School:Computer Programming:

Coding-Old School! 1984-Neosho High School:Computer Programming:

Math Problem Time! Commodore 64:64 KB of RAMPoker Face by Lady Gaga5.29 MB1 MB=1,024 KBHow many Commodore 64s would it take to play Poker Face?

Solution:Song Size in Kilobytes1024 KB X 5.29 MB5,416.96 KBCommodore 64 (64 KB RAM)5,416.96 KB/64 KB=84.64 Machines

Why Learn to Code?

Why Learn To Code? Arkansas Coding Jobs:December 7th, 2015114 jobs-$50,00093 jobs-$60,00076 jobs-$70,00054 jobs-$80,00010 jobs-$85,000

Why Learn To Code? The future for coders:2012 Coding Jobs1,018,000 jobs nationwideAverage salary $93,350 Growing by 22% Average is 8%

Why Learn To Code? To Become a Coder:

Thank You! Questions?

Dr. Derrick Mears, Ph.D.EdS Program Coordinator/Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction/Educational TechnologyUniversity of ArkansasEmail: [email protected] Web: www.tinyurl.com/derrickmearsTwitter:@mearsdr