Welcome to “This Week in Learn to Code!” If you’ve already begun to learn, this is a chance to pat yourself on the back for having made a great choice. If you haven’t started yet, now is a great time to start!
1. Most people agree that it’s a great idea!
This article outlines the results of a poll recently conducted in Washington State that asked respondents about the current state and future of STEM initiatives. It provides some awesome insight, not just into STEM education in WA, but also into the general public’s hopes and dreams for CS education.
This article speaks to some of the most popularly touted reasons to learn to code — the job market for those with coding skills is and will continue to explode, and jobs that require CS skills pay a lot.
3. You can make super smart robots!
This article talks about some cool new technology that Microsoft recently unveiled — a “deep learning” robot that can beat out humans in identifying the subject of photos. Beating humans at tasks is an important metric in the field of Artificial Intelligence, so this is pretty cool news.
What kind of robots do you want to create? Are you interested in a coding career? Let us know in the comments or by reaching out to us on twitter @codehs!
That’s all for this week! Thanks for tuning in.
