Why is learning Computer Science in School So Important?

Project #1560 on iSENSEProject.org

Computing is an essential part of our modern lives. It exists in just about every occupation that we have. It is essential that our students are exposed and learn about computer science at an early age in school. Computer science is the study of computers and algorithmic processes, including their principles, their hardware and software designs, their applications, and their impact on society. Computer Science teaches students how to think critically and problem solve which will lead them to the right path to learning how to solve real world problems. This will enable students to learn the skills they need in education to acquire some of the highest paying jobs in the county. Code.org offers an elementary school curriculum that allows even the youngest students to explore the limitless world of computing. Code.org offers students the instruction on learning to code using blocks to create a task. Once they successfully accomplish the task, the program rewards to students with positive words and students have the option to see the coding/html language as well as their own results. Students can create interactive games, stories, and art that they can share with anyone. Unfortunately, many schools do not offer computer science courses or enrichment to their students.  

In this lesson, students will use the saved visualization and find out what occupations has the highest percentage of growth?  Which occupation has the lowest percentage of growth? 

Now students will look at a scatter plot as they open up the data visualization and filter the data sets so that the jobs are on the Y axis and they will clearly be able to see the rate of job percentages. Which job is second to the top in job growth?

Why do you think the study of computer science in school now is vital to your future career? Why is it the highest percentage of job growth compared to all the other occupations?

Now that students see the importance of learning about computer science in Middle School, students will sign up for  code.org account and begin to work in course 2 and follow the instructions and creating a set of task to make a function work. 

Statistics on computer science jobs 

http://logos.cs.uic.edu/recruit/csstatistics.htm