“Even people who aren’t going into computer science or engineering programs, should be exposed to computer science. Programming teaches you how to take problems, break them down into smaller problems, and solve them. Any kind of job that involves problem solving can benefit from computing.”
How to Summon Your Child’s Inner Coder: 10 Questions With Raspberry Pi Inventor Eben Upton
The Raspberry Pi is an ultra-low cost, credit card-sized computer designed to fill a much-needed technological gap in communities that cannot afford more traditional computing hardware and to provide children around the world the opportunity to learn programming. Eben Upton spoke at PopTech Iceland. His talk will be released soon!
(via poptech)