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SUMMARY:Computational Thinking - Prof Jeannette M. Wing -  Microsoft Resea
 rch &amp\; Carnegie Mellon University
DTSTART:20140514T150000Z
DTEND:20140514T173000Z
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CONTACT:David Greaves
DESCRIPTION:My vision for the 21st Century: Computational thinking will be
  a\nfundamental skill used by everyone in the world.  To reading\, writing
 \,\nand arithmetic\, we should add computational thinking to every child's
 \nanalytical ability.  Computational thinking involves solving\nproblems\,
  designing systems\, and understanding human behavior by\ndrawing on the c
 oncepts fundamental to computer science.  Thinking\nlike a computer scient
 ist means more than being able to program a\ncomputer.  It requires the ab
 ility to abstract and thus to think at\nmultiple levels of abstraction.  I
 n this talk I will give many\nexamples of computational thinking\, argue t
 hat it has already\ninfluenced other disciplines\, and promote the idea th
 at teaching\ncomputational thinking can not only inspire future generation
 s to\nenter the field of computer science but benefit people in all fields
 .\n
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 1\, Computer Laboratory
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