#WDC405 - Software Education Round Table with IEEE

​4th Event: ​Education

Final agenda:

• Into IEEE/WDC

• Intro Alen Ribic

• Presentation on Teaching Programming at Schools (20 min)

• Computer literacy in the 21st century

• Learning to code at a young age

• The right age to engage

• Programming languages and basic education

• Beyond just technology consumers

• Round Table discussion (20 min)

• Closing statement (5 min)

Live streaming:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4LMQrtOhPs

Preparing our youth for a future in software

Join us for a discussion on Teaching Programming at Schools facilitated by Mr. Alen Ribic

This event will include teachers, programmers and policy makers with the aim of contributing to a position paper the IEEE is preparing to put to the Department of Basic Education (DBE).

The Round Table seeks to use the IEEE as an independent authoritative technical body to propose a way forward to the DBE.

Venue: Rhenish Girls' High School, Stellenbosch.

More Info about #WDC405: here (http://ieee.org.za/computer-society/world-design-capital)

Date: 15th July 2014

Time: 12h00 for 12h30. Finishes 13h30. There will be coffee afterwards.