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" Each kid is unique in what captures their attention and their passion. "
Megan Smith
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" It's so interesting that when somebody's pregnant, we are obsessed with knowing the gender of the child so we can figure out what we need to buy that child, what the present would be. Like we're pre-programming the kid before they were born. "
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" We very much use a prototyping model, play with ideas, and then get stuff started that way, which is how the greatest projects get started. "
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" Talent is everywhere. Not all talent has access. "
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" We know that diversity can sometimes be more uncomfortable because things are less familiar - but it gets the best results. "
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" Code is just a list of instructions. There are countries that are teaching it as part of the core curriculum. Having some experience in those early years is very important. "
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" Americans really expect to interact with our government digitally. "
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" We need to have making, including computer science, shop, etc. as part of the core curriculum from the beginning, not just an optional afterschool thing. Things like First Robotics and all of those great programs need to become mainstream. "
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" I like to work at the beginning of projects. Once they get stable, I'll hand them off. "
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" There are 2 to 3 million women programmers in the world. We need to see them more. "
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" I have a good eye for great projects, talent, and entrepreneurs. "
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" I actually think that working in the federal government, or state or local, is one of the most significant things that a technical person can do. "
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Government
" The mandate for the CTO's office is to unleash the power of technology, data, and innovation on behalf of the nation. The CTO's office is really trying to bring best practices, possibilities, pilots, and policy advising. "
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" The more people we can attract to science and technology - men, women, everybody - the more economic opportunity we have as a nation. "
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" We are the only country with an operating rover on Mars. We are an amazing country on tech. "
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" Across our great nation, we've begun to see an acceleration of the power of data to deliver value. "
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See
Power
" I think it's so important in preschool and in kindergarten and elementary school that we're not biasing ourselves. "
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School
Think
Kindergarten
" It's an incredibly important thing to make sure we preserve net neutrality. "
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Important
Sure
Neutrality
" We have two boys, and one of our kids is much more interested in history and stories, so if you want him to do some calculations about lenses, you would start talking to him about Galileo... Then he would be into the lenses, but if you just start talking to him about lenses, he might not stay with you. "
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Two
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Want
" Innovation comes out of great human ingenuity and very personal passions. "
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Great
Human
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" Flipping our classrooms into active learning spaces really is important and having these convenient spaces where people feel comfortable. "
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Feel
Important
Learning
" What was so special about the Mac, we all know, was the graphical computer interface. "
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About
Special
Mac
" The most important thing is, we really want to make sure the American people are able to get to any Web site they'd like to get to. "
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Important
People
Want
" There are several places in Vietnam where they're teaching computer science from second grade in class, so they don't have a gender divide because everybody is expected to program. "
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Gender
Class
Computer Science
" Net neutrality is such an important principle for the Web and for the Internet. It's how the Internet's operated for all this time. "
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Internet
How
Important
" People can get into very bad habits of arguing ideas and shutting them down. "
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People
Down
Ideas
" For those of you who are underrepresented in technology, know that you've always been here. Look in photos and see yourself reflecting back. "
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You
Technology
" I have been able to attend many technology conferences around the world over the years, including some of the largest, like Google I/O, Microsoft's Developer Conference, Apple's WorldWide Developers Conference, Oracle World, Le Web, and more. "
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World
Apple
Google
" Second graders learn to read: that's a perfect time to make them code. "
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Second
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" There's this fabulous innovation ship called Unreasonable at Sea, where I'm a mentor. One of the companies there was called Protei, and they're an open hardware ocean exploration and monitoring idea. "
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Ship
Innovation
Mentor
" If we're the country that makes Amazon and Facebook and Twitter, why can't the federal government have websites and digital services that are awesome? "
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Awesome
Country