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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. "
Megan Smith
Technology
Science
Opportunity
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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 was lucky that science fair was mandatory at my high school in inner-city Buffalo. "
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High School
" I'm on the MIT board, and a lot of our buildings now have daycare centers; it's becoming a standard. "
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Becoming
" 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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" Innovation comes out of great human ingenuity and very personal passions. "
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" It's much easier to fail when you're in the pilot, early stage, when it's less expensive and you're exploring than when you're way out the door and you've spent all this money. Industry is smart: structured to have skunkworks and pilot phases. "
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" 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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Want
" I love to use technology to help people have better lives and to reduce our impact on the planet. "
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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
" Founded in 1994 by the Anita Borg Institute and growing every year, the Grace Hopper Celebration is bringing needed network connections, skill building, and visibility for women computer scientists who work at all levels of our industry. "
Megan Smith
Grace
Growing
Women
" 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
" To me, there's so much talent in the world that's locked out for the wrong reasons, whether it's innovators at the highest end where we need to change the regulation systems, or whether it's the talented people who work here who the bureaucracy's holding back, or the amazing American people. "
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People
Amazing
Change
" We know that diversity can sometimes be more uncomfortable because things are less familiar - but it gets the best results. "
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Know
Results
More
" What was so special about the Mac, we all know, was the graphical computer interface. "
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About
Special
Mac
" Malala Yousafzai is all of our daughter, like Iqbal Masih who was all of our son. "
Megan Smith
Daughter
Who
Son
" 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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Started
Greatest
How
" Americans really expect to interact with our government digitally. "
Megan Smith
Our
Really
Expect
" There are hundreds of historic and current examples of women and minorities doing groundbreaking work in technology, but so many of these stories are not well known, and in some cases, the stories have been all but lost. "
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Doing
Work
Women
" Thinking through how to make sure we're bringing incredible toys and experiences and that to our girls and our boys at some point is really important for this country for the world in general. "
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Thinking
Country
Important
" I think open source is an evolutionary idea for humanity, this idea of transparency. It played out for us in the technology world, but it also played out with the idea of a truth and reconciliation commission and Wikipedia. "
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World
Technology
" People can get into very bad habits of arguing ideas and shutting them down. "
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People
Down
Ideas
" There are 2 to 3 million women programmers in the world. We need to see them more. "
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World
Women
" Each kid is unique in what captures their attention and their passion. "
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Passion
Kid
" Science class is traditionally taught as science history class - you learn all these facts that someone else discovered, which you need to know, but that's not really an inspiring way to learn science. "
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Facts
You
Science
" Flipping our classrooms into active learning spaces really is important and having these convenient spaces where people feel comfortable. "
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Important
Learning
" 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