(That's my company)
I help people turn their ideas into software
I want to help bring families closer together
I want to help police be safer in their jobs
I want to protect the rights of veterans
I want to help inmates talk to their families
I want to let businesses share their successes
I want to make fighting fires safer
I want to help students produce amazing plays & musicals
I want to help parents of deaf children learn to sign
I want to help doctors diagnose and treat patients faster
Our Idea
Fact: Often, you don't find the idea; the idea finds you
Ashlee's Story
I want to help parents pick the ideal summer vacation activity
Computers are great at ….
Computers are terrible at ….
Computers are great at ….
- Math
- Remembering things
- Searching through lists of things
- Repeating things over and over again
Computers are terrible at ….
- Feelings (like fun or love)
- Knowing how a 4th grader thinks
One Strategy:
- Have some kids tell us what they love to do
- Have the computer do some math to predict (guess) what will be fun for all kids
- Show this information to adults so they can make good decisions
Let's collect up some data...
Best. Vacay. Ever. Google Form
Fact: You can write amazing software using the tools you already know.
Problem:
We want parents to view our recommendations.
But we don't want them in Google Sheets.
Solution:
Google Sheets lets us write code to interact with its data
Fact: you can solve problems faster by connecting up existing software.
Problem:
Our program only works if we have a lot of data
Fact: writing code is a great way to avoid tedious tasks
Whoo! We did it!
But we're not done,
time to start on version 2
Fact: To solve a big coding problem, break it up into small problems and solve them one at a time.
Now it's your turn.
Got an idea?
Get coding!