"I think given how pervasive computers and the internet is now,
and how fascinated kids are with it, I want to make sure that
they know how to actually produce stuff using computers, and not
simply consume stuff." - U.S. President Barack Obama discusses
how he is in favor of bringing lessons in computer programming
more prominently to high schools. As part of a Google+
discussion, the president noted that computers and video games
in particular are now a substantial force in exciting young
people enough to learn, and that is something he is keen to tap
into. "You look at someone like Mark Zuckerberg [co-founder of
Facebook]," said the president, "and he taught himself
programming, primarily because he was interested in games." "And
there are a whole bunch of young people out there I suspect who,
if in high school are given the opportunity to figure out
'here's how you can design your own games', but it requires you
to know math, and it requires you to know science, or 'here's
what a career in graphic design l